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Thea Astley (a.k.a. Thea Beatrice May Astley; Thea Gregson) b. 25 Aug 1925 d. 17 Aug 2004 (139 works by fr. 1934)

Thea Astley was born in Brisbane and educated at the University of Queensland. She taught in schools until 1967, then Macquarie University between 1968-80. Her novels have attracted wide praise and a number of awards, including four Miles Franklin Awards. In 1989 she won the Patrick White Award and was granted an honorary doctorate from the University of Queensland. She was made AO in 1992 and was made a Creative Fellow of the Australia Council in 1993.

Astley's fiction shows a particular interest in Queensland history and locales, and frequently explores the role of Catholicism in everyday life. The bleak action of her novels often destabilises Australian myths that circulate around the idea of a homogenous male identity. Her works expose injustice and cruelty in Australian life, especially towards Indigenous people, women and the elderly. They amount to a plea for compassion, and for awareness of the needs and suffering of those who are forgotten, marginalised or powerless.
y separately published work icon The Fiction of Thea Astley Susan Sheridan , Susan Lever (editor), Amherst : Cambria Press , 2016 2016 multi chapter work criticism y
y separately published work icon Thea Astley : Selected Poems Thea Astley , Cheryl M. Taylor (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2017 2017 selected work poetry y
y separately published work icon A Kindness Cup by Thea Astley Frank Kellaway , Melbourne : Council of Adult Education , 1984 1984 single work criticism y
y separately published work icon Thea Astley's Fictional Worlds Paul Genoni (editor), Susan Sheridan (editor), Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Press , 2006 2006 anthology criticism interview autobiography y
y separately published work icon Thea Astley : Inventing Her Own Weather Karen Lamb , Melbourne : University of Queensland Press , 2015 2015 single work biography y
y separately published work icon Thea Astley : A Critical Biography Karen Lamb , Clayton : 1997 1997 single work thesis y
y separately published work icon Discussion Notes on Thea Astley's Vanishing Points R. Johnson , Melbourne : Council of Adult Education , 1996 1996 single work criticism y
y separately published work icon Writers in the park Olga Masters , Thea Astley , ( Olga Masters and Thea Astley Read at Harold Park ), Melbourne : McPhee Gribble , 1986 1986 selected work short story y
Thea Astley Candida Baker (interviewer), single work biography interview
— Appears in: Yacker : Australian Writers Talk About Their Work Woollahra : Picador , 1986 1986 (p. 28-53) y
Thea Astley Pam Gilbert , single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Coming Out from Under : Contemporary Australian Woman Writers London : Sydney : Pandora , 1988 1988 (p. 109-128) y
Thea Astley Amanda Smith (interviewer), single work interview
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , 30 March 1990 1990 (p. 42-43) y
Thea Astley : Interview Daniel R. Willbanks (interviewer), single work interview
— Appears in: Speaking Volumes : Australian Writers and Their Work Ringwood : Penguin , 1992 1992 (p. 26-42) y
The Novels of Thea Astley J. M. Couper , single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Spring vol. 26 no. 3 1967 1967 (p. 332-337) y
Thea Astley Lecture 2007, Byron Bay Festival Mapping Our Imagination Nicolas Rothwell , 2007 single work essay y
Thea Astley single work
— Appears in: Fragment , no. 11 1959 1959 (p. 15) y
Thea Astley Susan Lever , single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Writers , 1950-1975 Detroit : Gale Research Co. , 2004 2004 (p. 11-21) y
Thea Astley Jennifer Ellison (interviewer), single work interview
— Appears in: Rooms of Their Own Ringwood : Penguin , 1986 1986 (p. 50-69) y
Thea Astley Peter Ross (interviewer), single work interview
— Appears in: Sunday Afternoon with Peter Ross Crows Nest : ABC Books , 1990 1990 (p. 7-16) y
[Review] The Fiction of Thea Astley Nycole Prowse , single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , vol. 36 no. 3 2017 2017 (p. 57) y
Thea Astley Tom Sigley , single work criticism
— Appears in: Writing Across the Continent 2008 2008 y
Thea Astley Thea Astley , extract novel
— Appears in: A Single Tree : Voices from the Bush Melbourne : Penguin Random House Australia , 2016 2016 (p. 16-19) y
Thea Astley Thea Astley (interviewer), single work interview
— Appears in: Speaking of Writing : Seventeen Leading Writers of Australian and New Zealand Fiction Answer Questions on Their Craft Terrey Hills : Reed Educational , 1975 1975 (p. 9-14) y
