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y separately published work icon Purple Prose anthology   prose  
Note: with Amanda Curtin, Lily Chan, Hanifa Deen, Sarah Drummond, Lucy Dougan, Tracy Farr, Deborah Hunn, Natasha Lester, Toni Jordan, Anne Manne, Rosemary Stevens, Annamaria Weldon and Jacqueline Wright.
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Purple Prose
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'Purple Prose introduces fifteen new works of non-fiction by Australian women writers, each responding to the colour purple. In their hands, purple takes on many meanings. From a story about King George’s coronation gown to pigeon fanciers and the Dockers’ Purple Haze, this is a book for women readers everywhere. ' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Book Club notes available from publisher's website.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Things I Cannot Say, Natasha Lester , single work prose (p. 11-21)
Maiden Aunts, Liz Byrski , single work prose (p. 22-35)
Blue Meat and Purple Language, Toni Jordan , single work prose (p. 36-44)
Into the Whipstick, Anne Manne , single work prose (p. 45-59)
Velvet, Rachel Robertson , single work prose (p. 60-71)
‘Is a Magnificent Story’: Interviews with Pigeon Fanciers, Sarah Drummond , single work prose (p. 72-81)
Do You See What I See?, Tracy Farr , single work prose (p. 88-94)
Mary, Lucy Dougan , single work prose (p. 95-104)
The Trouble with Purple, Annamaria Weldon , single work prose (p. 105-115)
The Red and the Blue: Confessions of an (Unlikely) Dockers Fan, Deborah Hunn , single work prose (p. 116-131)
The Two Loves, Lily Chan , single work prose (p. 132-138)
Purple Impressions, Rosemary Stevens , single work prose (p. 139-147)
Bruised, Jacqueline Wright , single work prose (p. 148-161)
My Descent into Purple, Hanifa Deen , single work prose (p. 162-174)
Towards Metamorphosis, Amanda Curtin , single work prose (p. 175-186)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Fremantle Press , 2015 .
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      Extent: 202p.
      Note/s:
      • Published December 2015
      • Includes Notes and references (187-195)
      ISBN: 9781925163094, 9781925163124, 9781925163117, 9781925163100
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Works about this Work

Violet Femmes Colour in History William Yeoman , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 3 December 2015; (p. 19)
Violet Femmes Colour in History William Yeoman , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 3 December 2015; (p. 19)
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