Katherine Johnson author
@kjohnsonauthor
Novelist, science writer, lover of wild places. Novels: The Better Son, Pescador's Wake, Matryoshka, Paris Savages (Aust/NZ ‘19, UK '20, Italy ‘21). Photo: UQ
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I always knew Tassie was the rainbow state - meteorologist and Distinguished Alumnus Dr Mike Pook explains why: utas.edu.au/alumni/news-an… University of Tasmania
I hope everyone is doing okay. It’s been a tough time here with two weeks of flu (2x Covid -ve) but this happened too - and it’s worth celebrating. Thanks to Ventura Press for this beautiful new b-format of #ParisSavages, cover design by Josh Durham (Design by Committee).
Wrote this short piece ahead of the Salvos Australia sleep out in Tassie on August 12-13 and the life-changing outreach work of the Street to Home program fortysouth.com.au/tasmanian-voic… Forty South Publishing Fabulous work, Don and Annie 🙏👍👏 #homelessness
The importance of media diversity - As COVID rips through Australia, is Scott Morrison's media strategy starting to fail as well? theconversation.com/as-covid-rips-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
TEDx is coming to town! This Saturday, TEDx Hobart speakers will introduce global audiences to distinctively Tasmanian tales involving alien fish, incredible insects, and the spiritual power of the natural environment. Read more: bit.ly/3HF4llH Theo Kapodistrias Lokman Norazmi
It’s been a while since a face2face writers event - thanks Tim Byrne for the brilliant questions and Caro Flood for sharing the session. Brilliant work #derwentvalleyarts #derwentvalleywritersfestival English at UTAS #ParisSavages Arts Tasmania Ventura Press
Looking forward to meeting readers tomorrow night to talk about Paris Savages and writing - swing by for a chat if you’re in sthn Tassie. It has been a while! Registration (free) here eventbrite.com.au/e/author-talk-… Libraries Tasmania Arts Tasmania
It was so good to talk books again - immersive, thought-provoking, other-worldly fiction and narrative nonfiction - with the very lovely Jonathan Butler, Jane Rawson and Robyn Mundy. Thanks Tamar Valley Writers Festival.
I am so touched by this act of kindness from Angela Savage - a handmade wallaby (complete with pouch) inspired by Paris Savages. It has hopped its way all the way to me in Tassie. Angela you are very clever and very kind. Thank you. 😊🙏 Ventura Press Cameron's Management
"We, Writers for the Voice, accept the generous, modest invitation of First Nations Peoples in the Uluru Statement from the Heart to walk with them towards a better Australia." Writers for The Voice writersforthevoice.com.au
Grazie @libriesocial and Jimenez Edizioni for 5 yrs. "I want to congratulate Jimenez Edizioni on its first 5 years, which has managed to conquer a space of its own in the Italian publishing panorama. Among many good books, I like to remember "Savages" by K. Johnson"@libriesocial