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| Helena Pastor |
Helena Pastor is a regional writer from Anaiwan Country, Armidale. Her writing has attracted two Australian Society of Authors’ Mentorships, along with residencies at Varuna Writers’ House, Bundanon and other awarded programs. She has completed two postgraduate degrees on Creative Nonfiction writing and her first book, Wild Boys: A Parent’s Story of Tough Love (UQP, 2015) is an intimate insight into reconnecting troubled teenagers with their families and communities. In 2020, she received a New England Writers’ Centre/Varuna Fellowship and Create NSW funding to develop her third book-length manuscript: ‘One Fork, One Knife, One Life’ – a memoir based around the wartime and migration experiences of her Dutch mother and their mother/daughter relationship. She is also a songwriter and enjoys collaborating with other artists. What you plan to do during your residency: I will be enjoying the natural beauty of The Gunyah and North Arm Cove, working on a second draft of ‘One Fork, One Knife, One Life’, writing about growing up in the Berry Bakery, and my family's long history with Seven Mile Beach National Park, NSW.
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Helena and her mother, Seven Mile Beach National Park, 1970 |
During my residency I will be enjoying the natural beauty of Gunyah and North Arm Cove, working on a second draft of ‘One Fork, One Knife, One Life’, writing about growing up in the Berry Bakery, and my family's long history with Seven Mile Beach National Park, NSW.
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Berry Bakery, 1967 |
