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'Set within the explosive cultural shifts of the 1960s and 1980s, Becoming Kirrali Lewis chronicles the journey of a young Aboriginal teenager as she leaves her home town in rural Victoria to take on a law degree in Melbourne in 1985. Adopted at birth by a white family, Kirrali doesn't question her cultural roots until a series of life-changing events force her to face up to her true identity.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Dedication: With fierce love to my daughters, Savannah and Nove, and to Dominic, my partner in everything.
And to Peter Seidel, You helped me and I haven't forgotten.
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Jane Harrison on ‘Becoming Kirrali Lewis’
Astrid Edwards
(interviewer),
Melbourne
:
Bad Producer Productions
,
2020
23454707
2020
single work
podcast
interview
'Jane Harrison, a descendant of the Muruwari people of NSW, is a playwright, novelist, and the Festival Director of Blak & Bright, the First Nations Literary Festival based in Melbourne.
'Her novel Becoming Kirrali Lewis won the 2014 Black&Write! Prize, and was shortlisted for the Prime Minster’s Literary Awards and the Victorian Premier’s Awards.
'In terms of her works for the stage, Stolen, her first play, was the co-winner of the Kate Challis RAKA Award and has been performed throughout Australia as well as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Japan. She has also written The Visitors, Rainbow’s End, On A Park Bench and Blakvelvet.' (Production introduction)
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[Review] Becoming Kirrali Lewis
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 November 2015; (p. 27)
— Review of Becoming Kirrali Lewis 2015 single work novel -
Mike Shuttleworth Reviews 'Becoming Kirrali Lewis' by Jane Harrison
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 376 2015; (p. 61)
— Review of Becoming Kirrali Lewis 2015 single work novel -
The Ties That Bind – And Separate
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 July 2015; (p. 30) The Age , 25 July 2015; (p. 38)
— Review of Becoming Kirrali Lewis 2015 single work novel -
Playwright Becomes a Novelist
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 1 July no. 604 2015; (p. 65)
— Review of Becoming Kirrali Lewis 2015 single work novel '...writer Jane Harrison, best known for her award-winning play Stolen about the Stolen Generation, has just released her first novel, Becoming Kirrali Lewis...'
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The Sum of Us
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 July 2015; (p. 1916)
— Review of Becoming Kirrali Lewis 2015 single work novel 'Confronting stereotypes about who we all are is what makes Jane Harrison tick...' -
Playwright Becomes a Novelist
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 1 July no. 604 2015; (p. 65)
— Review of Becoming Kirrali Lewis 2015 single work novel '...writer Jane Harrison, best known for her award-winning play Stolen about the Stolen Generation, has just released her first novel, Becoming Kirrali Lewis...' -
The Ties That Bind – And Separate
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 July 2015; (p. 30) The Age , 25 July 2015; (p. 38)
— Review of Becoming Kirrali Lewis 2015 single work novel -
Mike Shuttleworth Reviews 'Becoming Kirrali Lewis' by Jane Harrison
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 376 2015; (p. 61)
— Review of Becoming Kirrali Lewis 2015 single work novel -
[Review] Becoming Kirrali Lewis
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 November 2015; (p. 27)
— Review of Becoming Kirrali Lewis 2015 single work novel -
y
Jane Harrison on ‘Becoming Kirrali Lewis’
Astrid Edwards
(interviewer),
Melbourne
:
Bad Producer Productions
,
2020
23454707
2020
single work
podcast
interview
'Jane Harrison, a descendant of the Muruwari people of NSW, is a playwright, novelist, and the Festival Director of Blak & Bright, the First Nations Literary Festival based in Melbourne.
'Her novel Becoming Kirrali Lewis won the 2014 Black&Write! Prize, and was shortlisted for the Prime Minster’s Literary Awards and the Victorian Premier’s Awards.
'In terms of her works for the stage, Stolen, her first play, was the co-winner of the Kate Challis RAKA Award and has been performed throughout Australia as well as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Japan. She has also written The Visitors, Rainbow’s End, On A Park Bench and Blakvelvet.' (Production introduction)
Awards
- 2016 highly commended Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Young Adult Fiction
- 2016 commended Australian Centre Literary Awards — The Kate Challis RAKA Award
- 2016 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Young Adults' Fiction
- 2014 joint winner black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowships
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1960s
- 1980s