Hesba Brinsmead interviewed by Suzanne Lunney [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2001783
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Brinsmead, H. F. (Hesba Fay), 1922-2003, 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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- 1975
- 1 tape reel : 1 7/8 ips ; 5 in.
- Summary:
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Brinsmead, Australian author for children and young people, describes the influence of her Blue Mountains, NSW childhood; reading interests; blur between writing for adults & for children; Long Time Passing; schooling; early yearning for city life; wanting to be a writer; teaching course; studying journalism by correspondence; story planning, methodology; character development & plot; Echo in the Wilderness; symbolism; writing pattern; rewriting; influence of poetry on writing style; Who Calls From Afar; unpublished story about Lake Pedder; appeal of her stories to girls; criticism; research; settings; liaison with illustrators; overall theme of her books; expressing points of view in her writing; dialogue; slang; contact with other writers; admiration for writing of Rumer Godden; contemporary literature for young people; The Blue Crane; rejected novels; current projects.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at the Zebra Hyde Park Hotel, Sydney on 11 June 1975.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-215038861
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 35 leaves).
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Lunney, Suzanne, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2045 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1975
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