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A fabulous gift for anyone interested in Australian writers and writing. Beautifully produced on artpaper with photographs and flaps, 'Storykeepers' provides an insight into 19 Australian authors and the writers that have inspired them. From Gary Crew on 'The Batavia' to Brian Matthews on Pauline Hanson, it covers 200 years of Australian writing.
Includes:
- Carmel Bird on 'The Tasmanian Cyclopedia'
- Greg Dening on 'Bligh's Notebooks'
- Delia Falconer on Kenneth Slessor
- Beverly Farmer on Coonardoo
- Lucy Frost on Truganini
- Bill Gammage on Mrs Aeneas Gunn
- Libby Gleeson on 'A Mother's Offering To Her Children'
- Peter Goldsworthy on Hal Porter
- Tom Griffiths on 'Flying Fox' and 'Drifting Sand'
- And many more
RRP: $25.00
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| ISBN 13: | 9781876631109 |
| ISBN 10: | 1876631104 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Released: | 01/10/2001 |
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Marion Halligan was born in Newcastle, NSW, and grew up by the sea. She was educated at Newcastle Girls' High School and Newcastle University. Her home is now Canberra.
She has published twelve books, plus one jointly authored. Her novels include 'Self Possession', 'Spider Cup', 'Wishbone' and 'Lovers' Knots' which won several awards, including the Age Book of the Year Award (1992). In addition she has published collections of short stories, 'The Living Hothouse', 'The Hanged Man In The Garden', 'The Worry Box' and 'Collected Short Stories', as well as a book of stories and essays titled 'Out Of The Picture'.
Marion Halligan's work has been short-listed for most of the major literary prizes in Australia. Fox Icon has taken out a film option on 'Wishbone' and her most recent novel, 'The Golden Dress' is being translated into German along with 'Lovers' Knots'.
Marion Halligan has published more than 70 short stories in journals and magazines, and has been widely represented in anthologies. She has reviewed for most major Australian media, and also writes essays and newspaper articles. In 1990 she won the inaugural Geraldine Pascall Prize for critical writing. She has received a number of fellowships from the Literature Board of the Australia Council, and in 1994 she won the Newton John Award, given to a graduate of Newcastle University for creative and innovative work.
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