First Things First: Selected letters of Kate Llewellyn 1977-2004
Language: English
Published by Wakefield Press, 2018
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318 pages. I've always said I will write anywhere. You could throw me into prison, cut o ff my arms and legs and you will find me in the morning with a pen in my mouth w riting on the floor.Collected here for the first time are selected letter s from the private correspondence of one of Australia's most loved authors, Kate Llewellyn (The Waterlily, A Fig at the Gate). Written with her distinctive ardo ur and enthusiasm, skipping some words, shortening others, she discusses poetry, art, sex and gardening with painters and writers.Kate Llewellyn's letter s brim with energy and humour. Editors Ruth Bacchus and Barbara Hill have sifted through decades of correspondence to produce a volume which reveals her life an d work, and the result is a joy to read: a precious insight into the world of on e of this country's master wordsmiths.
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- Title
- First Things First: Selected letters of Kate Llewellyn 1977-2004
- Author
- Kate Llewellyn,Ruth Bacchus,Barbara Hill (Editors)
- Publisher
- Wakefield Press
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1743053649
- ISBN 13
- 9781743053645
- Dimensions
- 14.0cm x 1.7cm x 21.0cm
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I've always said I will write anywhere. You could throw me into prison, cut off my arms and legs and you will find me in the morning with a pen in my mouth writing on the floor.
Collected here for the first time are selected letters from the private correspondence of one of Australia's most loved authors, Kate Llewellyn (The Waterlily, A Fig at the Gate). Written with her distinctive ardour and enthusiasm, skipping some words, shortening others, she discusses poetry, art, sex and gardening with painters and writers.
Kate Llewellyn's letters brim with energy and humour. Editors Ruth Bacchus and Barbara Hill have sifted through decades of correspondence to produce a volume which reveals her life and work, and the result is a joy to read: a precious insight into the world of one of this country's master wordsmiths.
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About the Author
Dr Ruth Bacchus ran a restaurant in a NSW country village before becoming a student and university medallist at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst. Her PhD explored ways for Western feminism to view satis (Hindu women who burn on the funeral pyres of their husbands). She now teaches literature, creative writing and politics at CSU. Her research interests are in the area of learning and teaching. She is an enthusiastic, though somewhat unmethodical, gardener.
Dr Barbara Hill is a Senior Lecturer at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst where she has dedicated her career to social justice and reconciliation through learning and teaching. Since 1993 she has taught subjects in English literature, Australian literature, existential literature, creative writing, sociology and professional writing. Her other areas of interest include Australian female authors; particularly the work of Dorothy Hewitt, Thea Astley, Marion Halligan and Kate Llewellyn. She also writes fiction and poetry.
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