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Aniko Press - April 2024
In 2020, Sharlene submitted to her first blind call out. Aniko Press's Emily Riches loved "Blurring the Borders" and published it in Aniko Press' inaugural edition "Unsung." Fast Forward to 2024 and Emily reviews The Great Undoing. Read Here.
Australian Book Review - February 2024
James Bradley reviews The Great Undoing for the Australian Book Review—"Transfiguring the World: Sharlene Allsopp’s Impressive Debut.”
‘Simultaneously, the novel incorporates the questions about veracity and historical truth that are at its heart into its structure. As Scarlet travels home, she records her experiences in the pages of a faded copy of Ernest Scott’s A Short History of Australia (1916), whose preface declares that it ‘begins with a blank space on the map, and ends with the record of a new name on the map’. Scarlet’s overwriting takes the act of erasure implicit in this statement and quite literally fills in the blanks, transforming the volume into the physical embodiment of Truth-Telling.’ Read Here
ABC The Book Show with Claire Nichols - February 2024
The Great Undoing (Ultimo) is the ambitious debut novel from Sharlene Allsopp, an Indigenous author born and raised on Bundjalung Country. The Great Undoing features shifting timelines, a future world collapse, a reckoning with Australia's colonial past and even an exploration of the concept of truth itself. Listen Here.
RRRFM Melbourne’s Literati Glitterati with Laura Pietrobon - February 2024
Laura Pietrobon was excited to have Sharlene in the studio to chat about Scarlet Friday and The Great Undoing and to discuss who gets to write the stories that define us. Listen Here.
The Guardian - February 2024
Featured in “‘Poetic’, ‘fearless’, ‘a creative triumph’: the best Australian books out in February”. Read Here.
Jacaranda Journal Interview - December 2023
Sharlene sat down with Editor in Chief Olivia De Zilva to talk all things writing, editing, and The Great Undoing. Read Here.
Books+Publishing Interview
- December 2023
Sharlene Allsopp’s debut novel, The Great Undoing (Ultimo, February 2024), ‘is a remarkable book that reaches back into the early 20th century and forwards into the future to examine discontinuities in recorded histories, and the resonances of this within the lives of First Nations people,’ according to Books+Publishing reviewer Stefen Brazulaitis. He spoke with the Meanjin/Brisbane-based author.
Read the interview Here.
TEDxUQ Speaker - August 2023
TEDxUQ speaker: Sharlene Allsopp, a distinguished writer and poet, raised on unceded Bundjalung country. With a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Writing from The University of Queensland, Sharlene's passion for literature extends to her work as a tutor in the ITAR program at the ATSIS Unit, as well as her role as a subeditor for Jacaranda Journal, making her a valuable asset to the literary community.
Recognised as The University of Queensland's Ford Memorial Poet of 2021 and a recipient of the Next Chapter award in 2020, she recently completed her novel, The Great Undoing, set to be released with Ultimo Press in 2024.
Join us as Sharlene explores "What a bum hole in the wall taught me about history." Watch Here (or with Auslan Here).
Next Chapter Interview- July 2023
When Sharlene Allsopp was accepted into the Wheeler Centre’s writing development program The Next Chapter, she welcomed the opportunity with both hands. Looking ahead to the publication of her debut novel, Sharlene tells fellow writer and 2020 Next Chapter participant Oliver Reeson about the lasting impact The Next Chapter has had on her writing and relationships. Read More
swim meet lit mag Interview
- April 2023
Founding editor, Svetlana Sterlin, spoke to Issue 4 poet, Sharlene Allsopp, about her venture into poetry. Read More
Ford Memorial Prize Winner Interview - March 2022
Sharlene Allsopp, who has written a thought-provoking poem entitled, "They Cannot Say Their Thoughts." This work was awarded the annual Ford Memorial Prize. She was interviewed by the University of Queensland. Read More
The Wire Interview - April 2021
Bundjalung woman and author Sharlene Allsopp had always been told that Aboriginal people didn’t serve in World War I, and yet she felt a deep connection to place when she travelled through the historic war grounds of France. Upon returning home, a moment of inspired research changed her understanding of history and put her grandfather clearly in the picture. Listen Here
Radio Adelaide Interview - April 2021
Stories flow naturally from Sharlene Allsopp’s mind. A discovery or memory triggers writing that paints visions of landscapes, childhood, conflict and culture. It’s that capacity to tap in to stories through creative non-fiction that won her support through the 2021 Wheeler Centre Next Chapter Awards. Sharlene spoke about it with Sarah Martin. Listen Here
UQ Interview - February 2021
A short story for a University of Queensland project that evolved into the draft of a novel has helped secure Indigenous Arts student Sharlene Allsopp a prestigious literary prize. Read More
EWF At Home Residency
- December 2020
As one of six writers selected for the Emerging Writers Festival At Home Residencies program, Sharlene chatted to EWF about her memoir, historical narratives and advice on writing. Read More
Aniko Press Author Interview
- August 2020
Sharlene talks to Aniko Press about invisible histories, the importance of truth-telling, and what it means to write bravely. Read More