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Yarn spinners : a story of friendship, politics and a shared commitment to a distinctive Australian literature, woven through the letters of Dymphna Cusack, Florence James, Miles Franklin and their congenials / Marilla North.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Come in Dymphna ; Volume 1.Publisher: [Blackheath, New South Wales] Brandl & Schlesinger, 2016Edition: 2nd EditionDescription: 566 pages : illustrations (mostly black and white), maps, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • cartographic image
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780994429605 :
  • 9780994429728 :
Other title:
  • Yarn spinners : a story in letters - Dymphna Cusack, Florence James, Miles Franklin
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 826.00809287 21
Summary: Dymphna Cusack, Miles Franklin and Florence James come alive on these pages through their friendships, their aspirations, their passions and achievements, their disappointments, insecurities and triumphs. In Yarn Spinners Marilla North tells the tale of their personal and professional lives through their correspondence, meticulously curated, edited and woven together with subtle narrative links.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 826.00809287 YAR Vol. 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL Signed by the author. Vol. 1 "Come in Dymphna" series. 67646

First published in 2001 by University of Queensland Press.

Signed by Marilla North.

"Yarn Spinners" is now volume one of Marilla North's biographical trilogy on the life and times of Dympha Cusack... under the title, "Come in Dympha".

Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-515) and index.

Dymphna Cusack, Miles Franklin and Florence James come alive on these pages through their friendships, their aspirations, their passions and achievements, their disappointments, insecurities and triumphs. In Yarn Spinners Marilla North tells the tale of their personal and professional lives through their correspondence, meticulously curated, edited and woven together with subtle narrative links.

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