Edwina Preston is a Melbourne-based writer and musician. Preston is the author of a biography of Australian artist

Howard Arkley Howard Arkley (5 May 1951 – 22 July 1999) was an Australian artist, born in Melbourne, known for his airbrushed paintings of houses, architecture and suburbia. His parents were Australian, and had British ancestry. Early career John Brack wa ...

, ''Not Just a Suburban Boy'' (Duffy & Snellgrove, 2002), and the novel ''The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer'' (

University of Queensland Press Established in 1948, University of Queensland Press (UQP) is an Australian publishing house. Founded as a traditional university press, UQP has since branched into publishing books for general readers in the areas of fiction, non-fiction, poetr ...

, 2012). Her writing and reviews have appeared in ''The Age'', ''The Australian'', ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', ''Heat, Island'' and ''Griffith Review''. She released a spoken-word CD, ''Hirsute'', in 1997 (ABC Audio) and performed around Melbourne. Alicia Sometimes described Preston as "melting the stage with a harpist by her side". She plays keyboards and sings in Harry Howard and the NDE ( Spooky Records) with Harry Howard, Dave Graney and

Clare Moore Clare Christina Moore is an Australian musician, songwriter, arranger, producer and performer whose principal instrument is the drums. She has also performed as a keyboard player, singer and vibraphone player. Moore writes and performs with son ...

, and in ATOM (IT Records) with Harry Howard and Ben Hepworth (Repairs, Exek). She is a featured vocalist in the occasional performing group Pop Crimes: The Songs of Rowland S Howard. In May 2021, Wakefield Press announced that they will publish Edwina's new novel, "provisionally titled ''Veda Grey''" in May 2022. The book was subsequently published as ''Bad Art Mother'' and shortlisted for the 2023 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction at the

New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest literary awards in Australia. Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, th ...

and shortlisted for the 2023

Stella Prize The Stella Prize is an Australian annual literary award established in 2013 for writing by Australian women in all genres, worth $50,000. It was originally proposed by Australian women writers and publishers in 2011, modelled on the UK's Baileys W ...

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