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Tasmanian Literature
Tasmania, for its size and population, has a flourishing literary culture. Its history offers an eventful literary background with visits from early explorers such as the Dutchman Abel Tasman, the Frenchmen Bruni d'Entrecasteaux and Marion du Fresne and then the Englishmen Matthew Flinders and George Bass. Colonisation coincided with deteriorated relations with indigenous Aboriginal people and a harsh convict heritage. These events in Tasmanian history are found in a large number of colonial sandstone buildings and in place names. Environmentally, the landscapes and changeable weather provide a vivid literary backdrop. Tasmania's geographical isolation, creative community, proximity to Antarctica, controversial past, bourgeoning arts reputation, and island status all contribute to its significant literature. Many fiction and non-fiction authors call Tasmania home, and many acclaimed titles are set there or written by Tasmanians. The journal of letters ''Island'' magazine appears qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmania
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Stephen Dando-Collins
Stephen Dando-Collins (born 1 May 1950) is an Australian historical author and novelist, with books on antiquity, American, Australian, British, and French history, and the two world wars. He also writes children's novels, the first of which, ''Chance in a Million'', (Hodder Headline, Sydney, 1998), was filmed by PolyGram as '' Paws'', starring Billy Connolly. In 2012, he started the ''Caesar the War Dog'' series of children's novels, based on the true stories of modern-day military dogs serving in Afghanistan and elsewhere, with the fifth in the series published in 2016. He contributes articles to various journals such as ''BBC History Magazine'' and ''Australian Heritage Magazine'', and lectures about his books. Early life and education Dando-Collins was born in the Tasmanian city of Launceston on 1 May 1950, and went to school in Hobart. As a teenager he played drums in several rock bands, and at the age of 19 he was co-founder and first secretary of the Van Diemen Light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of Ireland (novel)
''Out of Ireland'' is a 1999 novel by Christopher Koch that tells the story of Irish 'gentleman-convict' Robert Devereux and his transportation to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Koch observed that ''Out of Ireland'' was an exploration of his "interest in the idea that the past resonates off the future." The novel is considered uniquely Tasmanian because of the way it deals with convict ancestry and emphasizes the island's geographic isolation. Plot The novel starts with Devereux, an Irish revolutionary, aboard a convict prison hulk in Bermuda. It then follows his transportation to Van Diemen's Land, his release and subsequent adventures on the island. Reception ''Out of Ireland'' was well received, winning the Colin Roderick Award in 1999 and the Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction The Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction, formerly known as the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. As of 2011 it has an remunerati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Doubleman
''The Doubleman'' (1985) is a novel by Australian author Christopher Koch. It won the Miles Franklin Award in 1985. References 1985 Australian novels Miles Franklin Award-winning works Novels set in Tasmania Novels set in Sydney Chatto & Windus books {{1980s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The Term Of His Natural Life
''For the Term of His Natural Life'' is a story written by Marcus Clarke and published in '' The Australian Journal'' between 1870 and 1872 (as ''His Natural Life''). It was published as a novel in 1874 and is the best known novelisation of life as a convict in early Australian history. At times relying on seemingly implausible coincidences, the story follows the fortunes of Rufus Dawes, a young man transported for a murder that he did not commit. The book clearly conveys the harsh and inhumane treatment meted out to the convicts, some of whom were transported for relatively minor crimes, and graphically describes the conditions the convicts experienced. The novel was based on research by the author as well as a visit to the penal settlement of Port Arthur, Tasmania. Plot introduction Structurally, ''For the Term of His Natural Life'' is made up of a series of semi-fictionalised accounts of actual events during the convict era, loosely bound together with the tragic story of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Wood (writer)
Danielle Wood (born 11 August 1972) is a Tasmanian journalist, writer and academic. Her first book, ''The Alphabet of Light and Dark'', won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 2002. Biography Wood was born in Hobart, Tasmania. She was educated at The Friends' School in Hobart and went on to complete a Bachelor of Arts with honours from the University of Tasmania, before working as a cadet journalist. At age 26, Wood moved to Western Australia and enrolled in a PhD through Edith Cowan University, starting work on her book at the same time. She has since returned to Tasmania where she is a lecturer at University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay. Books *''The Alphabet of Light and Dark'', Allen & Unwin, 2003, *''Rosie Little’s Cautionary Tales for Girls'', Allen & Unwin, 2006, *''Housewife Superstar: the very best of Marjorie Bligh'', Text Publishing, 2011, *''Marjorie Bligh’s HOME: Hints On Managing Everything'', Text Publishing, 2012, *''Deep South: Stories from Tasmania' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Trevor Greive
