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Beverley Farmer Beverley Farmer i(A11068 works by) (a.k.a. Beverley Anne Farmer; Beverly Farmer)
Also writes as: B. Christou
Born: Established: 7 Feb 1941 Windsor, South Yarra - Glen Iris area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 16 Apr 2018
Gender: Female
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1 6 y separately published work icon This Water : Five Tales Beverley Farmer , Artarmon : Giramondo Publishing , 2017 10865699 2017 selected work short story novella

'This is likely to be the last work by Beverley Farmer, one of Australia’s great prose stylists, and a pioneer of women’s writing, in her exploration of feminine concerns, and her use of different literary forms – novel, short story, poetry, essay, journal, myth and fairy tale.

'This Water is a collection of five tales, three of them novella length, each a fragmentary love story with a nameless woman at the centre, and a mythic dimension (Greek or Celtic, folklore or fable) rooted in the power of nature. Water and stone, ice and fire, light and darkness play an important role in all the stories, as do other motifs, closely related to women’s experience, blood, birth, possession and release, marriage and singularity. One tale, set on the south coast of Victoria, is animated by the legend of the Great Silkie, following Sylvia Plath and Joan Baez; another finds its rebellious princess in Lake Annaghmakerrig in Ireland; a third has Clytemnestra as its central figure, mourning the daughter sacrificed by her husband Agamemnon so that he can go to war with Troy. The stories contain and reflect and shadow one other: in each the women speak, act, think for themselves, in opposing or escaping from situations ordained by authority.' (Publication summary)

1 Untitled Beverley Farmer , 2008 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , April vol. 3 no. 3 2008; (p. 26)
Beverley Farmer corrects a misattributed quotation from Gabrielle Carey's 'Narcissistic Navel Gazing? I Think Not'.
1 Fiction Beverley Farmer , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 110 2007; (p. 48-50)

— Review of Feather Man Rhyll McMaster , 2007 single work novel
1 The House on Rebirth Street Beverley Farmer , 2007 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Heat , no. 13 (New Series) 2007; (p. 203-214)
1 Eros in Dreamland Beverley Farmer , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , April vol. 66 no. 1 2007; (p. 199-204)
'Novelist and short-story writer Beverley Farmer traces the shifting configurations and intersections of love, desire and intimacy, as reflected in the work of various artists, including her own writings. (Meanjin)
1 Stone Age Beverley Farmer , 2005 single work essay
— Appears in: The Bone House 2005; (p. 233-320)
2 9 y separately published work icon The Bone House Beverley Farmer , Artarmon : Giramondo Publishing , 2005 Z1227831 2005 selected work essay (taught in 1 units)
1 The Dog of the Work Beverley Farmer , 2005 single work essay
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 100 2005; (p. 29-32)
1 Midsummer i "The last time I saw", Beverley Farmer , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 26 no. 2 2004; (p. 188)
1 Paskedag i "Remember the dinner we all", Beverley Farmer , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 26 no. 2 2004; (p. 187)
1 Knowing Anna Beverley Farmer , 2004 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 26 no. 2 2004; (p. 187-188)
1 Blue Mountains Haiku i "Rain", Beverley Farmer , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 63 no. 2 2003; (p. 153)
1 Head Notes Beverley Farmer , 2002 single work prose
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 89 2002; (p. 26-29)
1 2 Mouths of Gold Beverley Farmer , 2001 single work essay
— Appears in: Heat , no. 1 (New Series) 2001; (p. 9-35) The Bone House 2005; (p. 1-73)
1 Coonardoo : The Well in the Shadow Beverley Farmer , 2001 single work essay
— Appears in: Storykeepers 2001; (p. 133-143)
1 For the Days of Autumn i "Some at blood heat, some", Beverley Farmer , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: Against the Grain : Beverley Farmer's Writing 2001; (p. 182-187)
1 Thirteen Turns of a Wheel i "One old and feeble", Beverley Farmer , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: Against the Grain : Beverley Farmer's Writing 2001; (p. 175-176)
1 Fête des Miels Beverley Farmer , 1999 single work prose
— Appears in: Island , Spring/Summer no. 80/81 1999-2000; (p. 39-46)
1 Shining Skins Beverley Farmer , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 204 1998; (p. 18)

— Review of Shark Song Carolin Window , 1998 single work novel
1 Seeing in the Dark Beverley Farmer , 1998 single work essay
— Appears in: Southerly , Spring vol. 58 no. 3 1998; (p. 84-97) The Bone House 2005; (p. 74-231)
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