Women of Letters: Recovering the Lost Art of Correspondence (edited) by Marieke Hardy, & Michaela McGuire
In a world of the short and swift, of texts and Twitter, there's something of special value about a carefully composed letter.
In homage to this most civilised of activities, Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire created the literary afternoons of Women of Letters. Some of Australia's finest dames of stage, screen and page have delivered missives on a series of themes, collected here for the first time. Claudia Karvan sends A Love Letter to love itself, Helen Garner contacts ghosts of her past in The Letter I Wish I'd Written, Noni Hazlehurst dispatches a stinging rebuke To My First Boss, and Megan Washington pays tribute to her city and community as she writes To the Best Present I Ever Received.
And some gentlemen correspondents – including Paul Kelly, Eddie Perfect and Bob Ellis – have been invited to put pen to paper in a letter 'To the woman who changed my life'.
By turns hilarious, moving and outrageous, this is a diverse and captivating tribute to the art of letter writing.
All royalties for this book will go to Edgar's Mission animal rescue shelter.
About The Editors
Michaela McGuire co-curates and hosts Women of Letters. Her first book, Apply Within: Stories of Career Sabotage, was published in 2009.
Marieke Hardy is a writer, broadcaster, television producer and former television actress. She is a regular panellist on ABC's First Tuesday Book Club, an award-winning blogger and the creator of the acclaimed comedy series Laid.
Format: Paperback | 416 pages
Dimensions (cm): 21.7 x 15.3 x 3.2| 582g -
Publication Date: 31 Oct 2011
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Imprint: Penguin Viking
Publication City/Country: Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0670076090
ISBN13: 9780670076093
Condition: Very Good
A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. Very minimal wear and tear.