Louisa Lawson: Primary Sources
How is it that we know anything at all about Louisa Lawson? Or about her daughter Gertrude (pictured)? Let’s talk about the crucial primary sources…
Speaking at SLNSW
I’ve been promoted! Apparently I’m now a member of the B-list which, according the blurb at the State Library of NSW is “an exciting, new style of book club hosted by the award-winning author and avid reader, Bri Lee. Each month Bri will be in conversation with a variety of authors previously shortlisted for one…
Finding images for the book
When you pick up a biography, do you first turn to those glossy pages in the middle? The pages with the pictures, the paintings, the maps. The pages that somehow tell you what it is you’re going to be reading about. The pages that the author – a person by definition good with words, rather…
Australian National Biography Award – Shortlist Announced Today
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced the shortlist for the $25,000 National Biography Award. The award is administered and presented by the State Library of NSW on behalf of the award’s benefactor Mr Michael Crouch AO. The Award was established in 1996 by Dr Geoffrey Cains to encourage the highest standards…