Hazel Barker took early retirement from teaching to follow her dream of writing. Her short story Hunger, published in the 2013 Redlitzer Anthology, was the beginning of her writing career.
She is a member of QWC. Hazel’s book, Chocolate Soldier. The Story of a Conchie was published by Rhiza Books in 2016.
Both her memoirs, Heaven Tempers the Wind and The Sides of Heaven, were finalists in the CALEB Competitions of 2017 and 2019 respectively.
Count Your Blessings. Colin’s Story, released by Armour Books in 2020, was also a finalist in the CALEB Competition, 2021.
Her short stories have won awards and been published in anthologies. Her story, ‘Hope Springs Eternal’, won the Short Story Award in the Brisbane Book Fair Competition of 2021.
Hazel has given author-talks at local libraries and the local RSL Group, WeR1, a multi-cultural group and the View Club, who sponsor disadvantaged students.
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Hazel Barker will be speaking at 12 noon on 10 September, 2022 at the Logan Writers’ Festival.
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