In its annual Honouring Australian Writers series, Writing NSW pays tribute to writers who have made an important contribution to our literary culture.
In 2019 we honoured Sumner Locke Elliott (1917-1991), internationally best-selling author, playwright, and scriptwriter. Elliott is best known for Careful, He Might Hear You which won the 1963 Miles Franklin Award and was adapted into the 1983 film. The event included conversations, readings, and archival material, and featured Sharon Clarke, Kim Knuckey, Margaret Fink and Walter Mason.
For further information on Sumner Locke Elliott, see our Honouring Australian Writers resources page here.
Listen to the podcast of the event below, or head to our Soundcloud.
Read some of our live tweets of the event:
Biographer Sharon Clarke is our first speaker! We’re learning lots about Sumner’s life from Sharon. Did you know Sumner Locke Elliott was named a literary lion from the New York Public Library? #Honouring19
— Writing NSW (@writingNSW) August 17, 2019
The many covers of Sumner Locke Elliot’s Fairyland, which is one of the two only Sumner books still in print #Honouring19 pic.twitter.com/9QnwA6bNVv
— Writing NSW (@writingNSW) August 17, 2019