Thea Astley: Inventing her own weather

Book

Lamb, Karen. (2015). Thea Astley: Inventing her own weather University of Queensland Press.
AuthorsLamb, Karen
Abstract

Thea Astley: Inventing Her Own Weather is the long-overdue biography of Australian author Thea Astley (1925'2004). Over a fifty-year writing career, Astley published more than a dozen novels and short story collections, including The Acolyte, The Slow Natives and, finally, Drylands in 1999. She was the first person to win multiple Miles Franklin awards ' four in total. With many of her works published internationally, Astley was a trailblazer for women writers.

In her personal life, she was renowned for her dry wit, eccentricity and compassion. Although a loving mother and wife, she rose above the domestic limitations imposed on women at the time to carve out a professional life true to her creative drive.

Karen Lamb has drawn on an unparalleled range of interviews and correspondence to create a detailed picture of Thea the woman, as well as Astley the writer. She has sought to understand Astley's private world and how that shaped the distinctive body of work that is Thea Astley's literary legacy.

KeywordsThea Astley; Australian literature; biography; life writing; Queensland
ISBN9780702253560
Page range1 - 391
Research GroupSchool of Arts
Publisher's version
File Access Level
Controlled
Year2015
PublisherUniversity of Queensland Press
Place of publicationAustralia
Permalink -

https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8qq39/thea-astley-inventing-her-own-weather

Log in to edit

Restricted files

Publisher's version

  • 140
    total views
  • 0
    total downloads
  • 1
    views this month
  • 0
    downloads this month
These values are for the period from 19th October 2020, when this repository was created.

Export as

Related outputs

Will the real subject please stand up? Autobiographical voices in biography
Lamb, Karen. (2021). Will the real subject please stand up? Autobiographical voices in biography. Life Writing. 18(1), pp. 25-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/14484528.2019.1672615
Cross-sectional associations of total daily volume and activity patterns across the activity spectrum with cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents
Verswijveren, Simone J. J. M., Lamb, Karen E., Timperio, Anna, Salmon, Jo, Telford, Rohan M., Daly, Robin M., Cerin, Ester, Hume, Clare, Olive, Lisa S., Mackintosh, Kelly A., McNarry, Melitta A. and Ridgers, Nicola D.. (2020). Cross-sectional associations of total daily volume and activity patterns across the activity spectrum with cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(12), pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124286
Public open space exposure measures in Australian health research : A critical review of the literature
Lamb, Karen E., Mavoa, Suzanne, Coffee, Neil T., Parker, Kate, Richardson, Elizabeth A. and Thornton, Lukar E.. (2019). Public open space exposure measures in Australian health research : A critical review of the literature. Geographical Research. 57(1), pp. 67-83. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12325
Are disadvantaged children more likely to be excluded from analysis when applying global positioning systems inclusion criteria?
Mavoa, Suzanne, Lamb, Karen, O'Sullivan, David, Witten, Karen and Smith, Melody. (2018). Are disadvantaged children more likely to be excluded from analysis when applying global positioning systems inclusion criteria? BMC Research Notes. 11, p. Article 578. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3681-2
The biographer's 'keeper' (when the estate is with you): writing the biography of Thea Astley
Lamb, Karen. (2018). The biographer's 'keeper' (when the estate is with you): writing the biography of Thea Astley. Life Writing. 15(2), pp. 1 - 6. https://doi.org/10.1080/14484528.2018.1470893
Identifying destination distances that support walking trips in local neighborhoods
Gunn, Lucy Durbelle, King, Tania L., Mavoa, Suzanne, Lamb, Karen E., Giles-Corti, Billie and Kavanagh, Anne. (2017). Identifying destination distances that support walking trips in local neighborhoods. Journal of Transport and Health. 5, pp. 133-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2016.08.009
The tale finds its teller
Lamb, Karen. (2017). The tale finds its teller. SL Magazine. 10(4), pp. 22 - 25.
"The fiction of Thea Astley" book review
Lamb, Karen. (2017). "The fiction of Thea Astley" book review. The Journal of the European Association for Studies in Australia. 8(1), pp. 59 - 60.
Thea Astley - Australian icon, reluctant feminist
Lamb, Karen. (2016). Thea Astley - Australian icon, reluctant feminist. The Sydney Papers.
Republics of Letters: Literary Communities in Australia (Review)
Lamb, Karen. (2012). Republics of Letters: Literary Communities in Australia (Review). Southerly: a review of Australian literature. 72(2), pp. 161 - 163.
Yrs Patrick': Thea Astley's brush with timely advice on 'the rackety career of novel writing'
Lamb, Karen. (2012). Yrs Patrick': Thea Astley's brush with timely advice on 'the rackety career of novel writing'. Southerly. 72(1), pp. 53 - 65.
Secret world of lies
Lamb, Karen. (2007). Secret world of lies. Australian Book Review (print version). 2(11), pp. 25 - 26.
'Carey's love affair with fakery'
Lamb, Karen. (2006). 'Carey's love affair with fakery'. Australian Book Review (print version). 280(April), pp. 40 - 41.
Bringing Australia home: Peter Carey; the Booker; and the repatriation of Australian culture
Lamb, Karen. (2005). Bringing Australia home: Peter Carey; the Booker; and the repatriation of Australian culture. In In A. Gaile (Ed.). Fabulating beauty: Perspectives on the fiction of Peter Carey pp. 17 - 30 Rodopi.