• Marion Mildred Halligan AM (16 April 1940 – 19 February 2024) was an Australian writer and novelist. She authored twenty-three books, including fiction...
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  • Jesse Baird, television presenter and AFL goal umpire (b. c. 1998) Marion Halligan, writer (b. 1940) 21 February – Jayo Archer, motocross rider (b. 1996)...
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  • Australian National University. Retrieved 30 January 2017. Halligan, Marion (April 1991). "Marion Halligan reviews 'Cloudstreet' by Tim Winton". www.australianbookreview...
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  • Knots : A Hundred-Year Novel (1992) is a novel by Australian writer Marion Halligan. It was originally published by Heinemann in Australia in 1992. The...
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  • (1958–1979). Ramona Edelin, 78, American academic, activist, and consultant. Marion Halligan, 83, Australian novelist (Lovers' Knots). Peter Jarolin, 52, Austrian...
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  • adjusted. The book had success in Australia, too. The Australian novelist Marion Halligan wrote that David "gave meaning to the food" at newly-fashionable post-war...
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  • Bail Eucalyptus Winner Roger McDonald Mr Darwin's Shooter Shortlist Carmel Bird Red Shoes Marion Halligan The Golden Dress Elliot Perlman Three Dollars...
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  • spunk and spite". It was defended vigorously in The Australian by Marion Halligan ("I haven't read many books by Hartnett, but I think this is a much...
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  • administrator and Indigenous rights advocate(born 1932) 19 February – Marion Halligan, novelist, short story writer, reviewer and essayiest (born 1940) 2024...
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  • War I; and their imprisonment by the Japanese during World War II. Marion Halligan in The Canberra Times noted that a "paradox that runs through the novel...
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  • Gwen Harwood Blessed City 1991 David Marr Patrick White: A Life 1992 Marion Halligan Lovers' Knots 1993 Elizabeth Jolley The Georges' Wife 1994 Peter Carey...
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  • politician (died 2019) 12 April – Jack Hibberd, playwright 16 April – Marion Halligan, writer (died 2024) 24 April – Trevor Kent, actor (died 1989) 26 April...
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  • originally published by Greenhouse Publications in Australia in 1986. Marion Halligan, writing in The Canberra Times, compared this novel with the author's...
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  • Garner – Cosmo Cosmolino Peter Goldsworthy – Honk If You Are Jesus Marion Halligan – Lovers' Knots Janette Turner Hospital – The Last Magician Roger McDonald...
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  • includes 13 original stories by the author. Writing in The Canberra Times Marion Halligan noted: "This imagination of Carey's is a source of amazement throughout...
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  • (Chairman), Susie McKernan, Elizabeth Riddell 1989 not awarded 1990 Marion Halligan Andrew Riemer (Convenor), Rosemary Sorensen, Ian Templeman 1991 Joanna...
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  • orchestra, but who is 10 years his senior. Writing in The Canberra Times Marion Halligan noted: "Jolley is a most seductive writer. Her prose can be superb...
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  • Rodriguez and Thomas W. Shapcott." Writing in The Canberra Times reviewer Marion Halligan noted: "Most of the stories involve European-Australian confrontations...
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  • Rowley Richards 28 October 2007 Writing with Food Mikey Robins, Gay Bilson, Marion Halligan and Lindsay McDougal 24 November 2007 Bill Bryson Bill Bryson...
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  • Rodney Hall for Captivity Captive in 1989 and The Grisly Wife in 1994. Marion Halligan for Spider Cup in 1990 and Lovers' Knots: A Hundred-Year Novel in 1993...
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  • — Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction Martin Flanagan – The Call Marion Halligan — The Golden Dress Colleen McCullough – The Song of Troy Roger McDonald...
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  • visiting foreign heads of state. Writing in The Canberra Times reviewer Marion Halligan noted: "Murray Bail's latest novel is about language. He proudly claims...
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  • Gwen Harwood, Bernard Smith, Hugh Stretton, Tim Winton, Olga Masters, Marion Halligan, John Forbes, Judith Beveridge, Geoff Page and Peter Porter. As well...
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  • Morris Gleitzman, Germaine Greer, Kate Grenville, Andy Griffiths, Marion Halligan, Clive James, Danny Katz, Thomas Keneally, Hannah Kent, Mark Latham...
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  • Earl's short story There Must Be Lions The Gift of Story edited by Marion Halligan and Rosanne Fitzgibbon, features Nick Earls' short story Plaza 1996...
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  • Greenwood Hales (1860–1936) Rodney Hall (born 1935) Vic Hall (1896–1972) Marion Halligan (1940–2024) Rosalie Ham (born 1955) Alex Hammond (born 1975) Susan...
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  • Literary Award winners and finalists Year Author Title Result Ref. 1994 Marion Halligan Lovers' Knots: A Hundred-Year Novel Winner Joan Dugdale The Gripping...
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  • poet 12 April – Jack Hibberd, playwright and novelist 16 April – Marion Halligan, novelist (died 2024) 28 July – Geoffrey Lehmann, poet and writer for...
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  • Rodney Hall, Tim Flannery, Glenda Adams, Lily Brett, Kate Grenville, Marion Halligan, Gail Jones, singer Paul Kelly, and Tim Winton. Writers' Week took...
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