Draft:Felicity Volk
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Comment: There are no inline citations in this draft to show where the claims come from. It's still unclear whether Volk's achievements meet the notability criteria for a biography on WP. MurielMary (talk) 10:11, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
- Comment: Please read the criteria for a writer to have a biography on Wikipedia. It seems that Volk doesn't yet meet these criteria. MurielMary (talk) 09:55, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
Felicity Volk | |
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| Born | Felicity Jane Volk 4 June 1965 Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | St Peter’s Lutheran College |
| Alma mater | University of Queensland |
| Notable works | Lightning – 2013 |
| Notable awards | Barbara Ramsden Award 2013 Lightning Carmel Bird Long Story Award 2013 Ite missa, est Angelo Natoli Short Story Award 2006 Steal it with a kiss Ford Memorial Medal for Poetry 1987 |
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Felicity Jane Volk (born 4 June 1965) is an Australian author[1] and diplomat.
Her debut novel, Lightning[2], was published by Picador (Pan Macmillan Australia) as a paperback and ebook in 2013.
Hachette Australia (Hachette Book Group) published her second novel, Desire Lines[3] as a paperback, ebook and audiobook in Australia in February 2020.
She is a career diplomat who has served with Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Bangladesh (1989–1993) and Laos (1995–1999).
Background[edit]
Felicity Volk was born in Victoria, living in Melbourne until the age of ten, when she moved to Brisbane. In 1988, Volk completed her Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree with a major in English literature at the University of Queensland. She was awarded the university’s Ford Memorial Medal for Poetry in 1987.[citation needed]
In 2004, Volk began writing literary fiction for publication. Her short stories and novellas have won awards, including the Fellowship of Australian Writers Angelo Natoli Short Story Award (2005)[4], The Australian Women's Weekly/Penguin Short Story Award (2006) and the Carmel Bird Long Short Story Award (2013).[5] Her debut novel, Lightning, was published by Picador Australia in 2013 and won the Fellowship of Australian Writers Barbara Ramsden Award (2013).[citation needed]
Volk has won grants and fellowships to support her writing. An Australia Council for the Arts grant in 2016 supported her to write her second novel, Desire Lines, from 2017–18. ACT Government awards through artsACT assisted her research for Lightning (2009) and Desire Lines (2016). She has received a number of fellowships from the Eleanor Dark Foundation for residential retreats at Varuna – The National Writers’ House in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales.[citation needed]
Volk’s poetry, short stories and literary non-fiction have been published in newspapers and magazines in Australia and internationally. She has presented at literary festivals and conferences in Australia. Her publishing credits include Women With a Mission – personal perspectives, co-edited with Dr Moreen Dee and published by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.[citation needed]
Books[edit]
Felicity’s second novel, Desire Lines, was published by Hachette Australia in February 2020. Written with the support of the Australia Council for the Arts and artsACT (the ACT Government), Desire Lines is the story of unconventional love spanning fifty years.[citation needed] Its exploration of honesty to self and to other is pitched against the uneasy relationship society has with its own truth-telling in the context of war, politics, history and its treatment of those who are vulnerable. British child migration to Australia in the 1950s, the Fairbridge farm school scheme, the building of landmark structures of twentieth century Australia and milestones in the country’s modern history provide the backdrop for the novel.
Desire Lines reviews:
Lightning, Felicity’s debut novel, is a road trip story that sees Persia, a woman grieving a stillbirth, and Ahmed, a refugee fleeing his past in Pakistan, travel together into central Australia. Lightning explores identity and connection, and celebrates the way storytelling – in the tradition of Scheherazade – keeps the teller alive and able to transcend loss and grief.
Lightning reviews:
Publications[edit]
- Desire Lines (2020, Hachette Australia)
- Lightning (2013, Picador Australia, an imprint of Pan Macmillan Australia)
- Women With a Mission – personal perspectives, (ed Dr Moreen Dee and Felicity Volk), 2007, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- No place like home, The Australian Women’s Weekly, April 2007
- Steal it with a kiss, The Envelope Please, Be Published Pty Ltd, 2006
- Ite, missa est (Go, you are sent forth), Amanda Lohrey’s Selection, Digital Singles Series, 2013
- Kashmir: The Problem of United Nations Peacekeeping Contributing to Political Stasis[11], chap. in Building International Community, Kevin Clements and Robin Ward, eds. (St. Leonards, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1994) pp. 288–301.
References[edit]
- ^ AustLit Database of Australian Authors https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A57883
- ^ Pan Macmillan Australia Publishers https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781743289099/
- ^ Hachette Australia Publishers https://www.hachette.com.au/felicity-volk/desire-lines
- ^ Angelo Natoli Short Story Award Winners, 2005 https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v1447
- ^ Carmel Bird Long Short Story Award Winners, 2013 https://shortaustralianstories.com.au/long-story-winner-felicity-volk/
- ^ Good Reads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49016413-desire-lines
- ^ Books and Publishing Reviews https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/01/15/140915/desire-lines-felicity-volk-hachette/
- ^ Good Reads https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/25420612-lightning
- ^ City News https://citynews.com.au/2013/novel-tinged-with-a-writers-tears/
- ^ Her Canberra, 19 July 2013 https://hercanberra.com.au/cplife/lightning-the-debut-novel-from-canberran-felicity-volk/
- ^ Building International Community, 1994, http://www.intractableconflict.org/www_colorado_edu_conflict/peace/example/kash7317.htm