Podcast appearances and mentions of ann marie priest

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Ann-Marie Priest chats with Gabriella about the choices she made while writing her award-winning biography My Tongue Is My Own. A Life of Gwen Harwood, the first biography of Gwen Harwood, one of Australia's most distinctive poets. My Tongue Is My Own follows Gwen from her childhood in 1920s Brisbane, to her final years in Hobart in the 1990s.  Here's what you'll discover in this episode: Why Ann-Marie Priest felt inspired to write Gwen Harwood's biography. The meaning of the book's title: My Tongue is my Own. How Ann-Marie chose to present Harwood's many conflicting personas and contradictions. How Ann-Marie represented the historical, social and cultural context in which Harwood struggled to forge a career as a poet. How Ann-Marie portrayed Harwood's behaviour as a chameleon and a rebel, one who adopted several pseudonyms and staged several literary hoaxes to highlight entrenched discrimination against female poets.  The ethical decisions Ann-Marie made when deciding whether to reveal secrets and sensitive information contained in previously unpublished letters.   How Ann-Marie balanced Harwood's professional, personal and interior lives. The extent to which Ann-Marie believes she captured the truth of her subject. The literary devices Ann-Marie employed to craft compelling narrative. How Ann-Marie reconciled Harwood's refusal to be bound by conventions, yet at the same time, lived a conventional life as a wife and mother to four children.  How Ann-Marie balanced Harwood's human story with literary criticism. https://biographersinconversation.com Facebook: Share Your Life Story Linkedin: Gabriella Kelly Davies Instagram: Biographersinconversation

“We are our own.” Show notes Come to the launch of Kate Middleton's Television! Ratbag Poetics on Spotify My Tongue is My Own by Ann-Marie Priest Gwen Harwood Woman to Man by Judith Wright James McAuley Eliza Cook Vincent Buckley The Harwood Memorial Fruitcake Award FUCK ALL EDITORS/SO LONG BULLETIN Gig Ryan A. D. Hope … Continue reading "Ep 262. Ann-Marie Priest: Secret Gwen Harwood Business"

She was one of the finest poets Australia has ever produced but Gwen Harwood was also a very mischievous woman, who played literary pranks on editors who failed to publish her work. When marriage takes her to Tasmania, she hates the place. Her husband is an intensely jealous man who is totally uninterested in her work. She embarks on intense friendships with both men and women and passionate love affairs, writes hundreds of letters and poems and eventually finds acclaim and recognition.   After two previous attempts by other writers fail, Ann-Marie Priest rises to the challenge of the first biography of a major literary figure who lived off the radar. Ann-Marie Priest navigates all the twists and turns of Harwood's life of ducking and weaving and hiding behind false identities to unmask a true original and reveal an unknown love story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chair: Kerryn Goldsworthy When Ann-Marie Priest set out to write the first biography of renowned but notoriously elusive Australian poet Gwen Harwood, the Harwood estate declined to authorise her project. In this conversation with writer and critic Kerryn Goldsworthy, Priest canvasses both the challenges and the freedoms of writing without the approval of the literary executor and reveals the unexpected conclusion of her biographer's journey in cordiality and friendship. This session is followed by the announcement of the recipient of the 2023 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship. Event details: Wed 08 Mar, 3:45pm on the West Stage

In this minisode from FWF 2018 Melbourne, Ann-Marie Priest talks about the books that shaped her feminism and her writing.Ann-Marie’s picks:For Love Alone, Christina SteadJane Eyre, Charlotte BronteThe Complete Novels of Jane Austen, Jane AustenFeminist Writers FestivalWeb: feministwritersfestival.comFacebook: @feministwritersfestInsta / Twitter: @FemWritersFestAnn-Marie Priestuwap.uwa.edu.au/collections/ann-marie-priestShout OutsKel Butler from Listen Up Podcasting for editing and pod mentoring.Women Victoria for funding support, LOOP Project Space and Bar for event hosting.

