A new literary portrait of Helen Garner leaves you wanting to know more
- Written by Jen Webb, Director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra
How remarkable that, after some 40 years of books and essays, stories, articles and movies, there have been so few major publications on the life and works of Helen Garner. The National Library of Australia catalogue lists discussion notes; a study (in Mandarin) by Zhu Xiaoying; and Kerryn Goldsworthy’s excellent 1996 monograph. Bernadette Brennan’s A Writing Life goes a considerable way to filling out this slender collection.
Authors: Jen Webb, Director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra