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Helen Garner interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]
Bib ID 136278
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Garner, Helen, 1942-, Interviewee
 
Access Conditions Written permission required for research use, personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. 
Description 1982 Oct. 12 
1 sound tape reel (ca. 45 min.) 
Series

Hazel de Berg collection ; DeB 1260

Summary

Garner speaks of her childhood, growing up in a suburb of Geelong ; her Melbourne University years ; the influence of Glen Tomasetti on her writing career ; her introduction to unionism while teaching ; how she began writing her novel "Monkey grip" and her method of work ; her thoughts on the film based on that novel ; living in Paris and writing her second book "Honour, and Other people's children" ; problems encountered when writing on matters very close to her.

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript availabel (15 p.) 
Subjects Garner, Helen, - 1942- - Monkey grip.  |  Garner, Helen, - 1942- - Interviews.  |  Women novelists, Australian - Interviews.
Other authors/contributors De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984, Interviewer

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    Details Collect From
    ORAL TRC 1/1260
    Copy: Recording
    Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
    ORAL TRC 1/1260 (transcript)
    Copy: Transcript
    Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)

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