Felicity Castagna’s next book, Peaches, will be released in 2027. She has previously published four novels for adults and young adults including her most recent book, Girls In Boys’ Cars which received The Victorian and Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards and is on its way to becoming a film.

Her previous novel, No More Boats was a finalist in the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Awards and is published internationally by Europa. Her novel, The Incredible Here and Now received a Prime Minister’s Literary Award. She has worked with artists in many different fields to write big, wild, wonderful things for organisations such as The Sydney Opera House, The Sydney Festival, Powerhouse and The Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.

Her essays on books, art, suburbia, home and place are published both here and internationally on platforms such as The Sydney Review of Books, Electric Literature, LitHub, and ABC radio and television. When she’s not writing she spends most of her time talking about books and helping other people to write them. She’s taught everywhere from schools to festivals, art galleries and correctional centres and she has helped to establish, promote and run many writing and storytelling programs, particularly in Western Sydney. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing with The Writing and Society Research Centre at Western Sydney University.