Gail Jones (writer)

Gail Jones is an Australian novelist and academic.

This article is about the Australian writer. For the American writer, see Gayl Jones. For the British businesswoman, see Gail Jones (entrepreneur).

Gail Jones
BornHarvey, Western Australia
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
EducationUniversity of Melbourne
University of Western Australia (BA, PhD)
Years active1982–present
Notable worksDreams of Speaking, Sixty Lights, The Death of Noah Glass

Early life and career

Gail Jones was born in Harvey, Western Australia. She grew up in Broome and Kalgoorlie.[1] She studied fine arts briefly at the University of Melbourne before returning to Western Australia where she took her undergraduate degree and PhD from the University of Western Australia in 1994.[2] Her thesis was titled Mimesis and alterity: postcolonialism, ethnography and the representation of racial 'others'. She is currently Professor of Writing in the Writing and Society Research School at the Western Sydney University.[3]

Jones has also contributed content for an art exhibition, The floating world by Jo Darbyshire (2009).[4]

Since 2017 Jones has been involved in a research project Other Worlds: Forms of 'World Literature', for which she is leading a theme titled 'Form as Encounter' that is exploring intercultural intersections and encounters.[5]

Published works

Novels

Short story collections
  • The House of Breathing (1992)
  • Fetish Lives (1997)

Critical works

These works have been widely translated.[9] The languages include Italian, German, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Hebrew, Mandarin, Polish, Croatian and Czech.

Awards

The House of Breathing

Fetish Lives

Black Mirror

Sixty Lights

Dreams of Speaking

Sorry

  • Shortlisted for Miles Franklin Award, 2008[10]
  • Shortlisted for Prime Minister's Literary Awards, 2008[10]
  • Shortlisted for Nita Kibble Award 2008[10]
  • Shortlisted for SA Premiers Fiction Prize 2008
  • Shortlisted for Victorian Premier's Award 2008
  • Longlisted for Orange Prize (UK) 2008
  • Shortlisted for Prix Femina Etranger (France) 2008

Five Bells

A Guide to Berlin

The Death of Noah Glass

Our Shadows

  • Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction, 2021[19]
  • Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, 2021[20]
  • Shortlisted for the Voss Literary Prize, 2021[21]

Salonika Burning

  • ARA Historical Novel Prize (adult), winner, 2023[22]

Personal life

Jones has a daughter, Kyra Giorgi, who is also a writer.[6]

References
  1. Munro O'Brien, Jodie (19 August 2015). "The influential tourist - Writers adventures inspire award-winning tales". Brisbane news. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. McCrea, Michael (Winter 2006). "Gail Jones". Wet Ink. 3: 26–29 – via Informit.
  3. Unknown, University of Western Sydney -. "Professor Gail Jones". www.westernsydney.edu.au. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. "The Floating World - 2009 | Jo Darbyshire". www.jodarbyshire.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. "See the Other Worlds website". Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  6. Wyndham, Susan (8 August 2015). "Gail Jones". The Canberra Times.
  7. Kavanagh, Bec (22 October 2020). "Our Shadows by Gail Jones review – a quiet rejection of conformity in the Kalgoorlie mines". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  8. "RealTime Arts - Magazine - issue 80 - the piano replayed & re-read". www.realtimearts.net. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  9. "Gail Jones". Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  10. "Gail Jones". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  11. "Writing WA - TAG Hungerford Award winners". 2 September 2005.
  12. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  13. "ALS Gold Medal 2019 longlist announced". Books+Publishing. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  14. Boland, Michaela (2 July 2019). "'Try being a Leb': Author from Punchbowl shortlisted for Miles Franklin". ABC News. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  15. "Winners announced for PM's Literary Awards 2019". Books+Publishing. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  16. "Voss Literary Prize 2019 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  17. "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature". State Library of South Australia. December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  18. "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  19. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  20. "Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 longlist announced". Books+Publishing. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  21. "Voss Literary Prize 2021 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  22. "Jones, Mellor win Historical Novel Prize". Books+Publishing. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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