Brian Castro

Brian Castro is the author of seven published novels and one collection of essays (Looking for Estrellita). He is the winner of the Australian/Vogel Literary Award (1982), The Age Fiction Prize (1991), the Victorian Premier’s Prize for Innovative Writing (1992), the Victorian Premier’s Prize for Fiction (1992, 1993, 2003), the National Book Council ‘Banjo’ Prize (1997), and the NSW Premier's Award – Book of the Year (2004). He has held several Australia Council fellowships and a residency at Keesing Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2000). Brian was born in Hong Kong in 1950 and is of Portuguese, Chinese and English descent. He arrived in Australia in 1961 and gained an MA from Sydney University in 1976. He has worked in Australia, France and Hong Kong as a teacher and writer, and for several years was a literary reviewer for Asiaweek magazine. He has collaborated with photo-artist Peter Lyssiotis on various projects. Brian is currently Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide.

The Bath Fugues. Forthcoming, 2009.

The Garden Book. Giramondo, 2005.

Shanghai Dancing. Giramondo, 2003.

Stepper. Allen and Unwin, 1997.

Drift. Allen and Unwin, 1994.

After China. Allen and Unwin, 1992.

Double Wolf. Allen and Unwin, 1991.

Pomeroy. Allen and Unwin, 1990.

Birds of Passage. Allen and Unwin, 1983.

Critical writing:

Looking for Estrellita. University of Queensland Press, 1999.
Writing Asia / Autobiography. University College, ADFA, 1995.

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