A new prize to honour women’s writing (similar to the Orange Prize in the UK) is being founded by a group of young women writers. They asked me to speak at the launch of the prize, in Melbourne in early September. Stella of course refers to Stella Miles Franklin, the writer whose bequest has enabled [...]
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There is something missing from this glowing self-congratulatory history of the 40 years of Ms. magazine. What could it be? Time we had this discussion. Read article My Keynote Address to the National Labor Women’s Conference in Brisbane on May 14 in which I celebrate Labor’s success in women’s political leadership but call on the government to take urgent action to improve women’s workforce participation by addressing equality in employment via the EOWA legislation, and to radically reform childcare. Nat Labor [...] I visited Strathcona (which is in Melbourne) on Friday April 29, including a visit to Tay Creggan, their Year 9 campus, which of course features in my book The Lost Mother. My mother’s portrait hung on the walls of Tay Creggan from 1933 until 1969 when my grandmother finally was able to buy it. [...] Australia Day lunch, Sydney January 21, 2011 l to r: Anne Summers, Eva Cox, Premier Kristina Keneally, Justice Elizabeth Evatt, Governor Marie Bashir, Germaine Greer. Click the photo for a larger version. |
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