Jock Serong

Jock Serong
BornJustin Serong
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Education
Period2014-
GenreHistorical fiction
Notable awardsNed Kelly Award for Best First Novel, ARA Historical Novel Prize, Staunch Prize
Website
www.jockserong.com

Jock Serong is an Australian writer.[1]

Serong grew up in Melbourne’s bayside suburbs and completed his secondary education at Xavier College in Kew. From years 4-8 he attended Xavier’s Kostka Hall junior campus in Brighton.[2] He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1995 with an LLB.[3] He now resides in Port Fairy in regional Victoria with his wife and children.[4]

He is a former lawyer, and also majored in archaeology at university.[5] He co-edited the short-lived journal Great Ocean Quarterly established in 2013.[6]

Bibliography

  • Quota (Text Publishing, 2014)
  • The Rules of Backyard Cricket (Text Publishing, 2016)
  • On the Java Ridge (Text Publishing, 2017)
  • Preservation (Text Publishing, 2019)
  • The Burning Island (Text Publishing, 2020)
  • The Settlement (Text Publishing, 2022)
  • Cherrywood (Fourth Estate, 2024)

Preservation, The Burning Island and The Settlement are a trilogy of historical novels set in and around the Furneaux Islands in Bass Strait and south-east Australia.

He contributed to the collection Minds Went Walking: Paul Kelly's Songs Reimagined (Fremantle Press, 2022).

Awards

Awards  
ARA Historical Novel Prize The Burning Island, winner 2021[7]
The Settlement, shortlisted 2023[7]
Colin Roderick Award The Rules of Backyard Cricket, shortlisted 2017[8]
On the Java Ridge, winner 2018[9]
The Settlement, longlisted 2023[10]
Ned Kelly Award Quota, winner 2015, Best First Novel[11]
The Rules of Backyard Cricket, shortlisted 2017, Best Novel[12]
Staunch Book Prize On the Java Ridge, winner 2018[13]

References

  1. ^ "Austlit — Jock Serong". Austlit. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ College, Xavier (2021-09-06), 20210903 Fr Chris chats w Jock Serong about KH ed, retrieved 2024-02-18
  3. ^ "Kostka Hall Social History Project". Xavier. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  4. ^ "The perfect seaside town? A visitor's guide to Port Fairy | Victoria holidays | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  5. ^ Steger, Jason (2021-10-22). "I hated history at school. Now I've won $50,000 for a historical novel". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  6. ^ Steger, Jason (2020-08-28). "Bookmarks: Surf's up for Serong and the Great Ocean Quarterly". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  7. ^ a b "Austlit — HNSA Historical Novel Prize". Austlit. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Austlit — Colin Roderick Award". Austlit. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  9. ^ "'On the Java Ridge' wins 2018 Colin Roderick Award | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Austlit — Colin Roderick Award". Austlit. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  11. ^ "2015 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 2015-10-19. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Announcing the 2017 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. 2017-09-01. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Award for thriller without violence against women goes to Jock Serong". the Guardian. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 5 February 2024.