Bradley Trevor Greive (born 22 February 1970) is an Australian author. He has written 24 books which have been translated into 27 different languages, and have been sold in 115 different countries, several of which have appeared in the ''New York Times'' bestseller list. Greive's work has won multiple awards worldwide and has sold more than 25 million copies. He lives mostly in Tasmania, Alaska and California. Early life and career Greive was born in Hobart, Tasmania to Dr Trevor Colin Greive and Nita Fay Greive, and spent his childhood living with his parents and sisters in numerous countries across Europe and Asia. He returned to Australia in 1979 to finish his schooling at Tweed Valley College in Murwillumbah, where he was awarded Dux in 1988. Greive joined the Australian Army after leaving high school and underwent training at the Royal Military College Duntroon in Canberra. Whilst an undergraduate at RMC Duntroon, Greive undertook a military exchange with the Royal Thai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachael Treasure
Rachael Jennifer Treasure (; born 4 December 1968) is an Australian journalist, author and novelist. A former jillaroo, and reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on rural affairs, she is a passionate working dog trainer and in 2007 received Tasmania's rural woman of the year award.RIRDC Rural Woman Award Winner 2007 for Tasmania – Rachael Treasure ', Rural Women's Award website. Retrieved 26 October 2008 Early life In the early 1990s Rachael worked out of the ABC Sale office in Victoria. She met her ex-husband, John Treasure, in 1996 while a reporter and started helping John and his brother with their High Plains Drovi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Rose
Heather Rose (born 1964) is an Australian author born in Hobart, Tasmania. She is the author of the acclaimed memoir Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here. She is best known for her novels ''The Museum of Modern Love'', which won the 2017 Stella Prize, and ''Bruny'' (2019), which won Best General Fiction in the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards. She has also worked in advertising, business, and the arts. Early life and education Heather Rose was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1964. By the age of sixteen she had a weekly column in the ''Hobart Mercury'', and in 1981 won the Tasmanian Short Story Prize. She left school in 1982 and travelled widely through Asia and Europe. Returning to Australia in 1986, Rose became an advertising copywriter in Melbourne, until she returned to Tasmania 10 years later. Her first novel ''White Heart'' was published in 1999. Apart from writing fiction, Rose has had an extensive career in advertising, business, and the arts. Writing career Memoir Heather' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Winfield
Liz Winfield (born 1964) is a contemporary Australian poet and editor. Biography Liz Winfield was born in Hobart, Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi ..., in 1964 and attended Mount Carmel College. In 1999 she instigated the Republic Readings in Hobart and has coordinated them ever since. She is a poetry editor for ''Famous Reporter'' and the young persons' liaison officer for the Fellowship of Australian Writers' Tasmanian branch. Winfield's collection ''Too Much Happens'' appeared from Cornford Press in 2003. Her second collection, ''Catalogue of Love'' – a chapbook from Walleah Press – was launched at the Tasmanian Poetry Festival in Launceston in October 2006. In 2010 she won the Norma and Colin Knight Poetry Award. Bibliography *''Too Much Happens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Flanagan
Richard Miller Flanagan (born 1961) is an Australian writer, who has also worked as a film director and screenwriter. He won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel '' The Narrow Road to the Deep North''. Flanagan was described by the ''Washington Post'' as "one of our greatest living novelists". " nsidered by many to be the finest Australian novelist of his generation", according to ''The Economist, the New York Review of Books'' described Flanagan as "among the most versatile writers in the English language". Early life and education Flanagan was born in Longford, Tasmania, in 1961, the fifth of six children. He is descended from Irish convicts transported to Van Diemen's Land during the Great Famine in Ireland. Flanagan's father was a survivor of the Burma Death Railway and one of his three brothers is Australian rules football journalist Martin Flanagan. Flanagan was born with a severe hearing loss, which was corrected when he was six years old. He grew up in the remote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Scholes
Katherine Anne Scholes (born 5 July 1959) is an Australian writer. She was born in the Dodoma Region of Tanzania where her parents were English missionaries, and spent most of her childhood there before moving to England and then Tasmania.Scholes, KatherineSerengeti homecoming ''The Age'', 31 January 2009. Scholes is the author of the international bestsellers ''Make Me An Idol'', ''The Rain Queen'' and ''The Stone Angel''. She has also written several children's books including the acclaimed ''Peacetimes'', ''The Boy and the Whale'' and a young adult novel ''The Blue Chameleon'', which won a New South Wales State Literary Award. All of her books have been translated into numerous languages. Katherine also works in the film industry. She currently lives in Tasmania with her filmmaker husband Roger Scholes Roger Scholes (11 December 1950 – 3 June 2022) was an Australian independent film and television maker from 1983 on. He worked as a producer, director, writer, script edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
