Helen Garner
Helen Garner was born in Geelong in 1942. She worked as a high school teacher, then as a freelance journalist. Since 1977 she has published novels, stories, screenplays and works of non-fiction. She is the winner of the 2006 inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature, the 2016 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize for Non-fiction, the 2019 Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature and the 2023 Australian Society of Authors Medal. Her books include This House of Grief, Monkey Grip and The Children’s Bach.
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One Day I’ll Remember This
'A voice of great honesty and energy' ANNE ENRIGHT 'There are very few writers that I admire more than Helen Garner' DAVID NICHOLLS 'It is…
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Monkey Grip
ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD 'Seductive as hell. Brilliant, unusual, breathtaking' Lauren Groff 'There are very few writers that I…
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This House of Grief
ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY 'This House of Grief, in its restraint and control, bears comparison with In Cold…
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The Children’s Bach
'A jewel of a novel about a perfect family falling apart' DAVID NICHOLLS 'The Children's Bach is Garner's masterpiece' PUBLIC BOOKS 'A perfect novel. I…