... ON THE MOON by Eric Linklater ( Macmillan ) 1945 No Award 1946 THE LITTLE WHITE HORSE by Elizabeth Goudge ( Brockhampton Press ) 1947 COLLECTED STORIES FOR CHILDREN by Walter de la Mare ( Faber ) 1948 SEA CHANGE by Richard Armstrong ...
Although she started writing early in life, it was not until her fifties that Elizabeth Jolley received the recognition her talent deserved. She won The Age Book of the Year Award on three occasions as well as the Miles Franklin Award.
... Leonard , 516 Cole , Edward William , 191 Cole , George , 579 Cole , Ken , 287–8 Caliban ( Stow ) , 585 Cameron , Cyril Barnevelt , 288-90 , 295–7 , 305 , 354 Campbell , Charles , 308 Campbell , David , 210 , 332 , 367 Campbell ...
There were discoveries – the acerbic Kathy Hunt, Gippsland's Dorothy Parker, a pungent humorist called Greg Flynn who was rapidly terminated by my successor James Hall; and disasters – the most unexpected being a prize-winning novelist ...
Part biography, part reflection and part practical guide, Release the Bats explores the mysteries of why and how we tell stories, and the craft of writing fiction. DBC Pierre reveals everything he learned the hard way.
Homebush Boy: A Memoir
Collection of essays that chart the author's development as a novelist and provide insight into his feelings about the place of Australia within the Asian-Pacific region, as evidenced in 'Across the Sea Wall' (1965) and the 1979 NBC Banjo ...
Join Sally Ann Simpson as she rockets through an average day - if you can keep up! From the moment she wakes up, this bundle of energy will have young readers giggling as they follow her mad antics from breakfast to bedtime.
When London began to swing in the early sixties Clive James was there. He was also broke. Arriving in London from Sydney, he resolved to engage himself in low-paid menial work by day and compose poetical masterpieces by night.
'John Baxter is so erudite while being so funny. He's much more than a tourist - he's got it all.' - Diane Johnson, bestselling author of Le Divorce