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Miles Franklin, Xavier Herbert, Christina Stead, Patrick White, Dorothy Hewett, Kevin Gilbert, Thomas Keneally and Mem Fox all have stories hidden in the Manuscripts Collection of the National Library of Australia. Creative Lives brings together some of their stories and those of other well-known Australian literary figures in a book generously illustrated with personal photographs, sketches and paintings, diaries and drafts, and cards and letters - neatly typed or scrawled and claret-stained. (Back cover)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory,:National Library of Australia
, 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- James Tucker, single work biography (p. 9-15)
- Kevin Gilbert, single work biography (p. 153-158)
- Memorialsi"Our history is carved", single work poetry (p. 156)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Speaking Personally
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies , Fall vol. 17 no. 2 2011; (p. 93-101)
— Review of A Revealed Life : Australian Writers and Their Journeys in Memoir 2007 anthology autobiography ; Creative Lives : Personal Papers of Australian Writers and Artists 2009 selected work biography ; The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007 anthology criticism ; The Well in the Shadow : A Writer's Journey through Australian Literature 2010 selected work criticism -
Busybodies? Voyeurs? Time to Get a Life
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , June vol. 5 no. 5 2010; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Creative Lives : Personal Papers of Australian Writers and Artists 2009 selected work biography ; The Intimate Archive : Journeys through Private Papers 2009 single work criticism ; Summertime : Scenes from Provincial Life 2009 single work novel Plunkett 'contemplates the troubled relationship between biographical writing and fiction.' -
Paper Lives
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 321 2010; (p. 43-44)
— Review of Creative Lives : Personal Papers of Australian Writers and Artists 2009 selected work biography -
Mixed Picks in Memorabilia
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 December 2009; (p. 13)
— Review of Creative Lives : Personal Papers of Australian Writers and Artists 2009 selected work biography -
Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 89 no. 3 2009; (p. 32)
— Review of Creative Lives : Personal Papers of Australian Writers and Artists 2009 selected work biography
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Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 89 no. 3 2009; (p. 32)
— Review of Creative Lives : Personal Papers of Australian Writers and Artists 2009 selected work biography -
Mixed Picks in Memorabilia
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 December 2009; (p. 13)
— Review of Creative Lives : Personal Papers of Australian Writers and Artists 2009 selected work biography -
Paper Lives
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 321 2010; (p. 43-44)
— Review of Creative Lives : Personal Papers of Australian Writers and Artists 2009 selected work biography -
Busybodies? Voyeurs? Time to Get a Life
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , June vol. 5 no. 5 2010; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Creative Lives : Personal Papers of Australian Writers and Artists 2009 selected work biography ; The Intimate Archive : Journeys through Private Papers 2009 single work criticism ; Summertime : Scenes from Provincial Life 2009 single work novel Plunkett 'contemplates the troubled relationship between biographical writing and fiction.' -
Speaking Personally
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies , Fall vol. 17 no. 2 2011; (p. 93-101)
— Review of A Revealed Life : Australian Writers and Their Journeys in Memoir 2007 anthology autobiography ; Creative Lives : Personal Papers of Australian Writers and Artists 2009 selected work biography ; The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007 anthology criticism ; The Well in the Shadow : A Writer's Journey through Australian Literature 2010 selected work criticism
Last amended 30 Mar 2015 10:52:44
Subjects:
- James Tucker
- Eleanor Dark
- Xavier Herbert
- Nettie Palmer
- Henry Handel Richardson
- Miles Franklin
- Henry Lawson
- Eric Rolls
- Betty Roland
- Christina Stead
- Judy Cassab
- Manning Clark
- Patrick White
- Kylie Tennant
- Geoffrey Dutton
- Rosemary Dobson
- Kevin Gilbert
- Dorothy Hewett
- Barbara Hanrahan
- Thomas Keneally
- Mem Fox
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