Mildura's New Loving Tree (Media Release) by Rachel Matheson Murphy
The Loving Tree has
been immortalised by this year’s Writer in Residency, Carrie Tiffany. An audio
recording of John Shaw’s The Loving Tree,
features voices from the local community, was Carrie Tiffany’s chosen project
for the 2017 Mildura Writers Festival.
The Loving Tree
project was unveiled at the festival’s
Mid Winter Feast on Saturday the 15th of July. The project has been
hailed as a success, for interacting and including the Mildura community within
the broader cultural landscape of Australia.
“Carrie Tiffany’s interpretation of The Loving Tree was
beautiful. It has given the people of Mildura a voice and a sense of strength”,
festival attendee Phoebe Bray said.
Carrie Tiffany was born and bred in Western Australia, and
has had tremendous success with both her novels, short stories, and essays. Her
first novel, Everyman’s Rules for
Scientific Living, was the winner of the 2006 Western Australian Premier’s
Fiction Prize and the Dobbie Award. Her second novel, Mateship with Birds, was winner of the 2013 Christina Stead Prize
for Fiction and the inaugural Stella Prize.
Source: Mildura Writers Festival Facebook Page
The Writer in Residency has long been an integral part of
the Mildura Writers Festival. Each year, the Festival offers a one-month
residency in Mildura, to writers of any genre to complete a project that will
enhance the regional or national cultural landscape. The selected writer is
expected to interact with the local community and participate in the Mildura
Writers Festival, whilst completing their chosen project.
The committee was impressed by the passion and commitment of
Carrie Tiffany, in creating her rendition of The Loving Tree, and is looking forward to seeing the 2018 Mildura
Writers Festival Writer in Residency project.
Listen to The Loving Tree by Carrie Tiffany.
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