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Australian dames - new releasesIn April, HarperCollins will release Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography, by Jill Roe. Roe, who was recently named an Officer of the Order of AustraliaPublished 17 March, 2008 
In April, HarperCollins will release Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography, by Jill Roe. Roe, who was recently named an Officer of the Order of Australia, is the emeritus professor of history at Macquarie University in Sydney and has written numerous papers on the author who became a publishing sensation at 21 years of age with My Brilliant Career. In mid-April, Black Inc. will release a biography of another famous Australian dame—Nellie Melba. I am Melba (Ann Blainey) promises to capture ‘the exuberance, controversy and pathos of Melba’s remarkable career.’ Finally, in Desert Queen Susanna de Vries presents a portrait of Daisy Bates, the controversial Irish woman who spent years studying the languages and stories of Indigenous Australians in the 1800s. This article from Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker More from New Releases
First Taste challenges misconceptions on Indigenous alcohol consumption within Australia’s social history.1 December, 2008 
Dr John Tickell’s Great Australian Diet 2 and the second edition of the accompanying Great Australian Diet Recipe Book are out in January (Wilkinson Publishing).1 December, 2008 
Stephen Fry has always been fascinated by America (Thorsons, December).1 December, 2008 
Eight stylish hardbacks celebrate women of art and literature for the 30th anniversary of Virago’s Modern Classics (November).1 December, 2008 
So much can be learnt about lands and environments by listening to the stories and parables of ancient peoples.1 December, 2008 
Voyages around the Australian coast, discovering treasure and dealing with disappointment, emotions and spirits running high and low are due in Caribbee (Greg Dickson, Deep End Press, December), along with great research into Australian and Dutch maritime history.1 December, 2008 
Andrew Blechman was inspired to write Leisureville (UQP, December) after his next-door neighbours moved into a massive gated retirement community called ‘The Villages’, the largest in the world with a growing population bordering on 100,000.1 December, 2008 
Parted tragically from First Sergeant Charles Monroe King by an explosion in Baghdad, Dana Canedy tells the story of their love, and the journal King left behind for their infant son in the poignant memoir A Journal for Jordan (Hachette, February).1 December, 2008 
Like to see gore spilling across the page? Jack Kilborn will make you Afraid (Headline) next March.28 November, 2008 
Take a look here for the December New Titles from Melbourne University Press21 November, 2008 |
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