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Jennifer Severn

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Born

in Sydney, Australia

Website

http://www.jennifersevern.com.au

Genre

Memoir, Fiction

Member Since

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Jennifer Severn’s manuscript Long Road to Dry River was shortlisted for the Finch Prize for Memoir in 2018. Her novella manuscript Garnet was short-listed for the Viva la Novella prize in 2022. Now novel-length, Garnet was released in February 2026 by Vine Leaves Press.

Her story ‘Nobody Owns a Fire’, one of eight linked stories that comprise Garnet, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024.

She has contributed to Wordgathering, a digital anthology published by Syracuse University, New York State, US, and fourW, an annual anthology of prose and poetry published by the Booranga Centre at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia.

Her work has also featured on the ABC Radio 'Country Hour' program and Edge FM.

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A series of transcribed conversations between Garner, Hooper and Krasnostein about the court case of mushroom-poisoner Erin Patterson. I'll buy anything with Helen Garner on the cover but there just wasn't enough of her in this book. When she does co ...more
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Jennifer Severn liked KimbeReads's review of Garnet: "Garnet is a novel almost set like interconnected short stories, about the lives and relationships and deep secrets of the characters in this small, less-than-idyllic, rural Australian town. Jennifer Severn has meticulously constructed each of these v" Read more of this review »
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Jennifer Severn liked Lynda's review of Garnet: "I laughed, I cried - I could not put the book down. I wanted to taste the dishes, read the books and dance to the albums mentioned. I simply did not want to leave Garnet. So beautifully written, every word choosen with care. The author rites from rea" Read more of this review »
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Jennifer Severn liked Neens West's review of Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage: "Started on audio to taste it, and found Burden's prose surprisingly arresting: elegant, sensory and very more-ish. I couldn't stop listening. It takes a lot of guts to write about your hideous marriage breakup when you mix in elite NY society circles" Read more of this review »
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I’m truly struggling to know what to say about this book. It’s completely mad. It’s brilliant, starkly original, funny, tragic. It rockets along, forcing me to breathe deeply and slow down to appreciate the language, the nuance, the subtle threads th ...more
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What a tale. Families, passions and secrets. Three sisters meet to celebrate their dying mother's 90th birthday. The eldest, Laurel, starts unearthing clues to a mysterious event she witnessed as a teenager. Morton switches viewpoints and timelines - ...more
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Jennifer Severn made a comment on Neens West’s review of Piranesi " Neens, I totally agree. I don't read spec fic either but I loved this. The prose alone won me. Beautiful. ...more "
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