Shelley Gare (born 1952) is an Australian journalist and author, who is a contributing editor at ''

The Australian Financial Review ''The Australian Financial Review'' (abbreviated to the ''AFR'') is an Australian business-focused, compact daily newspaper covering the current business and economic affairs of Australia and the world. The newspaper is based in Sydney, New Sou ...

''. She has held some of Australia's most senior magazine editor positions including editor of both

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and Sunday Life. Gare won a

Walkley Award The annual Walkley Awards are presented in Australia to recognise and reward excellence in journalism. They cover all media including print, television, documentary, radio, photographic and online media. The Gold Walkley is the highest prize and ...

for her work as an editor of ''The Australian’s Review of Books'' (now ''

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'').

Early life and career

Gare was born Helen Shelley Gare in

Carnarvon, Western Australia Carnarvon is a coastal town situated approximately north of Perth, in Western Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Gascoyne River on the Indian Ocean. The popular Shark Bay world heritage area lies to the south of the town and the Ningaloo Re ...

in 1952, the fourth and youngest child of public servant Frank Ellis Gare (Commissioner for Native Welfare for the State of Western Australia) and artist and novelist

Nene Gare Nene Gare (9 May 191929 May 1994) was an Australian writer and artist, best known as the author of the novel ''The Fringe Dwellers'' (1961), which was made into the 1986 Australian film of the same name directed by Bruce Beresford. Personal li ...

. Her brother is

Arran Gare Arran Emrys Gare (; born 1948) is an Australian philosopher known mainly for his work in environmental philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of culture and the metaphysics of process philosophy. He currently holds the position of Associa ...

, a metaphysician and environmental philosopher, and her sister is Leif Frances, a qualified nursing sister. In 1954 the family moved from Carnarvon to

Geraldton Geraldton (Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West region of the Australian state of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth. At June 2018, Geraldton had an urban population of 37,648. ...

then in 1962 to Perth with her father's employment with the Native Welfare Department, where Shelley was educated at Santa Maria College, then trained as a cadet journalist on the Daily News. She moved to Sydney in her early 20s and became editor of Cleo magazine. She moved to London to work for Australian Consolidated Press's Fleet St bureau, then as deputy editor on ''Company'' magazine and finally as deputy editor on the Look section of ''The Sunday Times'', returning to Australia in 1986, where, after working as an assistant editor on The Herald in Melbourne, and then as editor of ''Good Weekend'', she eventually became the first woman deputy editor appointed to

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newspaper. Gare was responsible for all newspaper features. She was also a consultant editor on the start-up of ''Who'' magazine, a sister magazine to the American ''People'' magazine. Gare was a founding editor of ''The Australian’s Review of Books'' (now ''

''), for which she won a

, a recognition of excellence in journalism. As a freelancer later, she was a regular contributor to a variety of publications. Gare is the author of the 2006 book ''The Triumph of the Airheads and the Retreat from Commonsense''. As of 2012, Gare is a contributing editor at ''

'', where she edits the ''Weekend Fin'' section for ''AFR Weekend''.

Articles

"Death by Silence in the Writers' Combat Zone"
July 2010, No. 36, ''

Quadrant (magazine) ''Quadrant'' is a conservative Australian literary, cultural, and political journal, which publishes both online and printed editions. , ''Quadrant'' mainly publishes commentary, essays and opinion pieces on cultural, political and historical ...

''
"E-types reign in a rude new world"
14 December 2009, ''

National Times ''The National Times'', later ''National Times on Sunday'', was a weekly newspaper published by Fairfax News from 1971 to 1986. Background The paper quickly developed a reputation for accurate investigative journalism, winning four consecutive ...

''
"Making Trouble"
August 2010, ''

The Monthly ''The Monthly'' is an Australian national magazine of politics, society and the arts, which is published eleven times per year on a monthly basis except the December/January issue. Founded in 2005, it is published by Melbourne property developer ...

Books

* ''My Life as a Father'' by Ross Campbell, edited by Shelley Gare, Media 21 Publishing, Sydney, 2005, * ''The Triumph Of The Airheads and the Retreat from Commonsense'', Media 21 Publishing, Sydney, 2006,

References

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