Angela O’Keeffe
@angeokeeffe
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The Sitter out now Night Blue 2021 Shaw Literary she/her
Gadigal Land
Joined June 2014
Thank you @bysarahayoub for this lucid piece of writing. Zionists' hysteria in response to our NSW Premier's awards shortlisting is islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism masquerading as 'concern' for the integrity of the awards. https://t.co/gagHWTVDxH
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Seeking to dismiss a judge for being passionate about a cause pertaining to the safety and liberation of her people reeks of a desperation to silence a critical voice
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And honoured to be alongside these UQP writers
🎉Congratulations @omarsakrpoet, @angeokeeffe and Ellen van Neerven for their award shortlisting's for the 2024 NSW Premier Literary Awards. head to the link to find out more: https://t.co/MNnPMrB6Wq
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Honoured to be shortlisted alongside these writers
Christina Stead Prize for Fiction 2024 #NSWPLA shortlist: Fiona McFarlane, @SuzieMillerWrtr, @angeokeeffe, Ronnie Scott, @gretchenshirm, Alexis Wright. See judges’ comments: https://t.co/pOyX7YE4Er
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Bless, @angeokeeffe's The Sitter is a "best book of 2023" according to Geordie in @satpaper – "She inhabits (Marie-Hortense Fiquet) with necromantic verve..."
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Marie-Hortense Cézanne sat for 29 portraits by her husband, Paul, the revered French post-impressionist painter. These were Marina Abramović-level feats of perseverance on her part, as well as
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Congratulations Audrey! So thrilled for you. (If anyone cares to vote for Audrey’s wonderful poem see below.)
Thrilled to have a poem in the running, along with some brilliant company. Congrats to all the shortlisted poets! 🥂@TheGalleryPress @PittStPoetry
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“There is a thrill to unhappiness that most people do not understand.” If you’d like to read the first pages of The Sitter..✨🌸 link below
Today in KYD: Read an extract from 'The Sitter' by @angeokeeffe (@UQPbooks) a highly original work narrated by Hortense Cezanne, the wife of the celebrated artist, as she witnesses an author in 2020 write a book about her life. Read the extract here:
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Thank you so much Martin. I’m wishing this book lovely adventures.
Happy publication day to @angeokeeffe with her extraordinary second novel, #TheSitter, from @UQPbooks! This was one of the most exciting manuscripts to ever land on #TheBooksDesk…I was simply entranced, & can’t wait for you all to read it!
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Thanks so much Cass Moriarty. Brisbane people, I’d love to see you at the launch x
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“To write what you don’t know, or towards what you want to know, or into what you can’t seem to figure out. “ https://t.co/lGFuYGA38f
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I’m wary of those writers who tell me, with absolute certainty, that all I need to do is make a decision. They are referring to the book I’m trying to write, a novel that does not know where it’s g…
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Would love to see any Sydney people there… they have a great bar too !
And announcing a Sydney launch for @angeokeeffe courtesy of @RoaringStories, with @WyndhamSusan doing the honours! #TheSitter
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Thank you Martin. Just adding that I’ll be in conversation with the wonderful Mirandi Riwoe @m_riwoe (And had to share this beautiful invite just received from @UQPbooks ) For those in Brisbane would love to see you there!
Time has flown with this book: the Brisbane launch of @angeokeeffe’s tremendous The Sitter (@UQPbooks) is on next week at Avid Reader!
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So lovely to see Martin with this book he championed into the world 🙏 (well his thumb anyway)
In my hands, @angeokeeffe’s divine novel The Sitter, out in Aug from @UQPbooks! And perhaps now’s a good time too to congratulate A on her Quentin Bryce award (“awarded to one book on UQP’s list each year that celebrates women’s lives +/or gender equality”)
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Thank you @UQPbooks Aviva Tuffield, Margot Lloyd @thebooksdesk and Cezanne
🤩 Cover reveal! 🤩 Out August: 'The Sitter' by @angeokeeffe, a highly original work narrated by Hortense Cezanne, the wife of the celebrated artist, as she witnesses an author in 2020 write a book about her life. ➡️ Learn more & pre-order: https://t.co/ebo9r1FbsZ
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✨ Acquisition news! UQP is thrilled to announce that we have acquired @angeokeeffe's new novel, 'The Sitter' via @thebooksdesk 🎨 'The Sitter' is a startlingly accomplished and multilayered work. For the full announcement, visit the UQP website. https://t.co/eIU1e02Ule
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Many thanks to the judges, and thank you to @transitlounge2 for taking on what might be considered a risky manuscript from a debut author.
Congratulations from all at Transit Lounge to Angela O'Keeffe on Night Blue being shortlisted for the 2022 Prime Minister's Literature Award. Winner announced on December 13 in Launceston.
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#BerryWriters Art and Artist: Terms of engagement was fun. Thanks to @DeliaFalconer Fiona Kelly McGregor and chair @helenoneill and organisers especially @SkylarksRising
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ART AND ARTIST: TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT Authors Angela O'Keeffe, Fiona Kelly McGregor and Delia Falconer will discuss how they engage with visual images – and art – in their work. Book your tickets: https://t.co/5UuFv2rvUz
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“People under seventy and over seven are very unreliable if they are not cats.” Leonora Carrington, The Hearing Trumpet
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