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Robert Drewe
Robert Duncan Drewe (born 9 January 1943) is an Australian novelist, non-fiction and short story writer. Biography Robert Drewe was born on 9 January 1943 in Melbourne, Victoria. At the age of six, he moved with his family to Perth. He grew up on the West Australian coast and was educated at Hale School. He joined ''The West Australian'' as a cadet reporter. Three years later he was recruited by ''The Age'', where he became Sydney chief at the age of 21, later Literary Editor of ''The Australian''.Murray WaldrenRob Drewe: The Diviner(1996) Interview first published in ''The Australian Magazine''. Accessed: 11 October 2007 He was a columnist, features editor and special writer on ''The Australian'' and '' The Bulletin''. Drewe won two Walkley Awards for journalism while working for ''The Bulletin''. He was awarded a Leader Grant travel scholarship by the United States Government. During the 1970s he turned from journalism to writing fiction, beginning with ''The Savage Crows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne, Victoria
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heath Ledger
Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor. After playing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, he moved to the United States in 1998 to further develop his film career. His work consisted of 20 films in a variety of genres, including ''10 Things I Hate About You'' (1999), ''The Patriot (2000 film), The Patriot'' (2000), ''A Knight's Tale'' (2001), ''Monster's Ball'' (2001), ''Casanova (2005 film), Casanova'' (2005), ''Lords of Dogtown'' (2005), ''Brokeback Mountain'' (2005), ''Candy (2006 film), Candy'' (2006), ''I'm Not There'' (2007), ''The Dark Knight'' (2008), and ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' (2009), the latter two of which were posthumously released. He also produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director. For his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in Ang Lee's ''Brokeback Mountain,'' he received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, BAFTA Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candida Baker
Candida Baker (born 1955) is an Australian author, photographer, journalist and natural horsemanship practitioner. She was born in England and moved to Australia in 1977. Biography Baker was born into a literary and theatrical family; her grandfather, J. C. Squire, was a British poet, writer, historian and influential literary editor, her father was George Baker MBE (actor) and her mother, Julia Squire, was a costume and set designer. Baker first came to Australia as an understudy with a Royal Shakespeare Company tour of The Hollow Crown in 1976 and subsequently moved to Australia in 1977. Career In 1982 Baker embarked on a ten-year writing project, interviewing 36 Australian writers for her Yacker – ''Australian Writers Talk About Their Work'' series, published by Picador and based on ''The Paris Review'' interviews with writers. In 1983 she and her then-partner Robert Drewe moved to Melbourne where Baker worked at ''The Age'' newspaper for a year before she was offer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kinsella (poet)
John Kinsella (born 1963) is an Australian poet, novelist, critic, essayist and editor. His writing is strongly influenced by landscape, and he espouses an "international regionalism" in his approach to place. He has also frequently worked in collaboration with other writers, artists and musicians. Early life and work Kinsella was born in Perth, Western Australia. His mother was a poet and he began writing poetry as a child. He cites Judith Wright among his early influences. Before becoming a full-time writer, teacher and editor he worked in a variety of places, including laboratories, a fertiliser factory and on farms. Later poetry and writing Kinsella has published at least fifty books and his many awards include three Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry, the John Bray Award for Poetry, the 2008 Christopher Brennan Award, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Poetry, the Judith Wright Calanthe Award for poetry (twice) and the Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trent Parke
Trent Parke is an Australian photographer. He is the husband of Narelle Autio, with whom he often collaborates. He has created a number of photography books; won numerous national and international awards including four World Press Photo awards; and his photographs are held in numerous public and private collections. He is a member of Magnum Photos. Early life Parke was born and brought up in Newcastle, New South Wales. He started photography when he was twelve. At age 13 he watched his mother die from an asthma attack. Career Parke has worked as a photojournalist for ''The Australian'' newspaper. In 2003 he and his wife, the photographer Narelle Autio, made a 90,000 km trip around Australia, resulting in Parke's books ''Minutes to Midnight'' and ''The Black Rose.'' Parke became a member of the In-Public street photography collective in 2001. He became a Magnum Photos nominee in 2002 and a member in 2007; the first Australian invited to join.< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Drowner
''The Drowner'' (1996) is a novel by Australian author Robert Drewe. It was shortlisted for Miles Franklin Award, and won the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction and New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Book of the Year in 1997. Plot summary In the late 19th century an Englishman irrigator or "drowner", Will Dance, utilises ancient water-knowledge and modern technology to save a drought-ridden town in Western Australia. Reviews * ''Publishers' Weekly'' noted: "The desert mining town,..., comes fully to life, invigorated by crisp and moving portrayals of Drewe's minor characters and the monotonous beauty of the hostile (blessedly arid) countryside." * Garth Crawford in ''Woroni'' stated: "In his mastery of image, and spare but beautiful descriptions of this quest, Drewe reveals his strongest claim to pre-eminence. The Drowner is by an author who enjoys words, weighs and places each without mistaking linguistic asceticism for aestheticism." Awards and nominations * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Sunshine
