Purple Prose
Published on 1. November 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-925163-09-4 (ISBN)
Description
Purple Prose introduces fifteen new works of non-fiction by Australian women writers, each responding to the colour purple. In their hands, purple takes on many meanings. From a story about King George's coronation gown to pigeon fanciers and the Dockers' Purple Haze, this is a book for women readers everywhere.
Purple Prose features new works by Amanda Curtin, Lily Chan, Hanifa Deen, Sarah Drummond, Lucy Dougan, Tracy Farr, Deborah Hunn, Natasha Lester, Toni Jordan, Anne Manne, Rosemary Stevens, Annamaria Weldon and Jacqueline Wright.
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Language
English
Place of publication
North Fremantle
Australia
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
289 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-925163-09-4 (9781925163094)
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Liz Byrski | Rachel Robertson
Purple Prose
E-Book
11/2015
Fremantle Press
€12.99
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Persons
Liz Byrski is the author of 10 novels, including A Month of Sundays and The Woman Next Door. She has also written 12 non-fiction titles including In Love and War: Nursing Heroes, Getting On: Some Thoughts on Women and Ageing and Remember Me. Liz is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Curtin University, and has worked as a freelance journalist, and as a broadcaster with ABC radio.