Daniel Ducrou, Byron Bay. Photo by Samuel Smith.
Daniel Ducrou is a writer based in Melbourne, Australia. He has been mentored by best selling novelists Linda Jaivin and Marele Day, as well as Varuna’s artistic director, Peter Bishop. He has worked on collaborative projects with people from a wide range of creative backgrounds including visual artists, filmmakers, web-designers and musicians, and currently works for Yarra City Council on the Aboriginal History of Fitzroy Project and the Smith Street Community Plan.
His first novel, The Byron Journals (formerly entitled Conditions of Return), was shortlisted for the 2007 Australian / Vogel Literary Prize and the 2008 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards for an Unpublished Manuscript. The Byron Journals is due for release in late June 2010 through Text Publishing.
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