Brian Castro

Brian Albert Castro (born 16 January 1950) is an Australian novelist and essayist.

Brian Castro. Photo courtesy of A. Willis

Biography

Castro was born in Hong Kong and has lived in Australia since 1961. He is of Portuguese, Chinese, and English descent. Currently he is Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide. [1]. His publisher is Giramondo Publishing [2].

He currently lives in the Adelaide Hills with his wife, his step daughters and their dog.

Awards and nominations

• 1982: Australian/Vogel Literary Award for his first novel, Birds of Passage (shared award)
• 1991: Victorian Premier's Literary Award Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, plus the Innovative Writing Award. The Age Book of the Year. Three prizes for his third novel Double-Wolf
• 1992: Victorian Premier's Literary Award for After China
• 1997: National Book Council Prize for Fiction for Stepper
• 2004: Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction, and the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Christina Stead Fiction Prize and Book of the Year for Shanghai Dancing
• 2006: Miles Franklin Award (Shortlisted), and the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Fiction Book Award for The Garden Book
• 2010: Miles Franklin Award (Shortlisted), The Bath Fugues

Bibliography

Novels

• Birds of Passage (1983)
• Pomeroy (1990)
• Double-Wolf (1991)
• After China (1992)
• Drift (1994)
• Stepper (1997)
• Shanghai Dancing (2003)
• The Garden Book (2005)
• The Bath Fugues (2009)

Non-fiction

• Writing Asia: two lectures (1995)
• Looking for Estrellita: Essays on Culture and Writing (1999)

External links

• Brian Castro at Lythrumpress.com.au
• Brian Castro at Giramondo Publishing
• The Star article – Brian Castro interview – 24 April 2007
• OzArts – Brian Castro
• Bernadette Brennan 'Unpacking Castro's Library, or Detours and Return in The Garden Book ' JASAL Special Issue 2007
• Bernadette Brennan Brian Castro's Fiction: The Seductive Play of Language Cambria Press, 2008