Thea Astley : This Great Unknown Richard Glover , single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 November 1989 1989 (p. 88) y
Thea Astley's Fictional Worlds Gillian Whitlock , single work review
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 6 no. 1 2007 2007 (p. 152-156) y
Thea Astley Graeme Kinross-Smith , single work biography
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 4 no. 1 1982 1982 (p. 20-37) y
Thea Astley Aiming at What? Bill Fraser , single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 October 1972 1972 (p. 15) y
Thea Astley's Writing : Magnetic North Kerryn Goldsworthy , single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 42 no. 4 1983 1983 (p. 478-485) y
Thea Astley's It's Raining in Mango [Essay] : It’s Raining in Mango Susan Sheridan , single work review
— Appears in: Reading Australia Sydney : Reading Australia , 2013- 2013 y
Ecofeminism in Thea Astley’s Drylands Zhang Xiuqing , single work criticism
— Appears in: Advances in Language and Literary Studies , vol. 11 no. 3 2020 2020 (p. 42-45) y
Thea Astley's Failed Eden Paul Genoni , single work criticism
— Appears in: Thea Astley's Fictional Worlds Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Press , 2006 2006 (p. 153-163) y
Thea Astley : Exploring the Centre Paul Genoni , single work criticism
— Appears in: Subverting the Empire : Explorers and Exploration in Australian Fiction Altona : Toowoomba : Common Ground ; Association for the Study of Australian Literature , 2004 2004 (p. 97-144) y
Thea Astley's True North Helen Frizell , single work review criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 September 1979 1979 (p. 17) y
The Deserted Village? Thea Astley's Drylands Anthony J. Hassall , single work criticism
— Appears in: 'Unemployed at Last!' : Essays on Australian Literature to 2002 for Julian Croft Armidale : University of New England. Centre for Australian Language and Literature Studies , 2002 2002 (p. 147-160) y
To the Islands with Thea Astley Peter Fuller (interviewer), single work criticism interview
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 March 1985 1985 (p. 17) y
Thea Astley in America Daniel R. Willbanks (interviewer), single work interview
— Appears in: Antipodes , Winter vol. 2 no. 2 1988 1988 (p. 107-108) y
An Interview with Thea Astley Robert L. Ross (interviewer), single work interview
— Appears in: World Literature Written in English , Autumn vol. 26 no. 2 1986 1986 (p. 264-268) y
Author Thea Astley Wins Award single work
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 November 1975 1975 (p. 12) y
The Acolyte : Thea Astley (1925-2004) Jane Gleeson-White , single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Classics : Fifty Great Writers and Their Celebrated Works Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2007 2007 (p. 222-226) y
The Fiction of Thea Astley by Susan Sheridan Alyce Wilson , single work review
— Appears in: Editor's Desk - 2017 2017 2017 y
Recognition for Thea Astley in Novelist Award Robert Hefner , single work column biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 November 1989 1989 (p. 4) y
The Multiple Effects of Thea Astley's Fiction Jay Verney , single work criticism
— Appears in: Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2002 2002 (p. 100-110) y
Thea Astley Meditates on Memory and Mortality Stephen Milnes , single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 9 no. 1 1995 1995 (p. 41-42) y
Thea Astley : 'Before Feminism... After Femininism' Brian Matthews , single work criticism
— Appears in: Romantics and Mavericks : The Australian Short Story Townsville : Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, James Cook University of North Queensland , 1987 1987 (p. 16-22) y
Susan Sheridan, The Fiction of Thea Astley Peter Walsh , single work essay
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 10 no. 1 2017 2017 y
Moomba Prize to Thea Astley single work
— Appears in: Literary Letter , no. 35 1966 1966 (p. 2) y
Life in the Eye of the Hurricane : The Novels of Thea Astley Brian Matthews , single work criticism
— Appears in: Southern Review , vol. 6 no. 2 1973 1973 (p. 148-173) y
Thea Astley : Writing the Parish and Extending the Metaphor Robert L. Ross , single work criticism
— Appears in: International Literature in English : Essays on the Major Writers New York (City) : Garland , 1991 1991 (p. 593-602) y
[Review Essay] The Fiction of Thea Astley Elaine Lindsay , single work essay
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , May vol. 41 no. 2 2017 2017 (p. 268-269) y
Susan Sheridan, The Fiction of Thea Astley Louise Henry , single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , December vol. 26 no. 2 2019 2019 (p. 286-287) y
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