Joanne McCarron has been selected for and attended many residencies and workshops including: Creators on Craft with Michael Robotham, Historical Fiction with Kate Forsyth, Creative Screenplay with Karel Segers; with Varuna, the National Writers House (Writers Who are friends, Writers who are Hauntings; A Conversation Between Writers and others), and the ACT Writers Centre (Year of the Novel with Craig Cormick, Writing Humour for Kids with Andy Griffiths, In a Nutshell: Writing for Children with Sue Whiting and others). She has studied creative writing at the postgraduate level with Mark Macleod, Alex Segal and Jared van Duinen and completed the Comprehensive Writing Certificate with the Writing School. She has received high praise from award-winning authors and writers including Peter Bishop, Craig Cormick, Teja Jaensch, Petrea King and Michael Pyne. She has worked as a researcher across subject areas as diverse as law, literature, creative writing, economics and mineral and earth science.

QUOTES

Coventina’s Well: Beautifully crafted, sacred and captivating, Teja A. Jaensch

Joanne McCarron’s Coventina’s Well weaves a mesmerising tale that effortlessly spans centuries and continents, blending history, mythology and the mystical in a narrative that is both enchanting and deeply  introspective…Teja A. Jaensch

…Joanne McCarron’s Coventina’s Well promises to be a literary odyssey that is both intellectually stimulating and emotionally fulfilling. Teja A. Jaensch

A Harp of Truest Tone: a very good book with great potential, Craig Cormick

There’s charm, and there’s something warm and haunting in Joanne McCarron’s manuscript Silvery Elms, The Singing Stone. Peter Bishop

Silvery Elms, The Singing Stone…stands wonderingly in an enchanted space… Peter Bishop

Silvery Elms, The Singing Stone: A delightful story full of magic and mystery. Petrea King

There’s a child’s sense of wonder in the heartbeat of Silvery Elms, The Kaleidoscope. It speaks from the magic faraway tree of childhood.

…in fifty years or so there will be many children remembering Silvery Elms, The Kaleidoscope‘s magical world with gratitude.