Reviews

‘Katzen has an excellent ear for dialogue and sensitive eyes for the small details of the bush. She is fearless is tackling difficult subjectives. In strong and revealing prose, she arrives at a hard-won sense of self’

AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW

‘This is an inspiring book. It’s a direct and searing, honestly told foray into self. Above all, it is a memorably tender love story.’

CHRISTOPHER BANTICK, THE ADVERTISER

‘A heartfelt appreciation of the landscape, nature, community and the here and now.’

ANNE SUSSKIND, THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

‘I found this book totally absorbing. It flows beautifully with subtle changes of mood, insightful descriptions and a hugely generous revealing of the author’s fears and insecurities. … It is not all sweetness and light but is certainly rich and dense—and one to savour. Highly recommended.’

JENNY DOWELL, RICHMOND-TWEED REGIONAL LIBRARY

‘I’m not very keen on reading memoirs, but Untethered is a good example of why I should never say ‘never’!’

LISA HILL, ANZ LIT LOVERS

‘An acutely observed account of rural life in northern NSW’

THE WEEKLY TIMES

Author Biography

Hayley Katzen migrated from South Africa to Australia in 1989. In Sydney, she graduated with an LLB and worked in public law and law reform before making a sea change to the North Coast of NSW to work as a law lecturer and researcher. Passionate about the power of stories, she quit law to study acting, performed in local plays and wrote and produced a play about asylum seekers. In 2005, Hayley moved to her girlfriend’s cattle farm in the Australian bush and it was here she practised the crafts of short story and essay writing and completed an MFA (Creative Writing). Her writing has won competitions, been read on ABC radio and Queerstories and been published in Australian, American and Asian journals and anthologies including Australian Book Review, Griffith Review, Southerly, Fourth Genre and Kenyon Review. Untethered is her debut memoir.