Sam Carmody Sam Carmody i(7241275 works by)
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Sam Carmody is a writer and award-winning musician from the mid-west town of Geraldton on the central coast of Western Australia. His debut novel, The Windy Season, was published in 2016, after being shortlisted for the Vogel in 2014: after publication, it won the Readings New Australian Writing Award and was longlisted for the Indie Awards.

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Personal Awards

2024 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon The Windy Season Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2016 9508107 2016 single work novel

'From an impressive new voice in Australian literature, a novel where safe harbour seems always just out of reach.

'Sam Carmody is a real literary talent, with an artist's inquiring mind and a natural feel for the beauty and toughness of language. Charlotte Wood, author of the award-winning The Natural Way of Things

'A young fisherman is missing from the crayfish boats in the harsh West Australian coastal town of Stark. There's no trace at all of Elliot, there hasn't been for some weeks and Paul, his younger brother, is the only one who seems to be active in the search. Taking Elliot's place on the boat skippered by their troubled cousin, Paul soon learns how many opportunities there are to get lost in those many thousands of kilometres of lonely coastline.

'Fierce, evocative and memorable, this is an Australian story set within an often wild and unforgiving sea, where mysterious influences are brought to bear on the inhospitable town and its residents.' (Publication summary)

2014 shortlisted The Australian / Vogel National Literary Award (for an unpublished manuscript)
2018 shortlisted Territory Read Book of the Year Chief Minister's NT Book Awards Chief Minister's Book of the Year Award
2017 winner Readings Prizes Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction
2017 longlisted Indie Awards Debut Fiction
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