![]() ![]() ![]() Hope Farm is the story of Silver, who has spent her early childhood moving around Queensland and northern New South Wales with her single mother, living in hippie communes, ashrams and group houses. ![]() Your latest novel is Hope Farm, can you tell us about it? Nothing ever came of that one – it was my ‘practice novel’ – but I learned some things from writing it, and once I’d finished it I discovered there was another one waiting behind it, and that turned out to be my first book, House of Sticks. Then I got into playing music, and did that for most of my 20s, but during that time I began work on a story that grew and grew until one day I realised it was turning into a novel. I always wrote bits and pieces, letters, attempts at short stories, some very bad poetry, but I never took it seriously. I have always loved reading and was a total bookworm as a child, but it took me a while to get around to writing myself. Hi Peggy, welcome to Beauty and Lace and thanks for talking to us.Ĭan you tell us a little about how you came to be a novelist? Today we talk to Peggy Frew, author of Hope Farm. The shortlist has been announced for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2016, the winner will be announced at the Melbourne Writer’s Festival and we have interviews with some of the lucky finalists. ![]()
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