WIN A COPY OF LOVE, DEATH AND OTHER SCENES
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Love, Death and Other Scenes reflects on experiences of love and loss from throughout Nova’s life, including: losing her beloved partner, playwright Aidan Fennessy, during the 2020 Covid lockdown; the death of her mother ten years earlier; her daughter turning eighteen and finishing school; and her own physical ageing.
Warm and wise – and often joyful – Love, Death & Other Scenes ultimately focuses on the living we do after losses and what we learn from them.
Winner announced 19 August 2024.
(Australian residents only)
This is a moving, honest account of farewelling a partner of twenty-five years, parenting teenagers through grief, buying property for the first time at the age of fifty, watching Aidan live on through his plays, and learning to appreciate spending hours alone with only the household cat for company. Warm and wise – and often joyful – Love, Death & Other Scenes ultimately focuses on the living we do after losses and what we learn from them.
Despite describing herself as (initially) “terrified”, Nova Weetman circled the ice multiple times at increasing speed, expounding cheerfully and thoughtfully on creating with writing partners, connecting with editors and managing overload. This was a warm, inspiring and thought-provoking email with one of Australia’s best-loved voices. Thank you Nova!
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