“I suddenly saw the world from an entirely different perspective … It’s language and perspective on the world that in middle class society we take for granted. I felt like my entire world had been turned upside down.”
Cate Blanchett on my story ‘Better Homes and Gardens’ winner of the Hope prize.
Margaret River Press ‘What’s feeding your senses?’
Nathan Hobby Shibboleth
Julie Koh Shibboleth Launch Speech
Hope Prize Sydney Morning Herald, November 4, 2016
Therese Smith Salt.
Salt by Catherine Moffat – a disturbing, yet intensely powerful read that haunted me after. One of the best pieces of short fiction I’ve ever read
Judges comments on the first Hope Prize
Quentin Bryce: “I admire the way the stories reveal the lives of people who so often go unnoticed in our society; stories filled with determination and human spirit about people who overcome the odds with courage and strength.”
Cate Blanchett: “The finalists all revealed powerful perspectives on the world at large, and displayed unique, unpretentious and authentic voices.”
Kate Grenville, on the story which won the first Hope Prize, ‘Better Homes and Gardens’ by Catherine Moffat: “The hope here isn’t that good things are going to happen, because they probably won’t. It’s that love is stronger than circumstance, and hope keeps love alive.”
See the first Hope Prize list of winners.
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