Joan Phipson interviewed by Suzanne Lunney [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2081049
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Phipson, Joan, 1912-2003, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1977
- 1 tape reel : 1 7/8 ips, half track, mono ; 5 in.
- Summary:
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Phipson, Australian children's author, describes her early life; mother's ambivalence to Australia; joining Uncle's family in India during WW1; reactions to signing of armistice; return to England at end of war; return to Australia on troopship; schooling at Frensham; trips back to England; beginning writing; purchasing a Hogarth press in London for the school, on advice of Leonard Woolf; return to Frensham as a teacher; printing of Rosemary Dobson's first book of poems; copywriting in Sydney, WW2; joining WAAAF; marriage, family property at Mandurama, NSW; publication of first stories Christmas in the Sun, It Happened One Summer; Good Luck to the Rider; Six and Silver; writing for children; ideas for her books.
Philson discusses her Australian settings; writing about the sea; historical writings; characterisation; Peter and Butch; themes; The Way Home; interest in conservation; fantasy themes; plot development; story planning; endings; her favourite book; vividness of her characters; altering fact for fiction purposes; reaction to her writing from children; criticism; editing; rejection from publisher; various publishers of her work; differences in writing for British and American markets; methodology; Patrica Wrightson; The Magic Pudding; writing for different age groups; her childhood reading; contact with other writers; illustrator Margaret Horder; awards; writing for contemporary children; work in progress.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at the home of Mr & Mrs Alec Bolton, Canberra on 13 May 1977.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-215119018
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 42 leaves).
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Lunney, Suzanne, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2047 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1977
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