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Carmen Callil Carmen Callil i(A96362 works by)
Born: Established: 15 Jul 1938 Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 17 Oct 2022 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Female
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1 3 y separately published work icon Oh Happy Day Carmen Callil , London : Jonathan Cape , 2020 18605771 2020 single work autobiography 'Carmen Callil explores her roots in a book that is a miracle of research and whose writing is fuelled by righteous anger – a story of Empire, migration and the poverty and injustice of nineteenth-century England.' (Publisher's catalogue)
1 Oh Happy Day Carmen Callil , 2015 single work biography
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 74 no. 2 2015; (p. 98-104)
1 The Tales of Strangers Carmen Callil , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings , July no. 10 2012; (p. 61-66) 'Frances O'Beirne, the young heroine of The Commandant (1975), offers a key to the genius of Jessica Anderson: 'I am made up of hundreds of persons, and I never know which will come out.' Open Anderson's eight published works of fiction and you'll be presented with different worlds, all-encompassing, entirely absorbing, real.' (Author's introduction)
1 Untitled Carmen Callil , 2011-2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , December - January no. 74 2011-2012; (p. 80)
— Review of Foal's Bread Gillian Mears , 2011 single work novel
1 Untitled Carmen Callil , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , May no. 56 2010; (p. 70)
— Review of Trouble : Evolution of a Radical : Selected Writings 1970-2010 Kate Jennings , 2010 selected work essay poetry prose
1 1 When a Dog Goes Walkabout Carmen Callil , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Observer , 27 July 2008; (p. 22)
— Review of The Lost Dog Michelle De Kretser , 2007 single work novel
2 The Stories of Our Lives Carmen Callil , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 10 May 2008; (p. 24-25)
— Appears in: The Guardian , 26 April 2008;
1 A Sense of Discarded Gifts Carmen Callil , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , February vol. 3 no. 1 2008; (p. 3-5)
1 What the Writers Read Geraldine Brooks , Kate Grenville , Delia Falconer , Peter Rose , Nicolas Rothwell , Michelle De Kretser , Peter Corris , Carmen Callil , Debra Adelaide , Frank Moorhouse , Venero Armanno , Marion Halligan , Peter Temple , Mandy Sayer , Nick Earls , Barry Hill , Damien Broderick , Peter Craven , Rosemary Sorensen , Geordie Williamson , Sebastian Smee , Jodie Minus , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 December 2006; (p. 4-5, 6, 8)

Australian and international writers each recommend the books that interested them during 2006. Nominated titles include books by Australian authors.

(International contributors, not listed for AustLit purposes, are Alan Hollinghurst, Lionel Shriver, John Banville and Sebastian Barry.)
1 The Bounders of Botany Bay Carmen Callil , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Times , 24 June 2006; (p. 11)
— Review of The Commonwealth of Thieves Thomas Keneally , 2005 single work prose
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