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Title Women of letters : reviving the lost art of correspondence / curated by Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire
Published Camberwell, Vic. : Viking, 2011

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 MELB  827.008409287 H2711/W  AVAILABLE
Description xi, 412 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
regular print
Series Women of letters ; <1>
Women of letters ; <1>
Contents Introduction -- To the night I'd rather forget -- Lorelei Vashti -- Caro Cooper -- Angie Hart -- Judith Lucy -- To my first pin-up -- Jenny Valentish -- Anna Krien -- Catherine Deveny -- Adalita Srsen -- To my nemesis -- Helen Razer -- Fiona Scott-Norman -- Fee B-Squared -- Jess McGuire -- To the host of that party -- Celia Pacquola -- Peggy Frew -- Cal Wilson -- Loene Carmen -- To my first boss -- Robyn Butler -- Clare Moore -- Noni Hazlehurst -- Bhakthi Puvanenthiran -- Sophie Black -- To the song I wish I'd written -- Jake Stone -- Alexander Gow -- Lindsay McDougall -- Paul Kelly -- To my twelve-year-old self -- Mia Timpano -- Shalini Akhil -- Jen Cloher -- Laura Jean McKay -- A love letter -- Jennifer Byrne -- Claudia Karvan -- Sophie Braham -- Virginia Gay -- Sally Seltmann -- Fenella Kernebone -- Tara Moss -- To the moment it all fell apart -- Alice Pung -- Amanda Roff -- Erin Kelly -- To the photo I wish had never been taken -- Krissy Kneen -- Karen Hitchcock -- Marieke Hardy -- To my most treasured possession -- Lindy Morrison -- Michelle Law -- Joanna Nilson -- Rowena Grant-Frost -- To the woman who changed my life (Men of letters) -- Paul Kelly -- Dave Graney -- John Safran -- Eddie Perfect -- Ben Salter -- Tim Rogers -- Bob Ellis -- The letter I wish I'd written -- Mary Delahunty -- Georgie Fields -- Lisa Miller -- Helen Garner -- To the best present I ever received -- Jane Clifton -- Megan Washington -- Julia Zemiro -- Jo Walker -- Romy Hoffman -- To my ghosts -- Noni Hazlehurst -- Terri Psiakis -- To my turning point -- Joan Kirner -- Sian Prior -- Missy Higgins -- Natalie van den Dungen -- Maude Davey
Summary This book contains letters about a series of events and was curated by Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire. It was designed in part to revive the lost art of letter writing and in part to highlight a diverse range of female talent. The events raise money for Edgar's Mission, the Victorian animal rescue shelter
Analysis Australian
Notes "All royalties for this book will go to Edgar's Mission animal rescue centre" -- back cover
Includes biographies of contributors pp.[395-408]
Subject Australian letters -- Women authors.
Australian letters -- 21st century.
Australian letters.
Australian literature -- Women authors.
Australian literature.
Authors, Australian -- Correspondence.
Imaginary letters.
Letter writing -- Australia.
Letter writing, Australian
Letter writing.
Men, Australian -- 21st century -- Correspondence
Women authors, Australian -- Correspondence.
Women -- Correspondence.
Women, Australian -- 21st century -- Correspondence
SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- 21st century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012478 -- Social and customs
Genre/Form Personal correspondence.
Author Hardy, Marieke.
McGuire, Michaela.
Women of Letters
ISBN 9780670076093 (paperback)