Robert Hollingworth

In 2016 Robert Hollingworth won the London Magazine’s Short Story Award, selected from more than 700 entries worldwide, with The Abstractionist which went on to become the first chapter of A Blank Canvas. He is the author of five other works of fiction, most notably They Called Me The Wildman (2008) which was shortlisted for the 2010 SA Premier’s Literary Award (Fiction category, won by David Malouf) and included on the NSW and Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge lists. Hollingworth has also written and published many essays, reviews and short stories. He is a nationally recognised award-winning Australian artist having held more than thirty-five solo exhibitions and his work is represented in many public collections.