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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Drawn from the Heart : A Memoir
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'Ron Brooks grew up in East Gippsland, a country boy with a yen for drawing and observation of the life around him. He became an acknowledged master of the picture-book form, winning acclaim both nationally and internationally for classics such as The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek and John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat by Jenny Wagner - both in print continuously for over 30 years - and Old Pig and the multi-award-winning Fox by Margaret Wild. Yet success never came easy.

In this searching memoir he recreates his life as an artist, husband, father, with all its twists and turns, its pain and joy. Along the way he offers rare insights into the "secret" process of picture-making and story-shaping. Illustrated with roughs and finished art from his best-loved books, Drawn from the Heart is a classic in its own right.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Dedication: For my family, and for Yvonne Burger

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2010 .
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      Extent: viii, 325p.p.
      Description: illus. (some col.)
      ISBN: 9781742371559 (hbk.)

Works about this Work

Untitled Margot Hillel , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 55 no. 2 2011; (p. 28)

— Review of Drawn from the Heart : A Memoir Ron Brooks , 2010 single work autobiography
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books - Honour Books 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 11)

— Review of Drawn from the Heart : A Memoir Ron Brooks , 2010 single work autobiography ; Our World : Bardi Jaawi Life at Ardiyooloon 2010 anthology autobiography
Untitled Stella Lees , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 19 no. 1 2011; (p. 32)

— Review of Drawn from the Heart : A Memoir Ron Brooks , 2010 single work autobiography
Beyond the Visual Trips Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 May 2011; (p. 32)

— Review of Drawn from the Heart : A Memoir Ron Brooks , 2010 single work autobiography ; The Dream of the Thylacine Margaret Wild , 2011 single work picture book
Drawn from the Heart : A Memoir Robin Morrow , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 26 no. 1 2011; (p. 8-18)

— Review of Drawn from the Heart : A Memoir Ron Brooks , 2010 single work autobiography
Off the Shelf : Memoir Lorien Kaye , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 January 2011; (p. 30)

— Review of Drawn from the Heart : A Memoir Ron Brooks , 2010 single work autobiography
Drawn from the Heart : A Memoir Robin Morrow , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 26 no. 1 2011; (p. 8-18)

— Review of Drawn from the Heart : A Memoir Ron Brooks , 2010 single work autobiography
Beyond the Visual Trips Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 May 2011; (p. 32)

— Review of Drawn from the Heart : A Memoir Ron Brooks , 2010 single work autobiography ; The Dream of the Thylacine Margaret Wild , 2011 single work picture book
Untitled Stella Lees , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 19 no. 1 2011; (p. 32)

— Review of Drawn from the Heart : A Memoir Ron Brooks , 2010 single work autobiography
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books - Honour Books 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 11)

— Review of Drawn from the Heart : A Memoir Ron Brooks , 2010 single work autobiography ; Our World : Bardi Jaawi Life at Ardiyooloon 2010 anthology autobiography
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