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Lorraine Marwood Lorraine Marwood i(A33426 works by)
Born: Established: 1953 ;
Gender: Female
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The mother of six children, Lorraine Marwood has worked as a literacy teacher. She began writing in the early 1990s. She has worked as a dairy farmer in Central Victoria, and it is this experience that informed her award-winning verse novel Star Jumps. The influence of farming and rural life is also evident in her gentle work of grief and relocation, Leave Taking.

Her poetry, largely concerned with aspects of rural life and rural isolation, has been published in magazines, anthologies and newspapers in the UK, the USA, New Zealand and Canada. Marwood's first collection of poetry, Skinprint (1996), was highly commended in the winter selection of the Poetry Club of Australia.

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y separately published work icon Footprints on the Moon St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2021 19703044 2021 single work novel

'A verse novel set against the backdrop of 1969, when humans first landed on the moon and the Vietnam War was raging.

'Sharnie is trying to make sense of the confusing and changing times while also starting at a new school, dealing with her grandmother having health issues and coping with her wayward sister, Cas.

'Footprints on the Moon dextrously raises important and timely themes for its intended audience: friendship, family, death, grief, support, war, protesting, and conscription.' (Publication summary)

2022 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Younger Readers
2021 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's History Prize New South Wales History Prize Young People's History Prize
y separately published work icon Leave Taking St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2018 14136050 2018 single work children's fiction children's

'Leave taking noun the act of saying goodbye

'What if you had just one week left to say goodbye to everything you’ve ever known?

'Toby and his mum and dad are leaving their family farm after the death of Toby’s younger sister, Leah. Together, they sort through all their belongings and put things aside to sell or throw out. It’s a big task, and Toby doesn’t want to leave the only place he’s called home. 

'As his last day on the farm approaches, Toby has a plan – a plan to say goodbye to all the things and places that mean something special to him and Leah, from the machinery shed to Pa’s old truck to the chook house. With the help of his best friend, Trigger the dog, he learns what it means to take your leave.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2019 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards Griffith University Children’s Book Award
2019 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards Book of the Year: Younger Readers
2019 joint winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books With Dingo.
2019 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Younger Readers
y separately published work icon Guinea Pig Town and Other Animal Poems Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2013 Z1926033 2013 selected work poetry children's 'A beautiful collection of poems about animals.
Squawk! Snuffle! Bark! Roar! Feathers, fins, scales, claws. Running, hopping, crawling, soaring. All creatures are celebrated in this new collection of poetry by Lorr aine Marwood.' (Publisher's blurb)
2013 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Best Language Development Book for Upper Primary Children (2005-2013)
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