Enid Moodie Heddle (1904–1991) was an Australian poet, writer, editor and publisher for children who was born in

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/ref> She attended Sydney Girls' High School, and graduated from the University of Melbourne with an MA. She then taught at schools in South Australia and Victoria, while also spending some time in England teaching and researching children's libraries. In 1935 she joined the

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publishing house and worked as an educational adviser to Longmans and

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from 1935–1946. After the Second World War she was appointed as Education Manager, 1945-1960) and in that capacity oversaw the publication of textbooks for schools and universities. Heddle published two collections of poetry and edited a number of books, with ''The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales'' winning the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1957.Austlit - ''The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales'' edited by Enid Moodie Heddle
/ref> She published articles in ''Meanjin'' (1943, 1947, 1959) and ''

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''. She also edited the Australian editions of ''The Poet's Way'' (1942-1994), ''Discovering Poetry'' (1956-1957) and ''A Galaxy of Poems Old and New'' (1962). She died in

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in 1991.

Bibliography

Poetry collections

* ''Solitude and Other Vagaries'' (1937) * ''Sagita Says'' (1943)

Non-fiction

* ''Story of a Vineyard - Chateau Tahbilk'' (1968)

Edited

* ''Some Australian Adventurers'' (Longman, Greens and Co., 1944) short story anthology * ''Action and Adventure : A Book of Australian Prose'' (1954) short story anthology * ''The Boomerang Book of Australian Poetry'' (1956) poetry anthology for children * '' The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales'' (1957) fiction anthology for children * ''A Galaxy of Poems, Old and New'' (1962) edited with E. W. Parker, poetry anthology * ''More Australian Adventurers'' (1970) short story anthology

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heddle, Enid Moodie 1904 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Australian writers Australian poets Australian children's writers Australian publishers (people) Australian book editors People educated at Sydney Girls High School University of Melbourne alumni Writers from Melbourne People from Elsternwick, Victoria