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Ten Biographies of Christian Women
The link below is to a listing of ten biographies of Christian women. For more visit:http://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/04/24/top-10-biographies-of-christian-women/ Be sure to look down towards the...
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Ten Biographies of Christian Men
The link below is to a listing of ten biographies of Christian men. For more visit:http://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/04/22/top-10-biographies-of-christian-men/ Be sure to look down towards the...
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10 Memoirs About Terrible Mothers
Originally posted on Flavorwire:Mother’s Day is this weekend, and what better way to celebrate our moms than by thanking our lucky stars they aren’t abusive, psychotic, or addicted to drugs? In an...
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100 Biographies and Memoirs
The link below is to a listing of Amazon’s 100 biographies and memoirs to read in a lifetime. For more visit:http://www.amazon.com/100biographiesFiled under: Amazon, Autobiography, biography, Lists,...
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How to Write Memoirs
The link below is to an article that takes a look at how to write memoirs. For more visit:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lj-charleston/how-to-write-memoir_b_7853654.htmlFiled under: Article, Memoir,...
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Australia is awash with political memoir, but only some will survive the flood
Jane Messer Last year more than a dozen political memoirs were published in Australia. From Bob Carr’s Diary of a Foreign Minister to Greg Combet’s The Fights of My Life, from Rob Oakeshott’s The...
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Australia: Queensland – Rejected Premier Suffers More Rejection (From Bookshops)
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Friday essay: Can you keep a secret? Family memoirs break taboos – and trust
Ashley Barnwell, University of Melbourne The television premiere of Benjamin Law’s adapted memoirs The Family Law may have had us laughing last night, but a foray into the recent past of the family...
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When writing biography, should any part of a life be off-limits?
Nigel Hamilton, University of Massachusetts Boston Several years ago, Oxford professor and Shakespeare scholar Jonathan Bate decided to write a biography of the British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes....
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Whose line is it anyway? The murderer, his mother, and the ghost writers
Christopher Kremmer, UNSW Australia This is a story about stories. Who writes them. Who owns them and what happens when the two things get muddled. It’s a story about true stories, life stories,...
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Memoirs Written By Women
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View ArticleA criminal record: women and Australian true crime stories
The pyjama girl mystery, as featured in Famous Detective Stories no. 6. State Library of New South Whales, CC BY-ND Rachel Franks, University of Newcastle Women have always been central to true crime...
View ArticleWhy do I dwell on the past?
Dwelling on the past, like writing in a diary, is part of being human and helps us form our identity. But not all memories are helpful. from www.shutterstock.com Laura Jobson, Monash University Many of...
View ArticleThe Boundaries of a Memoir
The link below is to an article that looks at the boundaries of memoirs. For more visit:https://lithub.com/what-are-the-boundaries-of-a-memoir/
View Article2020 National Biography Award Shortlist
The link below is to an article reporting on the State Library of New South Wales’ (SLNSW) 2020 National Biography Award shortlist. For more...
View Article2020 National Biography Award Winner
The link below is to an article reporting on the winner of the 2020 National Biography Award, ‘Tiberius with a Telephone: The life and stories of William McMahon,’ by Patrick Mullins. For more...
View ArticleFiction and memoirs were covering health way before the COVID-19 pandemic
Dostoyevsky’s story ‘The Double’ explores the uncanny theme of a replica of oneself, but today’s literary foes are often amorphous ones like environmental degradation. (Shutterstock) Cynthia Spada,...
View ArticleBrittany Higgins’ memoir will join a powerful Australian collection...
Marina Deller, Flinders University Brittany Higgins has signed a book deal with Penguin Random House Australia. Not just any book — a memoir. Higgins says her book will be a chance to tell “a firsthand...
View ArticleI studied 31 Australian political biographies published in the past decade —...
Mick Tsikas/AAP Blair Williams, Australian National University This week, a new Australian political biography will appear on bookshelves. This is The Accidental Prime Minister, an examination of Scott...
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