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Adam Thompson Adam Thompson i(11982014 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Pakana
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BiographyHistory

Adam Thompson is a writer from Launceston. He has worked at the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre. The recipient of an Arts Tasmania mentorship grant in 2016, Thompson has also completed a First National Fellowship at Varuna Writers House.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2020 runner-up Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize for 'Crossroads'.
2018 recipient Varuna Fellowships First Nations Fellowship for manuscript 'Honey & Sonny'.
2018 recipient The Next Chapter Mentorship

Paired with Cate Kennedy

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Born Into This St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2021 19702595 2021 selected work short story

'Engaging, thought-provoking stories from a young Tasmanian Aboriginal author who addresses universal themes – identity, racism, heritage destruction – from a wholly original perspective.

'The stories in Born Into This throw light on a world of unique cultural practice and perspective, from Indigenous rangers trying to instil some pride in wayward urban teens on the harsh islands off the coast of Tasmania to those scraping by on the margins of white society railroaded into complex and compromised decisions. To this mix Adam Thompson manages to bring humour, pathos and occasionally a sly twist as his characters confront racism, untimely funerals, classroom politics and, overhanging all like a discomforting, burgeoning awareness for both white and black Australia, the inexorable damage and disappearance of the remnant natural world.' (Publication summary)

2021 shortlisted Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction
2021 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards Australian Short Story Collection - Steele Rudd Award
2021 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Award Book of the Year
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