Carmel Bird
{{Short description|Australian writer}}
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Carmel Bird (born 1940) is an Australian writer of novels, short stories and essays. She has written books on the art of writing, and has edited anthologies of essays and stories. In 2016, she was awarded the Patrick White Literary Award.{{Cite web|last=|title=Carmel Bird|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A31077|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-22|website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705075611/http://www.austlit.edu.au:80/austlit/page/A31077 |archive-date=2013-07-05 }}
Writing career
Her first collection of short stories (1976) was titled Dimitra and Other Stories,{{Citation|author1=Power|first=Carmel|title=Dimitra|publication-date=1976|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-333-21090-1|author2=Stewart|first2=Maureen}} and her most recent novel (2019) is Field of Poppies.{{Citation|author1=Bird|first=Carmel|title=Field of poppies|publication-date=2019|publisher=Transit Lounge|isbn=978-1-925760-39-2}} In 2016 she published the novel Family Skeleton.{{Citation|author1=Bird|first=Carmel|title=Family skeleton|publication-date=2016|publisher=UWA Publishing|isbn=978-1-74258-890-2}} In 2010 she published the novel Child of the Twilight.{{Citation|author1=Bird|first=Carmel|title=Child of the Twilight|publication-date=2010|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=978-0-7304-4537-1}} Her most recent collection of short fiction is the ebook The Dead Aviatrix (2017).{{Cite web|last=|title=The Dead Aviatrix : Eight Short Stories|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/13552988|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-22|website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822212657/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/13552988 |archive-date=2021-08-22 }} My Hearts Are Your Hearts (2015){{Citation|author1=Bird|first=Carmel|title=My Hearts Are Your Hearts|publication-date=2015|edition=|publication-place=Strawberry Hills, NSW|publisher=Spineless Wonders|isbn=978-1-925052-08-4}} is also a collection of short fiction. Her most recent non-fiction is Fair Game (2015).{{Citation|author1=Bird|first=Carmel|title=Fair game: A Tasmanian memoir|publication-date=2015|publisher=Finlay Lloyd|isbn=978-0-9875929-6-5}}
In 2016, she was awarded the Patrick White Literary Award "in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Australian literature".{{Cite news|url=https://anzlitlovers.com/2016/10/18/carmel-bird-wins-the-2016-patrick-white-award/|title=Carmel Bird wins the 2016 Patrick White Award|date=2016-10-18|work=ANZ LitLovers LitBlog|access-date=2018-08-30|language=en-US}}
Awards and nominations
- 1991 — shortlisted in the Miles Franklin Award for The Bluebird Cafe
- 1991 — shortlisted in Victorian Premier's Award for The Bluebird Cafe
- 1996 — shortlisted in the Miles Franklin Award for The White Garden
- 1996 — shortlisted in the NSW Premier's Award; the Aurealis Award; the Ned Kelly Award for The White Garden
- 1998 — shortlisted in the Miles Franklin Award for Red Shoes
- 2001 — winner of the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal at the Mildura Writer's Festival{{cite web|title=Mildura Writers' Festival, Thursday 20 - Sunday 23 July 2006 |publisher=Arts Festival 07 Mildura/Wentworth |url=http://www.mwaf.com.au/html/mainnav/writers.html |access-date=2007-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608112227/http://www.mwaf.com.au/html/mainnav/writers.html |archive-date=2007-06-08 |url-status=dead }}
- 2001 — film based on story 'A Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow' (director Peter Long) winner of Silver Lion, Venice Film Festival
- 2016 — winner of the Patrick White Award
Bibliography
=Novels=
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=Cherry Ripe|date=1985}}
- {{cite book |last=Bird |first=Carmel |title=The Bluebird Café |url=https://archive.org/details/bluebirdcafe00bird |url-access=registration |year=1990 |publisher=New Directions}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=The White Garden|date=1995}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel (under the name of Jack Power)l|title=Crisis|date=1996}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=Red Shoes|date=1998}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=Unholy Writ|date=2000}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=Open for Inspection|date=2002}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=Cape Grimm|date=2004}}
- Bird, Carmel (2010). Child of the Twilight
- Bird, Carmel (2016). Family Skeleton
- Bird, Carmel (2019). Field of Poppies
=Collections=
- Bird, Carmel (1976). Dimitra
- Bird, Carmel (1983). Births,Deaths and Marriages
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=The Woodpecker Toy Fact and Other Stories|date=1987}}
- Bird, Carmel (1988). Woodpecker Point
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=The Common Rat|date=1993}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=Automatic Teller|date=1996}}
- Bird, Carmel (2005). The Essential Bird
- Bird, Carmel (2015). My Hearts Are Your Hearts
- Bird, Carmel (2017). The Dead Aviatrix
=Anthologies (edited)=
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=The Writing on the Wall: Collection of Poetry and Prose by Women|date=1985}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=Australian Short Stories|url=https://archive.org/details/australianshorts00bird|url-access=registration|date=1990}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=Relations - Australian Short Stories|date=1991}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=Red Hot Notes|date=1996}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=Daughters and Fathers|date=1997}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=The Stolen Children: Their Stories|date=1998}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=The Penguin Century of Australian Stories|date=2000}}
=Non-fiction=
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=Dear Writer|date=1988}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=Not Now Jack - I'm Writing a Novel|date=1994}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=Dear Writer|date=1996|edition=Revised and enlarged}}
- Bird, Carmel (2010). Writing the Story of Your Life
- Bird, Carmel (2013). Dear Writer Revisited
- Bird, Carmel (2015). Fair Game
- Bird, Carmel (2022). Telltale
=Children's=
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=The Mouth|date=1996}}
- {{cite book|last1=Bird|first1=Carmel|title=The Cassowary's Quiz|date=1998}}
- Bird, Carmel (2012). The Fabulous Finola Fox
=Book reviews=
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| |Date
!class='unsortable'|Review article !class='unsortable'|Work(s) reviewed |
|---|
| 2011
|{{cite journal |last=Bird |first=Carmel | date=June 2011 |title=Graphic impact |journal=Australian Book Review |issue=332 |pages=59}} |{{cite book |last=Wilson |first=Rohan |title=The Roving Party |year=2011 |publisher=Allen & Unwin}} |
| 2011
|{{cite journal |last=Bird |first=Carmel | date=September 2011 |title=Whispering death |journal=Australian Book Review |issue=334 |pages=27}} |{{cite book |last=Richards |first=Tim |title=Thought crimes |year=2011 |publisher=Black Inc.}} |
References and notes
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External links
- [http://www.carmelbird.com CarmelBird.com] — official website of Carmel Bird
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Category:Australian women novelists
Category:Australian women short story writers
Category:Writers from Tasmania
Category:Writers from Victoria (state)
Category:20th-century Australian novelists
Category:20th-century Australian women writers
Category:20th-century Australian short story writers
Category:Australian Book Review people
Category:Patrick White Award winners
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