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A Certain Style: Beatrice Davis, a Literary Life by Jacqueline Kent
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Beatrice Davis, 1909-1992, was general editor at Angus and Robertson the main Australian publishing company from 1937 to 1973. There she discovered and published such writers as Thea Astley, Miles Franklin, Patricia Wrightson, Xavier Herbert, and Hal Porter, becoming a literary tastemaker in the process ...Show more
Beyond Words: A Year with Kenneth Cook by Jacqueline Kent
29.95 AUD
Category: Biography
In 1985 Jacqueline Kent was content with her life. She had a satisfying career as a freelance book editor, and was emerging as a writer. Living and working alone, she relished her independence. But then she met Kenneth Cook, author of the Australian classic Wake in Fright, and they fell in love. With b ...Show more
Vida: Vida Goldstein a Woman for Our Time by Jacqueline Kent
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Category: Biography
Vida Jane Mary Goldstein, feminist and suffragist, was born at Portland, Victoria. Her father was an anti-suffragist, but Jacob Goldstein supported his daughters to be economically and intellectually independent. In the 1890s she became involved in various social welfare activities and attended Victoria ...Show more
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