![]() Nest, Inga's second novel, was published in 2014 and was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Stella Prize and shortlisted for the ALS Gold Medal. In 2011, she took part in the Queensland Writers Centre Manuscript Development Program and, as a result, Hachette Australia published her first novel, Mr Wigg, in 2013. Inga Simpson began her career as a professional writer for government before gaining a PhD in creative writing. It's a lot of work for an old man with shaking hands, but he'll give it a go, as he always has. And there's a special project he has to finish. His grandchildren visit often: to cook, eat and hear his stories. ![]() His son is on at him to move into town but Mr Wigg has his fruit trees and his chooks to look after. Things are changing though, with Australia and England playing a one-day match, and his new neighbours planting grapes for wine. ![]() He spends his time working in the orchard, cooking and preserving his produce and, when it's on, watching the cricket. He misses his daughter, too, and wonders when he'll see her again. Mrs Wigg has been gone a few years now and he thinks about her every day. ![]() It's the summer of 1971, not far from the stone-fruit capital of New South Wales, where Mr Wigg lives on what is left of his family farm. 'beautiful and absorbing' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD A novel that celebrates the small things in life, by a fresh Australian voice. ![]()
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