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Margaret Barbalet Margaret Barbalet i(A8557 works by) (a.k.a. Margaret Evelyn Barbalet)
Born: Established: 1949 Adelaide, South Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Joan Sutherland Margaret Barbalet , 2019 single work prose
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 78 no. 4 2019; (p. 11-12)
1 Home Away from Home : The Curious Case of Diplomats Margaret Barbalet , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 19 no. 1 2019; 'This paper addresses a particular form of life writing by expatriates, the memoirs of diplomats. The diplomatic memoir is an emerging and particular genre of life writing that adds a surprising facet to the rich field of narratives of expatriation. As will be discussed, it is, in some ways, a form of life writing of uncertain promise, hedged about as it is with an array of constrictions that are difficult to escape. In this discussion of Australian diplomatic memoirs I will include some of my own recollections and diary accounts drawn from my experience as a career diplomat.' (Introduction)
1 Wire, and Again Wire Margaret Barbalet , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 31 no. 1 2017; (p. 26-36)
1 Port Willunga : Four Poems i "The springs Walking where Tjilbruke cried", Margaret Barbalet , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 September 2016; (p. 21)
1 Feeling Exile Margaret Barbalet , 2016 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Island , April no. 147 2016; (p. 42-50) 'Margaret Barbalet remembers the north-west coast of Tasmania in the 1950s, the dark edges of her childhood, and 'prosperous, uneventful lives'.
1 For My Father (1921- 31 December 2010) i "I want to share the bars of every gate", Margaret Barbalet , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: My Mother, My Father : On Losing a Parent 2013; (p. 5-6)
1 Lady Baby Gypsy Queen Margaret Barbalet , 2012 extract novel (Lady, Baby, Gypsy, Queen)
— Appears in: The Invisible Thread : One Hundred Years of Words 2012; (p. 184-188)
1 Yarralumla Moon i "Running, late in Westbourne", Margaret Barbalet , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 February 2012; (p. 29)
1 Australia Day, 2011, Near Mannum i "Canoeing at Purnong the lagoon's a skin", Margaret Barbalet , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 January 2012; (p. 37)
1 Cutting Down a Tree i "Somewhere someone is cutting down a tree.", Margaret Barbalet , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 January 2012; (p. 16)
1 Love Minus Zero : A Novella Margaret Barbalet , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 25 no. 1 2011; (p. 22-24)
1 Equinox Tides, Orion's Beach, Jervis Bay i "Walking the beach, the first time for a year,", Margaret Barbalet , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 January 2011; (p. 37)
1 The Rain Beginning Margaret Barbalet , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 54 no. 1-2 2010; (p. 113-116)
1 Mouth to Mouth Margaret Barbalet , 2009 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , November vol. 4 no. 10 2009; (p. 28)
1 Choosing to Forget Margaret Barbalet , 2009 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 53 no. 4 2009; (p. 115-118)
1 Running from Right to Left Margaret Barbalet , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 65 no. 2 2006; (p. 70-77) The Best Australian Stories 2006 2006; (p. 177-186)
1 There is Still This i "There is still this: a", Margaret Barbalet , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 May 2004;
1 4 y separately published work icon Reggie : Queen of the Street Margaret Barbalet , Andrew McLean (illustrator), Camberwell : Penguin , 2003 Z1054633 2003 single work picture book children's

Reggie is queen of the street. All the children love her. Until one day her owners decide to move house, far away from Reggie's friends. But can this new house ever be Reggie's home? What about her friends? Reggie's journey home is going to be a long one. Ages 4+.
1 The Tuross River (Listening to Solomon Playing Beethoven Sonatas) i "The river is not the", Margaret Barbalet , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 April 2003; (p. 4a)
1 7 y separately published work icon The Presence of Angels Margaret Barbalet , Ringwood : Penguin , 2001 Z797477 2001 single work novel

'"Lying in her arms, he had imagined the city as angels might see it, from far above. What would they see? Would they shake their heads, ringlets bronzed against the purple sky, and move away on wings coated, before there was time to flap, coated with carbon and a touch on the end of very pin feather, a daub of jewelled lead?"

'In the shadow of grief, Sally leaves England to live in Kuala Lumpur on secondment. Henry, a talented young architect, is lured there on contract for a building project. Both are outsiders to KL, drawn into the whirlpool of cultures, creeds and traditions. Unexpectedly both in their separate lives, find love.

'But in this steamy city the edges of what is real and what isn't seem blurred. And while the paths of the two sets of lovers never cross, they become inextricably tangled together in the city's weave.

'A unique story, exquisitely told, of the fragility of love, the surprise gift of life and the power of fate.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
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