Ashley Hay

Ashley Hay is an award-winning novelist, essayist and editor whose work includes A Hundred Small Lessons, and Gum: The Story of Eucalypts and Their Champions.

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Ashley Hay

Ashley Hay is a Brisbane-based novelist, essayist, mentor and editor whose work includes A Hundred Small Lessons, and Gum: The Story of Eucalypts and Their Champions. Her work has been published in Australia, the UK, the US and in translation, and has been recognised by awards including the Australian Society for Literature’s Colin Roderick Prize, the UNSW Press/Bragg Prize for Science Writing and Eucalypt Australia’s Dahl Medal. A former editor of Griffith Review, she lives and works in Brisbane.

Festival Events

Slippery Truths: Gail Jones and Toni Jordan

DATE March 28 TIME 10:00 am WHEREUniversity of Newcastle NUspace X320 Book now

Love, Loss and Writing: Debra Adelaide in Conversation

DATE March 28 TIME 2:30 pm WHEREUniversity of Newcastle NUspace X207 Book now

The Books That Saved Me

DATE March 29 TIME 10:00 am WHEREUniversity of Newcastle NUspace X320 Book now

BY THE ARTIST

A brown book cover featuring a sprig of Eucalyptus leaves around the word "Gum" in large white letters.

Gum

Newcastle Writers Festival would like to acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the festival takes place, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend this respect to all First Nations people attending our festival.

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