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Eugen Bacon

Author of Literary Fiction

based in VIC

Eugen Bacon is an African Australian author. She’s a British Fantasy and Foreword Indies Award winner, a twice World Fantasy Award finalist, and a finalist in the Shirley Jackson, Philip K. Dick, Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for her novel Serengotti, and the Nommo Awards for speculative fiction by Africans. Eugen was announced in the honor list of the Otherwise Fellowships for ‘doing exciting work in gender and speculative fiction’. Danged Black Thing made the Otherwise Award Honor List as a ‘sharp collection of Afro-Surrealist work’. She’s the 2024 recipient of the Hedberg Writer-in-Residence Fellowship. Visit her at eugenbacon.com.

Peter W Allen

"Reading is a crucial way of connecting with ourselves, with others and with the world around us. Good fiction travels us through place and time, mind-travellers to new, familiar, even mystical worlds with characters we’re curious about. And these characters, sometimes non-humanoid, remind us of our own humanity."

Local Area

VIC

Melbourne

Event Types

Reading Workshop Panel guest Panel facilitator Keynote speech Media commentary Secondary school visit

Genre

Literary Fiction Science Fiction Fantasy Speculative Fiction Short stories Poetry General Nonfiction

Age Groups

Adults Young Adult (13+)

Themes

Death and grief Identity and belonging Refugees and political asylum Migration Feminism

This author holds a Working with Children Check (WWCC).

Get in contact:

eugenbacon.com