The Mill is thrilled to announce Corrie Hosking as the recipient of the Citymag 2023 Writer in Residence January-June residency.
The Writer in Residence program, in partnership with Citymag, supports emerging writers from a variety of disciplines. The program creates a broader audience for writing through leadership, mentorship and publication.
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Corrie has spent the past 17 years focusing on family, land-restoration and employment as a Paediatric Social Worker. She is privileged with experience across the Arts and Health sectors (including PhD: Creative Writing). Interwoven with academic education, Corrie’s early writing achieved various awards and publications—including Festival Award for Literature: Unpublished Manuscript, prompting publication of first novel, Ash Rain (Wakefield Press, 2004), Sydney Morning Herald’s Best Young Australian Writer (2005), publication of second novel, Eating Lolly (Forth-Estate, 2008) and the fortune of Arts SA and Australia Council support.
More recently, she has sought opportunities to explore new creative terrain. Corrie has attended International Artists Residencies including ‘Luminous Bodies 2018’, Toronto Island, Canada and in 2019, ‘New Course’, Hämeenkyrö, Finland.
Most recently, Corrie was awarded the 2022 Deep Creek Residency Fellowship—the inaugural initiative of Matilda Bookshop, Writers SA, Ultimo Press, with mentorship provided by Hannah Kent.
Photo: Courtesy of the artist