Novel approach gives writer Courtney a reason beyond rhyme – The Illawarra Flame

After a decade of success in the poetry scene, Farmborough Heights author Courtney Peppernell is returning to her roots with debut fiction novel The Last Poem. “I always joke that it was my goal to write novels but then I got onto this side quest in poetry and I’ve kind of been there for the last decade,” she says. “I’ve been writing poetry books and doing tours and meeting all these amazing beautiful kinds of readers that have connected over the books, but I always wanted to transition into novels. That was always the goal.” Courtney’s “side quest” began in the early days of Tumblr, where she built a dedicated following writing fan fiction and sharing snippets of poetry. “I was a little bit impatient because I’d read somewhere that writing can start to become a career if you have eight novels in the world. I was like, how am i going to write all these novels so quickly?” she says. “So I was a Tumblr girlie back in the day. It’s a bit cringe now but still I guess you’ve got to start somewhere. Lots of people were connecting with my writing.” These online roots led to Courtney entering
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