Winner of the 2019 Stella Prize

The Erratics – Vicki Laveau-Harvie

Nonfiction · Fourth Estate

The Erratics

About the book

“Vicki Laveau-Harvie’s narrative voice is detached, slightly numb and darkly humorous.”

– 2019 Stella Prize Judges

About the author


Vicki Laveau-Harvie

Vicki Laveau-Harvie is a former academic and translator. She has always believed in the power of the written word, the necessity of getting your tenses right and not using ‘I’ after a preposition. She lives in Gordon, Sydney, where she is working on a collection of love poetry, and encouraging the beginnings of a novel about betrayal of trust and vineyards.

Judges’ report


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