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1 Extremities Sonya Voumard , 2020 single work prose
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , April no. 58 2020;
1 2 y separately published work icon Skin in the Game : The Pleasure and Pain of Telling True Stories Sonya Voumard , Yarraville : Transit Lounge , 2018 13003127 2018 single work autobiography

'Stella Prize long-listed author Sonya Voumard’s Skin in the Game is original, incisive, and hugely entertaining.

'The daughter of a European refugee mother and a journalist father, Voumard recounts with aplomb her passionate but questioning relationship with journalism and the nature of the interview. There’s a disastrous 1980 university encounter with Helen Garner which forms the seed for her fascination with the dynamics of the interview and culminates in her connecting again with Garner more than three decades later to work out what went so wrong. 

'There are the insights of a career played out against the changing nature of journalism including the author’s time as a Canberra correspondent. And there are revealing and tender portraits of Kings Cross, of growing up in suburban Melbourne, her father’s love of journalism, and a family journey to the Bonegilla Migrant Reception Centre where her mother’s Australian life began.

'Throughout it all Voumard is a sharpshooter, never afraid to hold a mirror up to her own life and practices as a journalist, to dig deep into the ethics of journalism and the use of power, and to sensitively explore the intertwined nature of life and work and personal relationships. The writing is at turns sharp, funny, direct, strong, and affectionate.' (Publication summary)

1 Broadly Speaking Sonya Voumard , 2014 single work interview
— Appears in: Baz Luhrmann : Interviews 2014;
1 The Canberra Correspondent Sonya Voumard , 2013 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 72 no. 1 2013; (p. 142-149)
1 2 of Us : Vinnie Rae and Jim Hearn Sonya Voumard , 2013 single work interview
— Appears in: The Age , 26 January 2013; (p. 6-7)
1 The Interviewer & the Subject Sonya Voumard (interviewer), 2012 single work interview
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 71 no. 2 2012; (p. 1-14)
1 From High Heels to Ideals Sonya Voumard , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Author , March vol. 44 no. 1 2012; (p. 18-20)
'After six years in corporate communications, Sonya Voumard has thrown away her powerpoint and stilettos and returned to writing for pleasure. She spills the beans on life as a hired gun.' (p. 18)
1 Smoking, Joe and Me Sonya Voumard , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: SWAMP , May no. 10 2012;
1 Claims I've Never Made Sonya Voumard , 2011 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , [Autumn] no. 31 2011;
1 A Foreign Posting Sonya Voumard , 2011 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 130-136)

‘ 'You've got to hang shit on the place,' an ambitious journo mate urged me in early 1989 when I was sent to Brisbane to work as the correspondent for the Age. 'Treat it like a foreign posting,' said another who'd been there before me, adding I would 'need a lifeline out'’ (Publication abstract)

1 The Deputy CEO Sonya Voumard , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 126 2011; (p. 54-58)
1 Ten Days in Hong Kong Sonya Voumard , 2011 single work biography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 70 no. 2 2011; (p. 103-107)
1 The Journalist and the Teenager Sonya Voumard , 2011 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , [Autumn] vol. 70 no. 1 2011; (p. 155-158)
1 4 y separately published work icon Political Animals Sonya Voumard , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2008 Z1531863 2008 single work novel 'A genre-bending sexual and political thriller that races from Australia's national capital to its desert outback and beyond.
'Australian author and journalist Sonya Voumard's Political Animals explores the mutually exploitative relationship between Australian politics and the media; the factional infighting; the sexual tension; the deal-making; the fragility of ethics when ambition, sex and career advancement collide. Ally Chesterton is a sassy, independent yet vulnerable thirty-something journalist with a painful past and something to prove. First published to critical acclaim in 2008, this compelling work of fiction has the unmistakable stamp of authenticity, its author having worked for many years as a political journalist.' (Publication summary)
 
1 All Comes Out in the Wash Sonya Voumard , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 December 2005; (p. 27)

— Review of Waves : Great Stories from the Surf 2005 anthology prose
1 Despair Wore Purple Sonya Voumard , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 January 2004; (p. 14)

— Review of Spinning Around Catherine Jinks , 2004 single work novel
1 Between Loss and a Comfortable Place Sonya Voumard , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 June 2002; (p. 12)

— Review of The Tears of Strangers : A Memoir Stan Grant , 2002 single work autobiography
1 Don't Spare Us the Gory Details Sonya Voumard , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 April 2002; (p. 12)

— Review of On Murder 2 : True Crime Writing in Australia 2002 anthology short story non-fiction
1 Chapter and Verse On the Cover Story Sonya Voumard , 1995 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 August 1995; (p. 23)
1 Controversy has a Hand in Demidenko's Solid Sales Sonya Voumard , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 July 1995; (p. 16)
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