a story is an act of the soul
km
image copyright Therese Ritchie
Karen Manton currently lives and writes in Darwin and Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia. Her short stories have won five NT Literary awards and are published in various anthologies, including Best Australian Stories.
The Curlew’s Eye (Allen & Unwin) is her first novel.
She is represented by Melanie Ostell Literary.
Scroll down the page for more about The Curlew’s Eye and KM’s awards, published works and bio.
the curlew’s eye
Shortlisted for the NT Chief Minister’s book awards (fiction)
Published by Allen & Unwin, and available from bookstores in Australia and NZ and their online outlets; audio book available from outlets online — enjoy the read and/or listen! Signed copies available from The Book Shop Darwin. If you can’t go in person, you can order a signed copy from the website or give them a call.
a glimpse of km
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The Curlew's Eye
As soon as Greta, her three children and Joel arrive at the abandoned property where he grew up, she is intrigued. The potent landscape, a sense of past family secrets, and the curlew’s eerie wail call her to make the invisible visible… It’s a journey that will catch hold of her and lead her to places she’s never imagined.
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Awards
2012 Pig, winner Arafura Short Story Award, NT Literary Awards
2012 The slow living diary, winner CDU travel short story award, NT Literary Awards
2010 Susannah, winner Arafura Short Story Award, NT Literary Awards
2009 Hannah’s bread, winner Arafura Short Story Award, NT Literary Awards2003 The Tempest (or walking off Progress Drive), winner Arafura Short Story Award, Dymocks NT Literary Awards
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Fellowships, Mentorships
2017 Arts NT Varuna Residential Fellowship, Varuna Writers House, NSW
2016 Hachette Mentorship Award for a Northern Territory writer, with Sophie Hamley
2005 Eleanor Dark Fellowship Award for Best Project in Fiction, Varuna Writers House
2004 Varuna Longlines Masterclass, with Peter Bishop, Varuna Writers House
2004 NT Writers Centre Mentorship, with Stephen Gray -
Published Works, full list
2021 The Curlew’s Eye, Allen & Unwin, Sydney
The Best Australian Stories
2011 The gills of fish, in The Best Australian Stories 2011, ed. Cate Kennedy, Black Inc. Melbourne
2005 Phoebe’s scar, in The Best Australian stories 2005, ed. Frank Moorhouse, Black Inc. Melbourne
Review of Australian Fiction
2014 Nobody wants a sick man (RAF, vol 11, issue 5) ed. Mathew Lamb
2013 All the precious things, (vol 8) eds. Jennifer Mills, Ali Cobby-Eckerman
Spineless Wonders
2017, Shot Tower, Landmarks, anthology
Award Winning Australian Writers
2012 The slow living diary, AWAW, Melbourne Books, Melbourne
Imprint Magazine
2017, The Dog, Imprint, NT Writers Centre
NT Literary Awards anthologies
2020 Bull Buster2016 The Ginger Flower
2016 The Last Man
2014 King Tide
2012 Pig
2012 Jack and the beans talk
2012 The slow living diary
2010 Susannah
2009 Hannah’s bread
2003 The Tempest (or walking off Progress Drive)
2003 Three tales from two points of a compass
km bio
Karen Manton lives in Darwin and Batchelor in the Northern Territory, with her husband, two sons, their two dogs and a turtle. Her short stories have won five NT Literary Awards, and are published in various anthologies, including Best Australian Stories, Landmarks, Review Australian Fiction, Award Winning Australian Writing and the NT Literary Award anthologies. She has been awarded the Eleanor Dark Flagship Fellowship Varuna Writers’ House, the NT Writers Centre Hachette Mentorship, and the Arts NT Varuna Residential Fellowship.
The Curlew’s Eye is her first novel.
bush track, Batchelor NT
Karen Manton is represented by Melanie Ostell Literary
for interviews, photos and publicity please contact dmcpr media
for book club, library, school or other author talks, pm me on facebook or email thecurlewseye@gmail.com
author photo copyright Therese Ritchie; book launch author photo copyright Samuel Ricketts;
other photos copyright karen manton; book images courtesy Allen & Unwin