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Chloe Aridjis

Chloe Aridjis is a Mexican novelist and writer who lives in London, UK. Her novel Book of Clouds (Chatto & Windus, 2009) won the French literary Prix du Premier Roman Étranger. Her second novel, Asunder, was published by Chatto in 2013 and her third novel, Sea Monsters (Chatto, 2019), won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2020. Chloe has a doctorate in nineteenth-century French poetry and magic from the University of Oxford. In 2015, she co-curated a major solo exhibition of the work of her late friend, the British-Mexican surrealist Leonora Carrington, at Tate Liverpool, UK.


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    Jennifer Higgie and Chloe Aridjis

Events

  • Canberra Writers Festival: Climate, Chaos & COP 31

    Senate Chamber | Museum of Australian Democracy Old Parliament House 18 King George Terrace, Canberra, ACT

    With geopolitical earthquakes shaking our world – what can we expect at COP31 in November? Thom Woodroofe, Clive Hamilton and Miki Perkins explore the underlying philosophies driving world powers and...

  • Canberra Writers Festival: Testing the Body

    Liangis Theatre, National Portrait Gallery King Edward Terrace, Parkes, ACT

    Writing about how bodies are tested – through terrible abrupt accident, gruelling ultra-marathon and the simple reality of ageing – can open profound questions about what matters in life. Join...

  • Queenscliffe Literary Festival: Herstory: Hidden, Forgotten, Reclaimed

    Queenscliff Town Hall 50 Learmonth St, Queenscliff, VIC

    Three remarkable women share three extraordinary stories of courage, discovery and resilience. Lisa Wilkinson introduces Titanic survivor Evelyn Marsden; Diana Thorp reveals the secret world of Australian women code breakers...