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'It's Not Every Day You Get to Admit You're Mad.
'The thing with psychosis is that when I'm sick I believe the delusional stuff to the same degree that you might know the sky is above and the earth below. And if someone were to say to me that the delusional thinking is, in fact, delusional, well that's the same as if I assure you now that we walk on the sky. Of course you wouldn't believe me, and that's why it's sometimes so hard for people who are sick like this to know that they need treatment. Psychosis and severe depression have a huge effect on how you relate to other people and how you see the world. It's a bit like being in a vacuum, or behind a wall of really thick glass . . . you lose any sense of connectedness. You're cast adrift from everyone and everything that matters.
'I've lived with acute psychosis and depression for the best part of twenty years. This is the story of my journey from chaos to balance, and from limbo to meaning.' (Publisher's blurb)
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia:
Type of disability Acute psychosis and severe depression. Type of character Primary. Point of view First person (autobiographical).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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y
Kate Richards
Astrid Edwards
(interviewer),
Melbourne
:
Bad Producer Productions
,
2019
16470635
2019
single work
interview
podcast
'Kate Richards is a memoirist, poet and most recently, a novelist. Her work goes where few writers have ever gone. It is profound and honest, and represents not only a contribution to Australian literature, but a contribution to literature on mental health and identify.
'Her first work, 2013's Madness: A Memoir, received the Adelaide Festival's Award for Literature and was shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards. Kate followed that stunning debut with 2014's No Place For Me: Making Sense of Madness, which was shortlisted for the Human Rights Award. In 2019 Kate has moved the world of fiction with her first novel, Fusion.'
Source: The Garret.
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Writing from the Heart of Madness
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: Australian Author , December vol. 46 no. 2 2014; (p. 5-8) -
Madness : A Memoir
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: One Page : Brisbane 2014; (p. 6) -
[Untitled]
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 March 2013; (p. 30)
— Review of Madness : A Memoir 2013 single work autobiography -
The Mind Boggles
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 April 2013; (p. 27)
— Review of Madness : A Memoir 2013 single work autobiography
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Bleakly Poetic Account of Personal Struggle for Sanity
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 March 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Madness : A Memoir 2013 single work autobiography -
Brutal Realtiy Brought to Mind
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 April 2013; (p. 33) The Canberra Times , 6 April 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Madness : A Memoir 2013 single work autobiography -
The Mind Boggles
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 April 2013; (p. 27)
— Review of Madness : A Memoir 2013 single work autobiography -
[Untitled]
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 March 2013; (p. 30)
— Review of Madness : A Memoir 2013 single work autobiography -
Small Publishers Make Big Deal of Books That Slipped Under the Radar
Top Books You've Probably Never Read
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 December 2013; (p. 13) The Age , 14 December 2013; (p. 3) -
Madness : A Memoir
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: One Page : Brisbane 2014; (p. 6) -
Writing from the Heart of Madness
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: Australian Author , December vol. 46 no. 2 2014; (p. 5-8) -
y
Kate Richards
Astrid Edwards
(interviewer),
Melbourne
:
Bad Producer Productions
,
2019
16470635
2019
single work
interview
podcast
'Kate Richards is a memoirist, poet and most recently, a novelist. Her work goes where few writers have ever gone. It is profound and honest, and represents not only a contribution to Australian literature, but a contribution to literature on mental health and identify.
'Her first work, 2013's Madness: A Memoir, received the Adelaide Festival's Award for Literature and was shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards. Kate followed that stunning debut with 2014's No Place For Me: Making Sense of Madness, which was shortlisted for the Human Rights Award. In 2019 Kate has moved the world of fiction with her first novel, Fusion.'
Source: The Garret.
Awards
- 2014 shortlisted Australian Publishers Association Awards — APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Non-Fiction Book
- 2014 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Biography of the Year
- 2014 winner Kibble Literary Awards — Nita May Dobbie Award
- 2014 winner Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature — Award for Non-Fiction
- 2013 Queensland Literary Awards — Non-Fiction Book Award