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Elizabeth Jolley - New Critical Essays by Delys Bird and Brenda Walker (Editors)
Category: Australian Fiction | Series: Imprint Critical Studies
Includes a comprehensive bibliography of Jolley's fiction and non-fiction.
Poe's Cat by Brenda Walker
Category: Fiction
Thea and Finn are cousins who share a passionate history. Their thoughts are haunted by thoughts of Edgar Allan Poe, who married his cousin when she was only 13, persuading her mother that he could not live without her. But it was Virgina who died, of tuberculosis one winter, comforted by her cat.
Reading by Moonlight by Brenda Walker
Category: Biography
The first time Brenda Walker packed her bag to go into hospital, she wondered which book to take with her. As a novelist and professor of literature, her life had been built around reading and writing. Now she was also a patient, being treated for breast cancer, fighting for her life and afraid for hers ...Show more
Reading by Moonlight by Brenda Walker
Category: Biography
The first time Brenda went into hospital to be treated for breast cancer, she wondered which book to take with her. In this book she writes about the five stages of her treatment and how different authors and books helped her through the scary, scarring process.
The Wing of Night by Brenda Walker
Category: Fiction
In 1915 a troopship of Light horsemen sails from Fremantle for the Great War. Two women farewell their men. Elizabeth with her background of careless wealth, and Bonnie marked by the anxieties of poverty. Shortlist Miles Franklin Award 2006.
The Writers' Reader by Brenda Walker
Category: Languages and Reference
This fresh and exciting collection of essays looks at the essential elements of writing poetry and fiction. It includes a diverse range of experienced writers and academics discussing genre, technique, the reader and finally publishing. Delia Falconer writes about the necessity of historical research, M ...Show more
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