Claire G Coleman – författare

SHORTLISTED FOR THE STELLA PRIZE 2018Highly Commended in the Victorian Premier''s Literary Awards 2017Shortlisted for the ABIA Matt Richell Award for New Writers 2018Shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for a Science Fiction Novel 2017Longlisted for the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction 2018Nominated for Ditmar Award Best New Talent 2018''Artfully combining elements of literary, historical, and speculative fiction, this allegorical novel is surprising and unforgettable'' - starred review, Publishers Weekly''The truth that lies at the heart of this novel is impossible to ignore.'' - Books+Publishing''a skilfully constructed pastiche of colonisation, resistance and apocalyptic chaos with parallels that sit unsettlingly close to home'' - The Big IssueJacky was running. There was no thought in his head, only an intense drive to run. There was no sense he was getting anywhere, no plan, no destination, no future. All he had was a sense of what was behind, what he was running from. Jacky was running.The Natives of the Colony are restless. The Settlers are eager to have a nation of peace, and to bring the savages into line. Families are torn apart, reeducation is enforced. This rich land will provide for all.This is not Australia as we know it. This is not the Australia of our history. This TERRA NULLIUS is something new, but all too familiar.This is an incredible debut from a striking new Australian Aboriginal voice.''A delightfully duplicitous noodle-bender that flips the script on the Indigenous Australian survival narrative.'' - Kirkus Reviews**Includes BONUS extract from Claire G. Coleman''s next novel, The Old Lie**

''Set in an intergalactic war, this powerful story is told from multiple viewpoints and delivers an emotionally wrenching impact.'' - Sally Morgan, author of the bestselling Australian classic MY PLACEShane Daniels and Romany Zetz have been drawn into a war that is not their own. Lives will be destroyed, families will be torn apart. Trust will be broken.When the war is over, some will return to a changed world. Will they discover that glory is a lie?Claire G. Coleman''s new novel takes us to a familiar world to ask what we have learned from the past. The Old Lie might not be quite what you expect.**Includes bonus chapters from the bestselling and award-winning Terra Nullius** Praise for Terra Nullius:''surprising and unforgettable'' - Publisher''s Weekly''moving and original'' - Weekend Australian''impossible to ignore'' - Books and Publishing''unflinching'' - Sydney Review of Books''timely'' - Adelaide Review

LONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2023''These are troubling times. The world is a dangerous place,'' the voice of the Chairman said. ''I can continue to assure you of this: within the Wall you are perfectly safe.''Christine could not sleep, she could not wake, she could not think. She stared, half-blind, at the cold screen of her smartphone. She was told the Agency was keeping them safe from the dangers outside, an outside world she would never see.She never imagined questioning what she was told, what she was allowed to know, what she was permitted to think. She never even thought there were questions to ask.The enclave was the only world she knew, the world outside was not safe. Staying or leaving was not a choice she had the power to make. But then Christine dared start thinking . . . and from that moment, danger was everywhere.In our turbulent times, Claire G. Coleman''s Enclave is a powerful dystopian allegory that confronts the ugly realities of racism, homophobia, surveillance, greed and privilege and the self-destructive distortions that occur when we ignore our shared humanity.''A brilliant, engrossing, necessary read'' COURIER MAIL''Much of this novel feels frighteningly plausible ... Coleman''s world shimmers on the page like a heat haze'' ARTS HUB''If you liked Margaret Atwood''s The Handmaid''s Tale or Charlotte Woods'' The Natural Way of Things, this one is clearly for you'' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD''The book holds up a thoughtful mirror showing us to ourselves using an all too real future'' KILL YOUR DARLINGS''Enclave is a novel that inclines towards hope ... offers us an alternative: a world in which people, in meeting the demands of the present with curiosity, courage and conviction, can bring about a more just and inclusive future'' NEW DAILY''Coleman can turn a deft phrase ... She writes a mean chase sequence, ramping up the suspense when she wants, with fight scenes and great narrative propulsion'' THE AGE''Coleman offers an urgent critique of bigotry and, implicitly, of colonialism, writing with conviction about the ways technology can be misused by those in power, but also how it might be deployed for good. Indeed, despite its dystopian tenor, Enclave is ultimately a hopeful novel, and one which suggests it is far from futile to aspire to a better future'' MANJIMUP-BRIDGETOWN TIMES''If Margaret Atwood''s dystopian Handmaid''s Tale ignited a spark, you''ll rip through Claire Coleman''s new novel like a forest fire'' MARIE CLAIRE''She is toying with the canon, but also placing menacing signposts of the unsustainability of the settlement''s brutal, exclusionary politics. Enclave is a clarion shout against demonising the unfamiliar, and the temptation to withdraw into a bubble'' THE GUARDIAN

“Coleman’s timely debut is testimony to the power of an old story seen afresh through new eyes.” —Adelaide Advertiser

“In our politically tumultuous time, the novel’s themes of racism, inherent humanity and freedom are particularly poignant.” —Books + Publishing

The Natives of the Colony are restless. The Settlers are eager to have a nation of peace and to bring the savages into line. Families are torn apart. Reeducation is enforced. This rich land will provide for all.

This is not the Australia we know. This is not the Australia of the history books. Terra Nullius is something new, but all too familiar.

Shortlisted for the 2018 Stella Prize Indie Book Awards and Highly Commended for the Victorian Premiers Literary Awards, Terra Nullius is an incredible debut from a striking new Australian Aboriginal voice.

Jacky was running. There was no thought in his head, only an intense drive to run. There was no sense he was getting anywhere, no plan, no destination, no future. All he had was a sense of what was behind, what he was running from. Jacky was running.

Claire G. Coleman is a writer from Western Australia. She identifies with the South Coast Noongar people. Her family are associated with the area around Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun. Claire grew up in a Forestry’s settlement in the middle of a tree plantation, where her dad worked, not far out of Perth. She wrote her black&write! fellowship- winning manuscript Terra Nullius while traveling around Australia in a caravan.