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The Wrightson List
Patricia Wrightson is Australia's most distinguished writer for young people. Our only writer to win the Hans Christian Anderson Award. Patricia began 40 years ago to change the ways that generations of non-Aboriginal Australians have seen Aboriginal people and their environment. Like poet Judith Wright she has often seemed a lone voice with the courage to speak out about the integrity of the Australian land and people. And for many years readers have asked her to tell them more about the sources that have inspired her characters and stories.
The Wrightson List is Oatricias answer and gift to those readers. Characteristically modest about her own achievements and collaborating with her sone Peter, Patricia has not called this list a "dictionary of mythology": it is a source book, a guide and inspiration to those who wish to learn more about Aboriginal stories.
Readers who have grown up with Patricia Wrightsons fiction and who first learned about narguns, nails and potkuroks from her will treasure this List for the world it brings back to them, and new readers will explore it eagerly for the new worlds it opens up. The Wrightson List is a fitting tribute to a career of over forty years in writing and a landmark in Australian publishing for young people.
The Wrightson List is Oatricias answer and gift to those readers. Characteristically modest about her own achievements and collaborating with her sone Peter, Patricia has not called this list a "dictionary of mythology": it is a source book, a guide and inspiration to those who wish to learn more about Aboriginal stories.
Readers who have grown up with Patricia Wrightsons fiction and who first learned about narguns, nails and potkuroks from her will treasure this List for the world it brings back to them, and new readers will explore it eagerly for the new worlds it opens up. The Wrightson List is a fitting tribute to a career of over forty years in writing and a landmark in Australian publishing for young people.
1996 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
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About the author
Patricia Wrightson
49 books25 followersWinner of the Dromkeen Medal (1984).
Patricia Wrightson is one of Australia's most distinguished writers for children. Her books have won many prestigious awards all over the world. She was awarded an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) in 1977, the Dromkeen Medal in 1984 and the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1986, all for her services to children's literature. She is a four-time winner of the Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award: in 1956 for The Crooked Snake, in 1974 for The Nargun and the Stars, in 1978 for The Ice Is Coming and in 1984 for A Little Fear. Patricia lives and writes in a beautiful stretch of the Australian bush beside the Clarence River in northern New South Wales.
Patricia Wrightson is one of Australia's most distinguished writers for children. Her books have won many prestigious awards all over the world. She was awarded an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) in 1977, the Dromkeen Medal in 1984 and the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1986, all for her services to children's literature. She is a four-time winner of the Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award: in 1956 for The Crooked Snake, in 1974 for The Nargun and the Stars, in 1978 for The Ice Is Coming and in 1984 for A Little Fear. Patricia lives and writes in a beautiful stretch of the Australian bush beside the Clarence River in northern New South Wales.
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January 3, 2015
An incredible resource book full of guidance on the world of Australian fairies. The introduction written by Patricia Wrightson detailing why she compiled this list of authentic fairy/fantasy beings as connected to the Australian country and Australia Aboriginal nations is worth reading the book alone.
The diversity of fairy beings is amazing
Unlike her still widely available junior fiction books this title is incredibly hard to get hold of and is now out of print. I really have enjoyed exploring the beings as described and now feel compelled to read all the fiction stories they are a part of.
I would dearly love to get a copy for myself to enjoy
The diversity of fairy beings is amazing
Unlike her still widely available junior fiction books this title is incredibly hard to get hold of and is now out of print. I really have enjoyed exploring the beings as described and now feel compelled to read all the fiction stories they are a part of.
I would dearly love to get a copy for myself to enjoy
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