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Penelope Nelson Penelope Nelson i(A6934 works by) (a.k.a. Penelope June Nelson; Penelope J. Nelson; Penny Nelson)
Born: Established: 1943 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Dancing in Hope and Fear Penelope Nelson , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 61 no. 10 2017; (p. 84)
— Review of Crystal ballroom Libby Sommer , 2017 single work novel

'Have you ever heard Latin American music coming from an upper room over a shop, and lingered briefly at the sign about dancing classes? Perhaps you have seen people-- a man in built-up shoes or a woman with a surfeit of silver bangles --heading for an old town hall after dark. The world of ballroom dancing and tango lessons has its own etiquette and hierarchies. Libby Sommer's new fiction, The Crystal Ballroom, lifts the lid on the delights and pitfalls of this fascination sub-culture.' (Introduction)
1 Best Friend's Daughter Penelope Nelson , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 58 no. 10 2014; (p. 102-104)
1 Kermit's Smile i "So much conveyed", Penelope Nelson , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 58 no. 9 2014; (p. 49)
1 Double Rainbow i "Swimming in the summer rain", Penelope Nelson , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 58 no. 9 2014; (p. 49)
1 A Town in Time Penelope Nelson , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 57 no. 12 2013; (p. 111-112)
— Review of 1953 Geoff Page , 2013 selected work poetry
1 The Most Wonderful Thing Penelope Nelson , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 57 no. 9 2013; (p. 107-108)
— Review of Madeleine : A Life of Madeleine St. John Helen Trinca , 2013 single work biography
1 Two Views of Captain Bligh Penelope Nelson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 55 no. 4 2011; (p. 76-78)
— Review of Bligh : Master Mariner Rob Mundle , 2010 single work biography
1 The 'Quiet Mouse' Who Learned to Roar Penelope Nelson , 2010 single work obituary (for Leone Healy )
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 March 2010; (p. 12)
1 Elegiac and Original Penelope Nelson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 53 no. 1-2 2009; (p. 124-125)
— Review of A Family History of Smoking A. P. Riemer , 2008 single work autobiography
1 Poems of Quiet Magic Penelope Nelson , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 52 no. 9 2008; (p. 116-117)
— Review of Poems : 1980-2008 Jan Owen , 2008 selected work poetry
1 1 y separately published work icon Bligh's Daughter Penelope Nelson , Victoria : Trafford , 2007 Z1491918 2007 single work novel historical fiction
1 Under the Influence? Adam McCay: Journalist, Poet, Letter Writer and Influential Friend Penelope Nelson , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 22 no. 2 2005; (p. 245-252) Discusses the friendships between McCay and Slessor and McCay and the Lindsays and examines McCay's occasional verse. Includes reference to the influence of Adam McCay on Norman Lindsay.
1 A True Original with a Mind as Sharp as a Tack Penelope Nelson , 2004 single work obituary (for Margaret Coombs )
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 July 2004; (p. 30)
1 The Rebel's Ecstasy : Bohemian and Journalist Adam McCay Penelope Nelson , 2004 single work biography
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 48 no. 10 2004; (p. 60-65)
1 Remembering D.R. Penelope Nelson , 2000 single work biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 November vol. 118 no. 6250 2000; (p. 42)
1 Alchemy in the Asylum Penelope Nelson , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 February vol. 117 no. 6162 1999; (p. 77)
— Review of What a Piece of Work Dorothy Porter , 1999 single work novel
1 Chim Chim Cher 'Roo Penelope Nelson , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 21 September vol. 117 no. 6192 1999; (p. 110)
— Review of Out of the Sky She Came : The Life of P. L. Travers, Creator of Mary Poppins Valerie Lawson , 1999 single work biography
1 Sons and Lovers Penelope Nelson , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 August vol. 117 no. 6137 1998;
— Review of A Much Younger Man Dianne Highbridge , 1998 single work novel
1 Darwinian Constraints Penelope Nelson , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 June vol. 117 no. 6127 1998; (p. 69)
— Review of Mr Darwin's Shooter Roger McDonald , 1998 single work novel
1 Secrets and Scribes Penelope Nelson , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 January vol. 117 no. 6107 1998; (p. 68-69)
— Review of Secrets Drusilla Modjeska , Robert Dessaix , Amanda Lohrey , 1997 selected work prose novella
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