Queensland Premier's Literary Award winners announced17 September, 2008Helen Garner has followed her win at the Victorian Premier's awards by taking out the prize for fiction ($25,000) for The Spare Room (Text) at the Queensland Premier's Literary awards, announced last night by Premier Anna Bligh at the State Library of Queensland.
Video - Helen Garner on her influences and inspirations. Sydney Writers' Festival7 July, 2008In this segment of the 'Writers as Readers' session at the Sydney Writers' Festival 2008, Helen Garner speaks about the inspirations and influences on her writing.
The Spare Room: A Novel by Helen Garner23 February, 2008This is Helen Garner’s first novel in 15 years, though it could as easily sit with her formidable body of essays and nonfiction such as Joe Cinque’s Consolation and The First Stone