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Kim Mahood
Kim Mahood is a writer and artist who grew up in Central Australia and…
DiscoverWandering with Intent wins The Age Book of the Year
We are thrilled to share that Kim Mahood’s Wandering with Intent has won The Age Book of the Year in the nonfiction category.
The judges said Mahood explored the issues’ depths and complexities without resorting to cliches or humbug, saying of her writing that, “She is clear-sighted, compassionate, readily amused but not easily fooled … Each essay is superbly crafted.”
Find out more about the award here.
Congratulations to Kim!
Wandering with Intent
WINNER OF THE 2023 AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR NONFICTION
To essay means to try, to endeavour, to attempt — and to risk failure. For Kim Mahood, it is both a form of writing and an approach to life.
In these finely observed and probing essays, award-winning artist and writer Kim Mahood invites us to accompany her on the road and into the remote places of Australia where she is engaged in long-established collaborations of mapping, storytelling, and placemaking. Celebrated as one of the few Australian writers who both lives within and can articulate the complexities and tensions that arise in the…
