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Kathryn Lomer Kathryn Lomer i(A33754 works by)
Born: Established: 1958 Tasmania, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Lomer was born in north-west Tasmania. She left school at the age of fifteen and worked in a range of jobs. She later studied at university. She taught English as a second language for many years, including two years in Japan.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2021 shortlisted Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for After Life
2016 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships Australia Council Literature Board Grants Literature Arts Projects For Individuals and Groups $30,000.00
2013 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships New Work - Established Writers Young adult literature (for 12 to 18 years)

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Talk Under Water St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2015 8537164 2015 single work novel young adult

'Will and Summer meet online and strike up a friendship based on coincidence. Summer lives in Will's old hometown, Kettering, a small Tasmanian coastal community. Summer isn't telling the whole truth about herself, but figures it doesn't matter if they never see each other in person, right?

'When Will returns to Kettering, the two finally meet and Summer can no longer hide her secret – she is deaf. Can Summer and Will find a way to be friends in person even though they speak a completely different language?' (Publication summary)

2016 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Young Adults
2016 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book
Vapour Trails over Sassafras i "And vapour trails are dividing up the sky the way fences", 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Now You Shall Know : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2013 2013; (p. 19-21)
2013 commended The Newcastle Poetry Prize
Shifting Sands i "The sculptor builds schooner out of sand;", 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 43 2012; (p. 121)
2011 highly commended Byron Bay Poetry Festival Picaro Poetry Award
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