Adriane Howell is a Melbourne-based writer. Somers has been her family’s second home for thirty years and was the fictionalised setting for her debut novel, Hydra, which was shortlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize; the 2023 Readings New Australian Fiction Prize and the 2024 South Australian Literary Awards, National Awards for Fiction (winner announced in October).
Adriane will be appearing at the Community Storytime on Friday 6 September.