Carmel Bird (born 1940) is an Australian writer of novels, short stories and essays. She has written books on the art of writing, and has edited anthologies of essays and stories. In 2016, she was awarded the
Patrick White Literary Award.
Writing career
Her first collection of short stories (1976) was titled ''Dimitra and Other Stories'', and her most recent novel (2019) is ''Field of Poppies''. In 2016 she published the novel ''Family'' ''Skeleton''. In 2010 she published the novel ''Child of the Twilight''. Her most recent collection of short fiction is the ebook ''The Dead Aviatrix'' (2017). ''My Hearts Are Your Hearts'' (2015) is also a collection of short fiction. Her most recent non-fiction is ''Fair Game'' (2015).
In 2016, she was awarded the
Patrick White Literary Award "in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Australian literature''".''
Awards and nominations
* 1991 — shortlisted in the
Miles Franklin Award
The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–195 ...
for ''The Bluebird Cafe
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* 1991 — shortlisted in Victorian Premier's Award for ''The Bluebird Cafe''
* 1996 — shortlisted in the
Miles Franklin Award
The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–195 ...
for ''The White Garden
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* 1996 — shortlisted in the NSW Premier's Award; the Aurealis Award; the Ned Kelly Award for ''The White Garden''
* 1998 — shortlisted in the
Miles Franklin Award
The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–195 ...
for ''Red Shoes
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* 2001 — winner of the
Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal at the Mildura Writer's Festival
*2001 — film based on story 'A Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow' (director Peter Long) winner of Silver Lion, Venice Film Festival
* 2016 — winner of the
Patrick White Award
Bibliography
Novels
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*Bird, Carmel (2010). ''Child of the Twilight''
*Bird, Carmel (2016). ''Family Skeleton''
*Bird, Carmel (2019). ''Field of Poppies''
Collections
*Bird, Carmel (1976). ''Dimitra''
*Bird, Carmel (1983). ''Births,Deaths and Marriages''
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*Bird, Carmel (1988). ''Woodpecker Point''
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*Bird, Carmel (2005). ''The Essential Bird''
*Bird, Carmel (2015). ''My Hearts Are Your Hearts''
*Bird, Carmel (2017). ''The Dead Aviatrix''
Anthologies (edited)
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Non-fiction
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*Bird, Carmel (2010). ''Writing the Story of Your Life''
*Bird, Carmel (2013). ''Dear Writer Revisited''
*Bird, Carmel (2015). ''Fair Game''
*Bird, Carmel (2022). ''Telltale''
Children's
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*Bird, Carmel (2012). ''The Fabulous Finola Fox''
Book reviews
References and notes
External links
CarmelBird.com— official website of Carmel Bird
1940 births
Living people
Australian women novelists
Australian women short story writers
Writers from Tasmania
Writers from Victoria (Australia)
20th-century Australian novelists
20th-century Australian women writers
20th-century Australian short story writers
Australian Book Review people
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