Carmel Bird
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Carmel Bird (born 1940) is an Australian writer of novels, short stories and essays. She has written books on the art of writing, and has edited anthologies of essays and stories. In 2016, she was awarded the Patrick White Literary Award.[1]
Writing career
Her first collection of short stories (1976) was titled Dimitra and Other Stories,[2] and her most recent novel (2019) is Field of Poppies.[3] In 2016 she published the novel Family Skeleton.[4] In 2010 she published the novel Child of the Twilight.[5] Her most recent collection of short fiction is the ebook The Dead Aviatrix (2017).[6] My Hearts Are Your Hearts (2015)[7] is also a collection of short fiction. Her most recent non-fiction is Fair Game (2015).[8]
In 2016, she was awarded the Patrick White Literary Award "in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Australian literature".[9]
Awards and nominations
- 1991 — shortlisted in the Miles Franklin Award for The Bluebird Cafe[1]
- 1991 — shortlisted in Victorian Premier's Award for The Bluebird Cafe
- 1996 — shortlisted in the Miles Franklin Award for The White Garden[1]
- 1996 — shortlisted in the NSW Premier's Award; the Aurealis Award; the Ned Kelly Award for The White Garden
- 1998 — shortlisted in the Miles Franklin Award for Red Shoes[1]
- 2001 — winner of the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal at the Mildura Writer's Festival[10]
- 2001 — film based on story 'A Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow' (director Peter Long) winner of Silver Lion, Venice Film Festival
- 2016 — winner of the Patrick White Award
Bibliography
Novels
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- Bird, Carmel (2010). Child of the Twilight
- Bird, Carmel (2016). Family Skeleton
- Bird, Carmel (2019). Field of Poppies
Collections
- Bird, Carmel (1976). Dimitra
- Bird, Carmel (1983). Births,Deaths and Marriages
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- Bird, Carmel (1988). Woodpecker Point
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- Bird, Carmel (2005). The Essential Bird
- Bird, Carmel (2015). My Hearts Are Your Hearts
- Bird, Carmel (2017). The Dead Aviatrix
Anthologies (edited)
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Non-fiction
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- Bird, Carmel (2010). Writing the Story of Your Life
- Bird, Carmel (2013). Dear Writer Revisited
- Bird, Carmel (2015). Fair Game
- Bird, Carmel (2022). Telltale
Children's
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- Bird, Carmel (2012). The Fabulous Finola Fox
Book reviews
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References and notes
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External links
- CarmelBird.com — official website of Carmel Bird
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- 1940 births
- Living people
- Australian women novelists
- Australian women short story writers
- Writers from Tasmania
- Writers from Victoria (state)
- 20th-century Australian novelists
- 20th-century Australian women writers
- 20th-century Australian short story writers
- Australian Book Review people
- Patrick White Award winners