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Born: Established: Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
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1 5 form y separately published work icon Wellmania Brigid Delaney , Benjamin Law , ( dir. Helena Brooks et. al. )agent 2023 Australia : FremantleMedia Australia Netflix , 2023 26160686 2023 series - publisher film/TV humour

'Follows Liv, who has a major health crisis, she is forced to rethink her 'live fast die young' attitude.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Wellmania : Misadventures in the Search for Wellness Brigid Delaney , Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2023 26160610 2023 single work autobiography

'The inspiration for a Netflix series starring Celeste Barber, Wellmania is an in-depth, entertaining, laugh-out-loud-funny exploration of wellness culture.

'Now with a new preface by the author.

'Cold-pressed juices, quitting sugar, Paleo, hot yoga, mindfulness … if you embrace these things you will be happy, you will be well – just ask Instagram. Wellness has become a global mega-industry. But does any of this stuff actually work?

'Feeling exhausted, anxious and a bit flabby, journalist Brigid Delaney decides to find out – using herself as the guinea pig. Starting with a brutal 101-day fast, Brigid tests things that are meant to make us clean, lean and serene. Travelling the world, she tries colonics, meditation, silent retreats, group psychotherapy and oodles of yoga, working out what is helpful and what is just expensive hype.

'In monasteries and health farms, on hiking trails and massage tables, she asks, she asks, why do so many of us swing from indulgence to detox and back again? Is it possible to integrate good habits into your daily life? What does our obsession with wellness say about us? And why do you smell so bad when you haven’t eaten in seven days?

'Wellmania is the highly entertaining and occasionally dangerous exploration of one of the most fascinating trends in our culture.'(Publication summary)

1 ‘The Dry Completely Changed My Life’ : Jane Harper, Australia’s Queen of Crime Brigid Delaney (interviewer), 2022 single work interview
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 17 September 2022;
1 Sophie Cunningham on the ‘crazy challenge’ of Bringing Leonard and Virginia Woolf to Life Brigid Delaney (interviewer), 2022 single work interview
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 12 September 2022;
1 Shannon Molloy’s Harrowing Memoir Takes the Stage : ‘There’s power in sharing really dark stories’ Brigid Delaney , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 27 August 2022;

— Review of Fourteen Shannon Molloy , Nelle Lee , Nick Skubij , 2022 single work drama
1 Tom Tilley on Growing up ‘hardline’ Pentecostal: ‘It Was Weird – It Was Speaking in Tongues' Brigid Delaney (interviewer), 2022 single work interview
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 6 May 2022;
1 ‘It Just Exploded’ : The Bad Guys Author on Writing ‘Tarantino for Kids’ – and Selling Millions Brigid Delaney (interviewer), 2022 single work interview
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 22 March 2022;

'Aaron Blabey decided to improve the boring books his son was bringing home: now his bestseller series is a starry Hollywood animation' 

1 Christos Tsiolkas on Retreating from the Outrage Cycle : ‘I’ve Felt as If I Was Disappointing People’ Brigid Delaney (interviewer), 2021 single work interview
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 13 November 2021;

'Lockdown forced the Australian author to contemplate both his interior life and the big picture. The result is 7½, a work of autofiction that ‘just poured out’'

1 Nine Perfect Strangers Review – Nicole Kidman Leads a Tantalising Trip into Wellness Brigid Delaney , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 16 August 2021;

— Review of Nine Perfect Strangers Samantha Strauss , David E. Kelley , John Henry Butterworth , 2020 series - publisher film/TV

'The series transports viewers to a place of beauty – as its star-studded ensemble casts treks a dark path to health' 

1 Sex Magic, Occult Art and Acid : the Story of the Infamous Witch of Kings Cross Brigid Delaney , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 9 February 2021;

'In the 1960s she would have been celebrated by the counterculture – but a decade earlier, Rosaleen Norton was shunned and mocked.'

1 'The Jukebox, the Soda Fountain, the Mosaic Floor': Andrew Pippos on the Greek Australian Cafe Brigid Delaney , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 1 November 2020;
'Pippos’s first book Lucky’s is a rollicking, multigenerational saga that’s close to home: set around a chain of old Greek cafes like the one his family ran'
1 The Secret Life of Us Broke the Mould with Its Honest Depiction of Twentysomething Culture Brigid Delaney , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 31 January 2020;

'Life in my 20s was a whirlwind of McJobs, casual sex, insane crushes, share houses, and intense friendships. I was trying to start a career, trying to write the great Australian novel, always poor, making bad choices while drunk, and somehow had hours and hours in the middle of the day, in the middle of the week, to just … hang out.' (Introduction)

1 I Knew It Could Be Grim but I Spent a Week in the Twilight Zone of #auspol Brigid Delaney , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 29 April 2019;

.As I saw the people vs the pollies vs the press I realised no one controls the narrative any more.'

1 Mice Woke Me by Running through My Hair – I Have Never Been the Same since Brigid Delaney , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 3 May 2019;

'The thought of killing, particularly poisoning, an animal seems incredibly cruel. But it’s different for rodents,'

1 I Was Filled with Self-loathing After Losing My Novel on My Laptop – Russell Crowe Came to My Rescue Brigid Delaney , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 17 May 2019;
1 I Was Given a Chance to Be Useful – Instead I Am Left with Weeping Sores All Over My Body Brigid Delaney , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 31 May 2019;

'I’m driving up a corrugated red dirt track, hours from Broome, with two architects and three builders, into a remote part of the Kimberley. We are visiting a traditional owner, Bruno Dann, to help build him a shed. The Nyul Nyul elder won his native title claim recently, and it means he can finally build on his land.'  (Introduction)

1 My Fears about Liberalism Are Pretentious and I'm a Slow Walker – My Day on Retreat Brigid Delaney , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 14 December 2018;

'I learn about the future on a mysterious retreat but it’s what happens after that throws me.' (Introduction)

1 Inspired by Geoff Dyer I Came to Boring Ubud to Write. The Universe Had Other Plans Brigid Delaney , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 9 November 2018;

'When I checked into the hotel, the ‘writing desk’ – the epicentre of my endeavour – was sawn in half. But that was not all.'

1 Books of Resistance : The Writers Pushing for a Revolution in Australia's Refugee Policies Brigid Delaney , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 13 September 2018;

'Australia’s government tries to stop stories from being told but a new wave of authors are rallying against injustice.'

1 This Worried World : Why Anxiety Memoirs Are Filling Our Shelves Brigid Delaney , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 9 August 2018;

'As society shifts towards talking more openly about mental illness, readers are hungry for answers and authenticity.' (Introduction)

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