A Certain Style: Beatrice Davis, a literary life

Author:   Jacqueline Kent
Publisher:   NewSouth Publishing
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9781742236025


Pages:   366
Publication Date:   03 September 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jacqueline Kent
Publisher:   NewSouth Publishing
Imprint:   NewSouth Publishing
ISBN:  

9781742236025


ISBN 10:   1742236022
Pages:   366
Publication Date:   03 September 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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‘A sharp-eyed and warm-hearted biography … the pleasure of Davis’ company is further enlivened by Kent’s own quietly witty take on her material.’ - Kerryn Goldsworthy, The Age ‘A witty and enthralling read … The beauty of Kent’s book is not just the skill with which she unravels a life but the milieu she evokes en route.’ - Matt Condon, Sun-Herald ‘A simply splendid biography of the formidable, maddening, generous, always enchanting Beatrice Davis.’ - Ruth Park


'A sharp-eyed and warm-hearted biography ... the pleasure of Davis' company is further enlivened by Kent's own quietly witty take on her material.' - Kerryn Goldsworthy, The Age 'A witty and enthralling read ... The beauty of Kent's book is not just the skill with which she unravels a life but the milieu she evokes en route.' - Matt Condon, Sun-Herald 'A simply splendid biography of the formidable, maddening, generous, always enchanting Beatrice Davis.' - Ruth Park


`A sharp-eyed and warm-hearted biography ... the pleasure of Davis' company is further enlivened by Kent's own quietly witty take on her material.' - Kerryn Goldsworthy, The Age `A witty and enthralling read ... The beauty of Kent's book is not just the skill with which she unravels a life but the milieu she evokes en route.' - Matt Condon, Sun-Herald `A simply splendid biography of the formidable, maddening, generous, always enchanting Beatrice Davis.' - Ruth Park


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Jacqueline Kent is a Sydney-based writer of non-fiction and biography, fiction and literary journalism. She has worked in radio, print journalism, radio and TV scriptwriting, editing books, ghostwriting, teaching editing and creative writing, and arts administration. Her most recent book is The making of Julia Gillard. Early in 2018 she won the Hazel Rowley biography fellowship to write a book about Vida Goldstein.

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