Jock Serong | |
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Born | Justin Serong |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Education | |
Period | 2014- |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Notable awards | Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel, ARA Historical Novel Prize, Staunch Prize |
Website | |
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Jock Serong is an Australian writer. [1]
Serong grew up in Melbourne’s bayside suburbs and completed his secondary education at Xavier College in Kew. From years 4-8 he attended Xavier’s Kostka Hall junior campus in Brighton. [2] He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1995 with an LLB. [3] He now resides in Port Fairy in regional Victoria with his wife and children. [4]
He is a former lawyer, and also majored in archaeology at university. [5] He co-edited the short-lived journal Great Ocean Quarterly established in 2013. [6]
Preservation, The Burning Island and The Settlement are a trilogy of historical novels set in and around the Furneaux Islands in Bass Strait and south-east Australia.
He contributed to the collection Minds Went Walking: Paul Kelly's Songs Reimagined ( Fremantle Press, 2022).
Awards | |
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ARA Historical Novel Prize | The Burning Island, winner 2021 [7] |
The Settlement, shortlisted 2023 [7] | |
Colin Roderick Award | The Rules of Backyard Cricket, shortlisted 2017 [8] |
On the Java Ridge, winner 2018 [9] | |
The Settlement, longlisted 2023 [10] | |
Ned Kelly Award | Quota, winner 2015, Best First Novel [11] |
The Rules of Backyard Cricket, shortlisted 2017, Best Novel [12] | |
Staunch Book Prize | On the Java Ridge, winner 2018 [13] |
Jock Serong | |
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Born | Justin Serong |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Education | |
Period | 2014- |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Notable awards | Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel, ARA Historical Novel Prize, Staunch Prize |
Website | |
www |
Jock Serong is an Australian writer. [1]
Serong grew up in Melbourne’s bayside suburbs and completed his secondary education at Xavier College in Kew. From years 4-8 he attended Xavier’s Kostka Hall junior campus in Brighton. [2] He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1995 with an LLB. [3] He now resides in Port Fairy in regional Victoria with his wife and children. [4]
He is a former lawyer, and also majored in archaeology at university. [5] He co-edited the short-lived journal Great Ocean Quarterly established in 2013. [6]
Preservation, The Burning Island and The Settlement are a trilogy of historical novels set in and around the Furneaux Islands in Bass Strait and south-east Australia.
He contributed to the collection Minds Went Walking: Paul Kelly's Songs Reimagined ( Fremantle Press, 2022).
Awards | |
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ARA Historical Novel Prize | The Burning Island, winner 2021 [7] |
The Settlement, shortlisted 2023 [7] | |
Colin Roderick Award | The Rules of Backyard Cricket, shortlisted 2017 [8] |
On the Java Ridge, winner 2018 [9] | |
The Settlement, longlisted 2023 [10] | |
Ned Kelly Award | Quota, winner 2015, Best First Novel [11] |
The Rules of Backyard Cricket, shortlisted 2017, Best Novel [12] | |
Staunch Book Prize | On the Java Ridge, winner 2018 [13] |