Congratulations to the 2024 mid-career Fellowship recipient Jane Harrison. 

With the support of the $10,000 Fellowship, Jane will continue working on her current manuscript Kirrali and Jandamarra, the follow up to her debut novel Becoming Kirrali Lewis.

Jane Harrison is descended from the Muruwari people of NSW. Her first play Stolen had productions across Australia and toured internationally. She was co-winner of the 2012 RAKA Kate Challis Award for Stolen. Rainbow’s End (2003) has had numerous productions and won the 2012 Drovers Award for best touring production. The Visitors play (2020) premiered at Sydney Festival and won the Sydney Critics Award for Best New Australian Work for 2021. It had a new production at the Sydney Opera House in 2023.

Her novel Becoming Kirrali Lewis won the 2014 Black & Write! Prize, and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.

Congratulations Jane. We are so delighted to support you in your work, and we look forward to following Kirrali's next journey! 

Launched in 2020, the Magabala mid-career Fellowship is intended to provide valuable time for an established author, who has previously published at least two books, to work on a current manuscript. For more info see Magabala Fellowship

Magabala acknowledges the support of Serp Hills Foundation in awarding the 2024 Fellowship.