Tara June Winch


Tara June Winch is an Aboriginal Australian writer.

Biography

Tara June Winch was born in Wollongong, Australia, in 1983. Her father is from the Wiradjuri nation in western New South Wales, and she grew up in the coastal area of Woonona within the Wollongong region. She often explores the two geographical places in her fiction. She is based in Australia and France.
Her first novel, Swallow the Air, won several Australian literary awards. The judges for The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelists award wrote that the book "is distinguished by its natural grace and vivid language" and that "As with many first books it deals with issues of family, growing up and stepping into the world. But it strives to connect these experiences to broader social issues, though never in a didactic fashion".
The critical reception for her second book, After the Carnage, was positive. A review in The Australian stated that "Winch can pack a punch and break your heart within a few pages" and that "The personal-is-political worldview flexes Winch's considerable literary muscle".

Awards and nominations

Anthologies

Essays and reporting

Film