Carmel Bird

Carmel Bird is a writer of literary fiction and non-fiction. She grew up in Tasmania, and the influence of the landscape and history of the island is often apparent in her work. Carmel has also taught creative writing in schools, universities and other communities, and has edited several literary journals.

Her most recent novel is Child of the Twilight (2010). Carmel has edited anthologies including The Penguin Century of Australian Stories (2000), and a collection of oral histories of members of the stolen generations of indigenous Australians in The Stolen Children, Their Stories (1998). A book of her literary essays, Automatic Teller, was published in 1996. Carmel’s radio play, In My Father’s House, was broadcast on the ABC and the BBC, and she has also written a ballet, Fair Game which was produced by Tasdance in 2003.

Carmel Bird’s new book, Home Truth, a collection of writing about the idea of home, has just been published by 4th Estate.

Website: http://carmelbird.com/home.html

Books by Carmel Bird

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  Home Truth

  ‘Readers are treated to an eclectic and diverse range of pieces demonstrating that home is as much about the people who share it with us as it is about time and place. This is a thought-provoking collection, taking us on a journey into personal spaces we all know and recognise as dimensions of those places we call home.’ —Australian Bookseller & Publisher

  An exceptional collection of personal stories on the meaning of ′home′, featuring Peter Goldsworthy, Andrea Goldsmith, Gabrielle Lord, Marion Halligan, Matthew Condon, Rosaleen Love, Cassandra Pybus, Ian Britain, Carmel Bird and Michael McGirr.

  In 1982 Steven Spielberg gave the world the imperative ′E.T. phone home′. This unlikely little clump of words went straight to the core of the matter. Connection with home is the genesis of hope.In this poignant and heartfelt collection, ten Australian writers take their own approach to the meaning of ′home′. Whether home for them is their country of origin, their town, their house or their relationships with others, almost all find that the concept of home sparks an examination of self and identity.

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