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'Donald Friend's legendary years in Bali in the 1960s and 70s and his subsequent final decade in Australia, are revealed in detail in this fourth and final volume of The Diaries Donald Friend. In Bali he lives luxuriously, like a lord - even keeping his own gamelan orchestra - and becomes an international celebrity artist. He welcomes guests such as Mick Jagger and the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, entertains numerous other visitors who want to buy his paintings and drawings and socialised freely with friends, including many other artists. He engages in significant building activity and property development while also producing superb illustrated manuscripts and books. And despite increasing ill-health, Friend continues to revel in his life's drama and creativity, remaining an eloquent, often charming and sometimes irascible companion. Including over 60 drawings from the diaries, many of them in colour, this volume confirms Friend's quicksilver creative brilliance and extraordinary insight. He is perhaps Australia's most important twentieth-century diarist. Published under the auspices of the Morris West Trust Fund.'
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Tarnished Images
2009
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 October 2009; (p. 4-5) -
'Artists Fail to Admit Friend Was a Pedophile'
2008
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— Appears in: The Australian , 26 November 2008; (p. 5) -
Friend's Acreage
2007
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 296 2007; (p. 35)
— Review of The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 4 2006 selected work diary -
No Satisfaction
2007
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— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 13 April no. 5428 2007; (p. 7)
— Review of The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 1 2001 selected work diary ; The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 2 2003 selected work diary ; The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 3 2005 selected work diary ; The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 4 2006 selected work diary -
A Spot of Trouble in Paradise
2007
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— Appears in: The Age , 21 April 2007; (p. 25)
— Review of The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 4 2006 selected work diary
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Diaries of An Artist As a Grumpy Old Man
2006
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 December 2006; (p. 15)
— Review of The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 4 2006 selected work diary -
Intimate Diaries Describe a Passionate Life
2007
single work
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 - 25 March 2007; (p. 27)
— Review of The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 4 2006 selected work diary -
A Spot of Trouble in Paradise
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 April 2007; (p. 25)
— Review of The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 4 2006 selected work diary -
No Satisfaction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 13 April no. 5428 2007; (p. 7)
— Review of The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 1 2001 selected work diary ; The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 2 2003 selected work diary ; The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 3 2005 selected work diary ; The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 4 2006 selected work diary -
Friend's Acreage
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 296 2007; (p. 35)
— Review of The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 4 2006 selected work diary -
Antipodean Boswell
2006-2007
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 287 2006-2007; (p. 6) -
'Artists Fail to Admit Friend Was a Pedophile'
2008
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— Appears in: The Australian , 26 November 2008; (p. 5) -
Tarnished Images
2009
single work
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 October 2009; (p. 4-5)
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Bali,
cIndonesia,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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cAustralia,c
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s