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Carmel Bird

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Kāmeru Bādo

Pen Names: Jack Power（Pen name for the 1996 novel Crisis）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1940-01-01
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Residence History
Tasmania, Australia

Career

Occupations
writer, novelist, short story writer, essayist, anthologist, children's author
Active Years
1976-2022
Nominations
1991 Miles Franklin Award shortlist for The Bluebird Cafe, 1991 Victorian Premier's Award shortlist for The Bluebird Cafe, 1996 Miles Franklin Award shortlist for The White Garden, 1996 NSW Premier's Award shortlist for The White Garden, 1996 Aurealis Award shortlist for The White Garden, 1996 Ned Kelly Award shortlist for The White Garden, 1998 Miles Franklin Award shortlist for Red Shoes

Awards

Patrick White Literary Award
2016
Organization: Patrick White Literary Award
Result: winner
Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal
2001
Organization: Mildura Writer's Festival
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Field of Poppies

2019 Novel

Family Skeleton

2016 Novel

The Bluebird Cafe

1990 Novel

Red Shoes

1998 Novel

The White Garden

1995 Novel

Bibliography

  • Cherry Ripe
  • The Bluebird Cafe
  • The White Garden
  • Crisis
  • Red Shoes
  • Unholy Writ
  • Open for Inspection
  • Cape Grimm
  • Child of the Twilight
  • Family Skeleton
  • Field of Poppies
  • Dimitra
  • Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • The Woodpecker Toy Fact and Other Stories
  • Woodpecker Point
  • The Common Rat
  • Automatic Teller
  • The Essential Bird
  • My Hearts Are Your Hearts
  • The Dead Aviatrix
  • The Writing on the Wall: Collection of Poetry and Prose by Women
  • Australian Short Stories
  • Relations - Australian Short Stories
  • Red Hot Notes
  • Daughters and Fathers
  • The Stolen Children: Their Stories
  • The Penguin Century of Australian Stories
  • Dear Writer
  • Not Now Jack - I'm Writing a Novel
  • Writing the Story of Your Life
  • Dear Writer Revisited
  • Fair Game
  • Telltale
  • The Mouth
  • The Cassowary's Quiz
  • The Fabulous Finola Fox

Adaptations

  • Film based on story 'A Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow' (director Peter Long, 2001, winner of Silver Lion, Venice Film Festival)

Legacy

Awarded the Patrick White Literary Award in 2016 for her outstanding contribution to Australian literature. Known for novels, short stories, essays, and editing anthologies.