Patrick Holland
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Patrick Holland is an Australian novelist, short story writer and essayist. His novel The Long Road of the Junkmailer (UQP, 2006) won the 2005 Queensland Premier's Award for Best Emerging Author and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize
, Best First Book South East Asia/South Pacific (2006). His second novel The Mary Smokes Boys (Transit Lounge, 2010) tells the story of a band of young disenfranchised horse thieves and one's young sister. His short story collection The Source of the Sound (Salt, 2010) won Salt Publishing's 2010 Scott Prize. Riding the Trains in Japan, a collection of his non-fiction, was published in 2011. His writing is informed by his Catholic faith. He has described himself as a minimalist.
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
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, Best First Book South East Asia/South Pacific (2006). His second novel The Mary Smokes Boys (Transit Lounge, 2010) tells the story of a band of young disenfranchised horse thieves and one's young sister. His short story collection The Source of the Sound (Salt, 2010) won Salt Publishing's 2010 Scott Prize. Riding the Trains in Japan, a collection of his non-fiction, was published in 2011. His writing is informed by his Catholic faith. He has described himself as a minimalist.
External links
- The Source of the Sound, Salt Publishing
- Transit Lounge
- Meet an Aussie Author - Patrick Holland