Looking back on the #2018highlights is like tending to seeds that have been planted, seeing how they’re growing and blossoming into #2019horizons. Over the next week, we will be posting what is being cultivated by Ptilotus Press for the year ahead.
#2018highlight: CAAMA radio callout in June 2018 for submissions to a multiple author anthology, the third publication in the Inland Writers Series. Five authors were selected (all women!) who contributed stunning and diverse work including short story, poetry and memoir.
#2019horizon: This anthology will be launched this year! Keep in touch through social media for updates.
See interview with press member, Meg Mooney, at this link: http://caama.com.au/news/2018/ptilotus-press-seeking-writers-from-central-australia .
#2019horizon: This anthology will be launched this year! Keep in touch through social media for updates.
See interview with press member, Meg Mooney, at this link: http://caama.com.au/news/2018/ptilotus-press-seeking-writers-from-central-australia .
#2018highlight: Last July, Living In Hope won Best Non-Fiction category of the Territory Read Award by the NT Writer's Centre. The late author's son Trevor Byrne and grandaughter Delphene Byrne are pictured centre with the award. This award was an affirmation of the social importance of the book both as a memoir of the Stolen Generations and a highly unique window into the author's childhood on Country. Living In Hope was selected for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation's distribution program in 2017 which saw over 500 copies delivered to schools nationwide.
#2019horizon: This current edition of Living In Hope is the childhood section of Frank Byrne's full life story (only the first three chapters). Ptilotus Press is honoured to announce that we are currently in production with the Byrne family and co-authors to publish his entire memoir! Support this process by buying a copy of the book online or offering a donation through our website - www.ptilotuspress.com/donate/
Photo credit: NT Writer's Centre.
#2019horizon: This current edition of Living In Hope is the childhood section of Frank Byrne's full life story (only the first three chapters). Ptilotus Press is honoured to announce that we are currently in production with the Byrne family and co-authors to publish his entire memoir! Support this process by buying a copy of the book online or offering a donation through our website - www.ptilotuspress.com/donate/
Photo credit: NT Writer's Centre.
#2018highlight In October 2018, Living In Hope was shortlisted for the Most Underrated Book Award 2018 by the Small Press Network. In November, Byrne family members, co-authors and Ptilotus Press met at the Byrne family home on western Arrernte Country to plan a road trip to Naarm (aka Melbourne) for the award ceremony. Radio National journalist Harry Hayes joined them and recorded interviews about the book which then featured on the Indigenous arts program, Awaye!
#2019horizon The Byrne family and co-authors are working collectively with Ptilotus Press to plan the next steps for the ongoing national distribution of 'Living In Hope' and to build an audience for the forthcoming publication of Frank Byrne's complete life story.
Pictured left to right: Trevor Byrne, Delphene Byrne, Gerard Waterford & Frances Coughlan.
#2019horizon The Byrne family and co-authors are working collectively with Ptilotus Press to plan the next steps for the ongoing national distribution of 'Living In Hope' and to build an audience for the forthcoming publication of Frank Byrne's complete life story.
Pictured left to right: Trevor Byrne, Delphene Byrne, Gerard Waterford & Frances Coughlan.
#2018highlight In October 2018, Living In Hope was shortlisted for the Most Underrated Book Award 2018 by the Small Press Network. In November, Byrne family members, co-authors and Ptilotus Press met at the Byrne family home on western Arrernte Country to plan a road trip to Naarm (aka Melbourne) for the award ceremony. Radio National journalist Harry Hayes joined them and recorded interviews about the book which then featured on the Indigenous arts program, Awaye!
#2019horizonThe Byrne family and co-authors are working collectively with Ptilotus Press to plan the next steps for the ongoing national distribution of 'Living In Hope' and to build an audience for the forthcoming publication of Frank Byrne's complete life story.
Pictured left to right: Trevor Byrne, Delphene Byrne, Gerard Waterford & Frances Coughlan.
#2019horizonThe Byrne family and co-authors are working collectively with Ptilotus Press to plan the next steps for the ongoing national distribution of 'Living In Hope' and to build an audience for the forthcoming publication of Frank Byrne's complete life story.
Pictured left to right: Trevor Byrne, Delphene Byrne, Gerard Waterford & Frances Coughlan.
#2018highlight In October 2018, Living In Hope was shortlisted for the Most Underrated Book Award 2018 by the Small Press Network. In November, Byrne family members, co-authors and Ptilotus Press met at the Byrne family home on western Arrernte Country to plan a road trip to Naarm (aka Melbourne) for the award ceremony. Radio National journalist Harry Hayes joined them and recorded interviews about the book which then featured on the Indigenous arts program, Awaye!
#2019horizonThe Byrne family and co-authors are working collectively with Ptilotus Press to plan the next steps for the ongoing national distribution of 'Living In Hope' and to build an audience for the forthcoming publication of Frank Byrne's complete life story.
Pictured left to right: Trevor Byrne, Delphene Byrne, Gerard Waterford & Frances Coughlan.
#2019horizonThe Byrne family and co-authors are working collectively with Ptilotus Press to plan the next steps for the ongoing national distribution of 'Living In Hope' and to build an audience for the forthcoming publication of Frank Byrne's complete life story.
Pictured left to right: Trevor Byrne, Delphene Byrne, Gerard Waterford & Frances Coughlan.
#2018highlight In October 2018, Living In Hope was shortlisted for the Most Underrated Book Award 2018 by the Small Press Network. In November, Byrne family members, co-authors and Ptilotus Press met at the Byrne family home on western Arrernte Country to plan a road trip to Naarm (aka Melbourne) for the award ceremony. Radio National journalist Harry Hayes joined them and recorded interviews about the book which then featured on the Indigenous arts program, Awaye!
#2019horizon The Byrne family and co-authors are working collectively with Ptilotus Press to plan the next steps for the ongoing national distribution of 'Living In Hope' and to build an audience for the forthcoming publication of Frank Byrne's complete life story.
Pictured left to right: Trevor Byrne, Delphene Byrne, Gerard Waterford & Frances Coughlan.
#2019horizon The Byrne family and co-authors are working collectively with Ptilotus Press to plan the next steps for the ongoing national distribution of 'Living In Hope' and to build an audience for the forthcoming publication of Frank Byrne's complete life story.
Pictured left to right: Trevor Byrne, Delphene Byrne, Gerard Waterford & Frances Coughlan.