Nadia Wheatley, Her mother’s daughter: A memoir (#BookReview)

In Her mother's daughter: A memoir, Australian writer Nadia Wheatley has written the sort of hybrid biography-memoir that I've reviewed a few times in this blog. All of them, as I mentioned in my recent Meet the Author post, have been mother-daughter stories, Susan Varga’s Heddy and me, Anna Rosner Blay’s Sister, sister, and Halina Rubin’s … Continue reading Nadia Wheatley, Her mother’s daughter: A memoir (#BookReview)

Nadia Wheatley in conversation with Marion Halligan

Nadia Wheatley is, I fear, not as well-known in Australia's literary firmament as she should be because her credentials are excellent. Not only is there My place (1987) - a wonderful multi-award-winning children's book about the history of place - but her biography of Charmian Clift, The life and myth of Charmian Clift, has been … Continue reading Nadia Wheatley in conversation with Marion Halligan