The opening night of the Feminist Writers Festival, at Loop Bar in Melbourne, was a sell out event "Legacy Books: Their Impact, Their Legacy, Our Future" With Evelyn Araluen, Alison Croggon, Alison Evans, Ann-Marie Priest and Jamila Rizvi, presented by Foong Ling Kong. Revealing a surprising collection of books, this session was a delightful reminder that a legacy book can be pretty much anything, as long as it connects with, unlocks and transforms a person.Go to www.writes4women.com for a complete list of the books mentioned in this episode. ** Content warning crude language and adult concepts**SHOWNOTES: FEMINIST WRITERS FESTIVALWeb: www.feministwritersfestival.comFacebook / Twitter: @feministwritersfestWRITES4WOMENWeb: www.writes4women.comFacebook: @writes4womenTwitter / Instagram: @w4wpodcastPAMELA COOKWeb: www.pamelacook.com.auFacebook: @pamelacookauthorTwitter: @PamelaCookAUKEL BUTLERFacebook / Twitter: @KelButlerALISON CROGGONWeb: www.alisoncroggon.comFacebook: @alisoncrogganbooksTwitter: @alisoncroggonEVELYN ARALUEN Facebook / Twitter: @evelynaraluenALISON EVANSWeb: https://alisonwritesthings.comFacebook: @alisonwritesthingsTwitter: @_budgieJAMILA RIZVIWeb: www.jamilarizvi.com.auFacebook: @jamilarizvionlineTwitter: @jamilarizvi

Ann-Marie Priest talks about her new book, 'A Free Flame' with ABC Radio's Rhianna Patrick The book is available for purchase here: http://avidreader.com.au/products/a-free-flame HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE 2016 DOROTHY HEWETT AWARD FOR AN UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT 'I need to be a writer, ' Ruth Park told her future husband, D'Arcy Niland, on the eve of their marriage. 'That's what I need from life.' She was not the only one. At a time when women were considered incapable of being 'real' artists, a number of precocious girls in Australian cities were weighing their chances and laying their plans. A Free Flame explores the lives of four such women, Gwen Harwood, Dorothy Hewett, Christina Stead and Ruth Park, each of whom went on to become a notable Australian writer. They were very different women from very different backgrounds, but they shared a sense of urgency around their vocation - their 'need' to be a writer - that would not let them rest. Weaving biography, literary criticism and cultural history, this book looks at the ways in which these women laid siege to the artist's identity, and ultimately remade it in their own image. This podcast was recorded by Avid Reader Bookstore in Brisbane as part of our year-round events schedule. For more information and to see what we having coming up, visit our website: www.avidreader.com.au/

In her new book, A Free Flame: Australian Women Writers and Vocation in the Twentieth Century (UWA Publishing, 2018), Ann-Marie Priest, a lecturer at Central Queensland University, explores the literary lives of four Australian women—Gwen Harwood, Dorothy Hewett, Christina Stead, and Ruth Park—who challenged the 20th-century notion of artist as distinctly male. Priest offers biographical and cultural insights into these pioneering women whose urgency to write (their “vocation”) would not be denied. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In her new book, A Free Flame: Australian Women Writers and Vocation in the Twentieth Century (UWA Publishing, 2018), Ann-Marie Priest, a lecturer at Central Queensland University, explores the literary lives of four Australian women—Gwen Harwood, Dorothy Hewett, Christina Stead, and Ruth Park—who challenged the 20th-century notion of artist as distinctly male. Priest offers biographical and cultural insights into these pioneering women whose urgency to write (their “vocation”) would not be denied. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In her new book, A Free Flame: Australian Women Writers and Vocation in the Twentieth Century (UWA Publishing, 2018), Ann-Marie Priest, a lecturer at Central Queensland University, explores the literary lives of four Australian women—Gwen Harwood, Dorothy Hewett, Christina Stead, and Ruth Park—who challenged the 20th-century notion of artist as distinctly male. Priest offers biographical and cultural insights into these pioneering women whose urgency to write (their “vocation”) would not be denied. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In her new book, A Free Flame: Australian Women Writers and Vocation in the Twentieth Century (UWA Publishing, 2018), Ann-Marie Priest, a lecturer at Central Queensland University, explores the literary lives of four Australian women—Gwen Harwood, Dorothy Hewett, Christina Stead, and Ruth Park—who challenged the 20th-century notion of artist as distinctly male. Priest offers biographical and cultural insights into these pioneering women whose urgency to write (their “vocation”) would not be denied. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices