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Vashti Farrer

 

Vashti Farrer

Vashti MA (Eng. Lit) has had over 60 adult short stories published, and has won five awards. A recent talk on British Military executions in WWI, she gave to NSW Military Historical Society Inc was published in The Australian Financial Review, June 17, 2005.

She has twice been President of The Society of Women Writers NSW Inc; been Deputy Chair of the NSW Writers' Centre: former President and currently Vice-President of the Military History Society of NSW Inc.

For kids, Vashti writes fantasy, humour, history, non-fiction, verse, plays and is a regular contributor to NSW School Magazine.

Vashti has several titles in sections the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge List, below.

Vashti recently completed an historical novel for adults and is currently working on another book for the My Story (diary) series for Scholastic.

Hobbies include reading, theatre, films, concerts.


 
What She Does

For Adults

VF has won five major short story awards Contributes to www.writing4success.com and gives talks and workshops to schools, writers groups, librarians etc. She has also had over 60 manuscripts published for adults, as well as articles on a range of subjects.

 

For Kids

VF writes fantasy, humour, history, non-fiction, verse, plays, occasional articles and is a regular contributor to NSW School Magazine. She has been on the CBCA Notables List three times, and short-listed in 2005 for Early Childhood Section, for - Mr Noah and the Cats .

 
 
Articles & Short Stories
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Historical Writing: Facts and Trivia - A.S.L.A. NSW Inc

 
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Shot at Dawn . . . In the Public Interest

 
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One plain, one purl, two sugars - Southerly

 
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Knitting Bea

 
 

Titles on the States' Premier’s Reading Challenge List

Books
States & Grades
 
 
NSW
VIC
SA
WA
 
* Big Feet, Very Sweet (new on this year)  
3-4
 
* Escape to Eaglehawk  
7-8
7-8
6-9
7-8
* Eureka Gold  
3-4
3-4
3-4
* Lulubelle and Her Bones  
3-4
3-4
3-4
3-4
* Mr Noah and the Cats  
3-4
P-2
R-2
3-4
* Ned's Kang-u-roo  
3-4
3-4
3-4
3-4
 
* Plagues & Federation - The Diary of Kitty Barnes  
7-8
7-8
6-9
7-8
* Walers Go To War  
3-4
3-4
3-4
3-4
* Breakfast With Budda  
3-4
* Feathered Soldiers  
3-4
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