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y separately published work icon Be Ready with Bells and Drums single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1961... 1961 Be Ready with Bells and Drums
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form y separately published work icon A Patch of Blue Guy Mervin Charles Green , ( dir. Guy Mervin Charles Green ) United States of America (USA) : Filmways Inc , 1965 Z1206085 1965 single work film/TV Accidentally blinded as a child, eighteen-year-old Selina D'Arcey falls in love with a gentle and charming man, Gordon Ralfe, whom she meets in a rare visit to a park. Her racist mother declares that because Gordon is black, their relationship cannot continue, forcing Selina to choose between her family and her heart.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disability Blindness.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Michael Joseph ,       1961 .
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      Extent: 207p.
    • Harmondsworth, Middlesex,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Penguin ,       1963 .
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      Extent: 171p.
      Reprinted: 1966 reprinted as A Patch of Blue , 1974 0140471138 (pbk) , 1977
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Popular Library ,       1965 .
      Alternative title: A Patch of Blue
      Extent: 142p.
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Fawcett Juniper ,       1965 .
      image of person or book cover 1882788111357841507.jpg
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      Alternative title: A Patch of Blue
      Extent: 142p.
      ISBN: 0449700151 (pbk.)
    • Leyden, Massachusetts,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Aeonian Press ,       1973 .
      Alternative title: A Patch of Blue
      Extent: 142p.
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Warner Books ,       1983 .
      Alternative title: A Patch of Blue
      Extent: 142p.
Alternative title: Vaer Rede Med Klokker og Trommer: en roman
Language: Danish
    • Copenhagen,
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      Denmark,
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      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,      :       Aschehoug ,       1962 .
      Extent: 183p.
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Works about this Work

Author's Life Stranger Than Fiction Mark McGinness , 1998 single work obituary (for Elizabeth Kata )
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 September 1998; (p. 16)
Untitled 1998 single work obituary (for Elizabeth Kata )
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 September 1998; (p. 35)
Out of Japan Patricia Rolfe , 1989 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 August 1989; (p. 109)
Australian Woman Novelists of the 1970s: A Survey Margaret Smith , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Gender, Politics and Fiction : Twentieth Century Australian Women's Novels 1985; (p. 200-221)
Between Two Wars Joyce Burnard , 1964 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 April vol. 86 no. 4391 1964; (p. 48)
— Review of Martin Place : A Novel D. H. Crick , 1963 single work novel ; Be Ready with Bells and Drums Elizabeth Kata , 1961 single work novel ; My Brother Jack : A Novel George Johnston , 1964 single work novel
Between Two Wars Joyce Burnard , 1964 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 April vol. 86 no. 4391 1964; (p. 48)
— Review of Martin Place : A Novel D. H. Crick , 1963 single work novel ; Be Ready with Bells and Drums Elizabeth Kata , 1961 single work novel ; My Brother Jack : A Novel George Johnston , 1964 single work novel
Alive with Corpses Patricia Rolfe , 1961 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 9 September vol. 82 no. 4256 1961; (p. 35)
— Review of Be Ready with Bells and Drums Elizabeth Kata , 1961 single work novel ; One Rose Less Pat Flower , 1961 single work novel
Nationalized Rats 1961 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 3 March 1961; (p. 133)
— Review of Be Ready with Bells and Drums Elizabeth Kata , 1961 single work novel
Out of Japan Patricia Rolfe , 1989 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 August 1989; (p. 109)
Australian Woman Novelists of the 1970s: A Survey Margaret Smith , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Gender, Politics and Fiction : Twentieth Century Australian Women's Novels 1985; (p. 200-221)
The Crest of a Wave : Elizabeth Kata--Export Quality Charles Higham , 1963 single work biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 April vol. 85 no. 4339 1963; (p. 20)
Untitled 1998 single work obituary (for Elizabeth Kata )
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 September 1998; (p. 35)
Author's Life Stranger Than Fiction Mark McGinness , 1998 single work obituary (for Elizabeth Kata )
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 September 1998; (p. 16)
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