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Dalton, Trent (1979-)

Trent Dalton is a feature writer for The Weekend Australian. His writing has seen him win numerous prizes for his journalism. With the publication of his first novel Boy Swallows Universe, this acclaim and awards have continued.

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By sea and stars: the story of the First Fleet

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Romei, Stephen, 2019, 'Universe swallows boy. Trent Dalton opens up about the blending of life and fiction in his bestselling novel about a childhood shaped by a flawed people', The Weekend Australian Review, April 27-28, pp. 8-9.

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Matty Johns Face-to-Face - Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows World - Fox League (via YouTube)

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General

Lucas, Janine 2018, 'Houdini and the escapist', Townsville Bulletin, July 14
Trent Dalton 2019, Why I wrote 'Boy Swallows Universe', HarperCollins

Interviews

Frostick, James 2018, 'Trent Dalton, author, Boy Swallows Universe', The Weekend Edition, 6 September
Dalton, Trent 2018, 'Working with words', The Wheeler Centre, 18 June
'Dark past, Dazzling future, Q & A with Trent Dalton on his new book Boy Swallows Universe, 2018, Better Reading, July 3.
Nichols, Claire 2018, 'Debut writers series, Trent Dalton's Boy Swallows Universe', RN The Book Show, 5 October. [Audio download 20:36]

Reviews

'Boy Swallows Universe' 2019, Publisher's Weekly.
Collee, John 2018, 'Boy Swallows Universe review: Trent Dalton's novel is both profound and witty', The Sydney Morning Herald, August 23
Gordon, Chris 2018, 'Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton', Readings, 25 June
Menzies-Pike, Catriona 2022, 'Critic Swallows Book', Sydney Review of Books.

Reading group guide

From HarperCollins: Boy Swallows Universe: Reading group guide

Adaptations

Garcia, Jocelyn 2019, 'Ain't it glorious? Queensland Theatre to premiere Boy Swallows Universe', Brisbane Times, 25 May
Harmon, Step 2019, Boy swallows universe: Joel Edgerton and Trent Dalton team up for TV adaptation, The Guardian, 23 May

Awards

Australian Book Industry Association (ABIA)

Trent Dalton takes top award at the ABIAs, The Wire, [Audio file: 2:25]

Reportage by Trent Dalton

Dalton, Trent 2008, 'Scratch the surface: wonder years' Griffiths Review, #21, August

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Dalton, Trent (1979-)

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