Julia Blackburn
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Julia Blackburn (born 1948) is a British author of both fiction and non-fiction. She is the daughter of poet Thomas Blackburn and artist Rosalie de Meric.[http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/gizmo/black.html Printed Matter – Julia Blackburn – Page]
Julia Blackburn's bohemian and troubled upbringing is the subject of her memoir The Three of Us (2008).{{cite news|author=Morrison, Blake|authorlink=Blake Morrison|title=Review of The Three of Us by Julia Blackburn|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2 May 2008|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/may/03/featuresreviews.guardianreview4}}
Awards and honours
- 1996 Orange Prize, shortlist, The Book of Colour
- 1999 Orange Prize, shortlist, The Leper's Companions
- 1999 James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Best Novel), nominee, The Leper's Companions
- 2009 J. R. Ackerley Award, winner, The Three of Us{{Cite web|url=https://wainwrightprize.com/time-song/|title=Time Song {{!}} The Wainwright Prize Golden Beer Prize|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-15}}
- 2011 Costa Book Awards (Biography), shortlist, Thin Paths: Journeys in and Around an Italian Mountain Village
- 2012 Dolman Best Travel Book Award, shortlist, Thin Paths: Journeys in and around an Italian Mountain Village
- 2019 Wainwright Prize, shortlist, Time Song: Searching for Doggerland{{Cite web|url=https://wainwrightprize.com/2019-shortlist/|title=2019 shortlist {{!}} The Wainwright Prize Golden Beer Prize|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-15}}
Bibliography
=Novels=
- The Book of Colour (1995)
- The Leper's Companions (1999)
=Non-fiction=
- The White Men: The First Response of Aboriginal Peoples to the White Man (1979)
- Charles Waterton, 1782–1865: Conservationist and Traveller (1991)
- Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines (1994)
- The Emperor's Last Island: Journey to St. Helena (2000)
- Old Man Goya (2002)
- With Billie: A New Look at the Unforgettable Lady Day (2005). Vintage. {{ISBN|0-375-40610-7}}.{{cite news|first1=John|last1=Leland|accessdate=2020-11-23|title='With Billie': The Lady Sang Jazz Ballads (Published 2005)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/books/review/with-billie-the-lady-sang-jazz-ballads.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=24 April 2005|issn=0362-4331}}{{cite web|accessdate=2020-11-23|title=Fine and mellow|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/fine-and-mellow|website=spectator.co.uk|date=7 May 2005 }} – includes material from interviews conducted by Linda Lipnack Kuehl{{cite web|accessdate=2020-11-24|title=Song, sex and stimulants|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3640064/Song-sex-and-stimulants.html|website=The Telegraph|date=9 April 2005 }}{{cite web|accessdate=2020-11-23|title=Observer review: With Billie by Julia Blackburn|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/apr/17/biography.music|date=17 April 2005|website=The Observer}}{{cite news|first1=Mike|last1=Figgis|accessdate=2020-11-23|title=Review: With Billie by Julia Blackburn|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/apr/23/highereducation.biography|newspaper=The Guardian|date=22 April 2005|issn=0261-3077}}
- My Animals and Other Family (2007)
- The Three of Us: A Family Story (2008)
- Thin Paths: Journeys in and Around an Italian Mountain Village (2011)
- Threads: The Delicate Life of John Craske (2015)
- Time Song: Searching for Doggerland (2019); in the US: Time Song: Journeys in Search of a Submerged Land (2019)
References
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External links
- [http://juliablackburn.com/ Author's official website]
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Category:British women novelists
Category:20th-century British novelists
Category:21st-century British novelists
Category:20th-century British women writers
Category:English people of Mauritian descent
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature