Bill Reed (17 works by)
Also writes as: Barbara Adele
Born: Established: 18 Jul 1939 Perth ;
Gender: Male
BAL FI was:OX; CTA ADFA Personality files checked. TW 17/08/2006 AusStage gives birth date 1942 and CAT gives a different pseudonym (see final maintenance note).I have not succeeded in contacting him to sort these out and have left these unchanged in AustLit. AC 29.3.07 (Tried via Heinemann 20.3.07 - no reply) The winner of the 2006 National Short Storytelling Competition is Bill Reed, for his story "Blind Freddy amongst the pickle jars". Two plays, 'Deserts' and 'The Last of her Tribe' shortlisted in the Melbourne Short and Sweet 2006.assets.theartscentre.net.au/shortandsweet/rscs/060901;%20S&S%20Shortlist.pdf sighted 14.3.07 CTA indicates that he wrote 'Paddlesteamer' (1975) under the name 'Barvar Adele'. Stigmata also lists a published play, 'English Expression' but I have not traced this. AC 29.07

BiographyHistory

Although he was born in Western Australia, Bill Reed was educated in South Australia. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree. His main area of employment has been in the publishing industry, where he has worked as a book editor and journalist, in Canada, England and Australia, and as publishing editor for W. H. and A. W. Reed. He worked as a writer with the Royal Court Theatre, London, during the 1960s, returning to Australia in about 1966.

Reed's unpublished plays include 'Basically Black' (Nimrod Theatre, 1972) and 'Singles' (Nimrod Theatre, May-June 1975). His novel Stigmata also lists unpublished plays 'The Pecking Order', 'The Old Pig Rat', 'Jack Charles is Up and Fighting', 'Just Out of Your Ground' and the one-act play 'English Expression'. In 2006 he won the University of Canberra's National Short Storytelling Competition for his story 'Blind Freddy amongst the Pickle Jars'.

Notes

  • Philip Parsons & Victoria Chance Companion to Theatre in Australia (1995)
    indicates that Reed wrote 'Paddlesteamer' (1975) under the name 'Barvar Adele'. Other sources give the pseudonym 'Barbara Adele'.

Awards for Works

Stigmata , 1980 novel single work
1980 joint winner FAW ANA Literature Award
Cass Butcher Bunting : a play in two acts , 1977 drama single work
1976 winner Alexander Theatre Monash University Playwriting Competition
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