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Dedication: In memoriam Hal Holmes 1925-2009 and Rhys Isaac 1937-2010.
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Works about this Work
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Writing Strange Letters in the Garden, with Love and Fury
2023
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Swamphen : A Journal of Cultural Ecology , no. 9 2023;'French feminist philosopher Hélène Cixous says, ‘the book is a letter on the run’ ( White Ink 177) and I too have taken the letters of two Australian women gardeners on the run to create my thesis. I grasped the letters between wildflower illustrator Kathleen McArthur and poet Judith Wright and ran with them. I held them close as I grappled to understand how contemporary Australian women’s digital garden stories might work to create conditions of community and worlds in common. In corresponding about their gardens, the poet and the artist developed a deep friendship that bloomed into a broader conservation ethic and action. Their letters and deep female friendship evolved into a question about how to live in harmony with the more-than human world. They would go on to play vital roles in the protection of places I hold dear: The Great Barrier Reef, K’gari (Fraser Island) and the Cooloola National Park. As I held these letters close and analysed my own thesis findings the world around me suffered increasing, human-caused, environmental catastrophe and I felt myself writing with both love and fury, much like Wright did. I began writing strange letters to Kathleen McArthur, alongside letters to my supervisor Professor Liz Mackinlay. Through these letters I searched for what gardens said and did and felt when they were turned into stories. What happens to garden boundaries in this time of environmental love and loss, and digital connection?' (Publication abstract)
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Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 6 no. 4 2012;
— Review of Between the Leaves : Stories of Australian Women, Writing and Gardens 2011 single work biography -
Down the Garden Path
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 9 no. 1 2012; (p. 237-238)
— Review of Between the Leaves : Stories of Australian Women, Writing and Gardens 2011 single work biography -
In Short : Nonfiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30-31 July 2011; (p. 37)
— Review of Between the Leaves : Stories of Australian Women, Writing and Gardens 2011 single work biography -
Daily Tasks
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 333 2011; (p. 46)
— Review of Between the Leaves : Stories of Australian Women, Writing and Gardens 2011 single work biography
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Non-Fiction Reviews
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 - 22 May 2011; (p. 25)
— Review of Between the Leaves : Stories of Australian Women, Writing and Gardens 2011 single work biography -
Off the Shelf : Gardens
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 28 May 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of Between the Leaves : Stories of Australian Women, Writing and Gardens 2011 single work biography -
Women and Their Private Landscapes
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 June 2011; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Between the Leaves : Stories of Australian Women, Writing and Gardens 2011 single work biography -
Daily Tasks
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 333 2011; (p. 46)
— Review of Between the Leaves : Stories of Australian Women, Writing and Gardens 2011 single work biography -
In Short : Nonfiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30-31 July 2011; (p. 37)
— Review of Between the Leaves : Stories of Australian Women, Writing and Gardens 2011 single work biography -
Writing Strange Letters in the Garden, with Love and Fury
2023
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Swamphen : A Journal of Cultural Ecology , no. 9 2023;'French feminist philosopher Hélène Cixous says, ‘the book is a letter on the run’ ( White Ink 177) and I too have taken the letters of two Australian women gardeners on the run to create my thesis. I grasped the letters between wildflower illustrator Kathleen McArthur and poet Judith Wright and ran with them. I held them close as I grappled to understand how contemporary Australian women’s digital garden stories might work to create conditions of community and worlds in common. In corresponding about their gardens, the poet and the artist developed a deep friendship that bloomed into a broader conservation ethic and action. Their letters and deep female friendship evolved into a question about how to live in harmony with the more-than human world. They would go on to play vital roles in the protection of places I hold dear: The Great Barrier Reef, K’gari (Fraser Island) and the Cooloola National Park. As I held these letters close and analysed my own thesis findings the world around me suffered increasing, human-caused, environmental catastrophe and I felt myself writing with both love and fury, much like Wright did. I began writing strange letters to Kathleen McArthur, alongside letters to my supervisor Professor Liz Mackinlay. Through these letters I searched for what gardens said and did and felt when they were turned into stories. What happens to garden boundaries in this time of environmental love and loss, and digital connection?' (Publication abstract)