''Our Sunshine'' is a 1991 novel about Ned Kelly by Australian writer Robert Drewe. It later served as a source of information for the 2003 film ''Ned Kelly'', directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush and Naomi Watts. Awards and nominations * 1992 shortlisted NBC Banjo Awards — NBC Banjo Award for Fiction * 1992 shortlisted 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 (law), will of Miles Franklin ... References 1991 Australian novels Biographical novels Cultural depictions of Ned Kelly Australian novels adapted into films Pan Books books Novels about bushrangers Ned Kelly {{1990s-bio-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Fremantle, Western Australia
North Fremantle is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Fremantle, a local government area of the state. Its postcode is 6159. North Fremantle is situated on a peninsula, with the Indian Ocean bounding the west side and the Swan River the east side. On the north side it is separated from the suburb of Mosman Park by McCabe Street. North Fremantle has one train station, located on Stirling Highway, which provides train services into Fremantle and Perth city. There are various bus stations in North Fremantle, providing access to outer Perth suburbs. History The primary impetus for the early development of North Fremantle was the arrival of convicts, and pensioner guards in 1850. Pensioner guards were granted land in North Fremantle. In 1851 John Bruce was granted 150 acres of land and founded the town on it. The land was surveyed and divided between other pensioner guards. By 1862, over 20 cottages had been constructed. With this construction, cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Bennett (academic)
Bruce Harry Bennett (23 March 1941, Perth – 14 April 2012) was an Australian specialist in Australian literary studies. A Rhodes Scholar, his professional career was spent largely at the University of Western Australia where he was also director of the Centre for Studies in Australian Literature. Awards and recognition Bennett's biography of Peter Porter won the Western Australian Premier's Book Award for non-fiction. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1995 and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1993 for "service to education and to Australian literature". He was awarded a Centenary Medal The Centenary Medal is an award which was created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the centenary of the Federation of Australia and to recognise "people who made a contribution to Australian society or g ... in 2001. Selected works * Bruce, Bennett, ed. (1981). ''Cross Currents: Magazines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Literary Awards
The Queensland Literary Awards is an awards program established in 2012 by the Queensland literary community, funded by sponsors and administered by the State Library of Queensland. Like the former Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, the QLAs celebrate and promote outstanding Australian writing. The awards aim to seek out, recognize and nurture great talent in Australian writing. They draw national and international attention to some of our best writers and to Queensland's recognition of outstanding Australian literature and publishing. These awards have a focus on supporting new writing through the Emerging Queensland Writer – Manuscript Award and Unpublished Indigenous writer – David Unaipon Award. "They give local writers and new writers something to aspire to." History The Queensland Literary Awards was established by a not-for-profit association of passionate Queensland volunteers and advocates for literature, in response to Queensland Premier Campbell Newman disestab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Bay Writers Festival
The Byron Writers Festival (formerly known as Byron Bay Writers Festival) is a literary event taking place annually in Byron Bay, New South Wales. The festival commenced in 1997 and was founded by Peter Barclay and a group of volunteers who in part drew some of their inspiration from the Adelaide Writers Week. The festival was organised through the Northern Rivers Writers' Centre, incorporated in 1995. In 2016, the Centre and the Festival were amalgamated under one banner and was renamed as Byron Writers Festival. It is held on the first weekend of August each year. As of 2010 it included presentations by over 100 participants, which has continued in every year since. The festival has included interviews with a number of notable writers including Cheryl Strayed, Bret Easton Ellis, Matthew Reilly and Kathy Lette. In 2005 the festival had an audience of between 7,000 and 8,000, an increase of 25 per cent over the previous year. Notable participants included Midnight Oil drummer an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Writers' Festival
The Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) is an annual literary festival held in Sydney in May, with the inaugural festival taking place in 1997. The 2020 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. History The festival began in January 1997, with most events initially held at the State Library of New South Wales. The first independent Sydney Writers' Festival ran from 12 to 17 May 1998, with 169 participants appearing in venues in, and around, the centre of Sydney. Since then, the Festival has rapidly expanded. Events have also been held at venues stretching across Sydney, including Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney Town Hall, City Recital Hall, and Sydney Opera House. Events are also regularly held in regional and suburban locations including Parramatta, Ashfield, Auburn, Blacktown, Bankstown, Campbelltown, Hornsby, Penrith, Blue Mountains and Wollongong. The Festival moved from Walsh Bay to Carriageworks in May 2018 (as Walsh Bay was undergoing a major ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
