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From: Judith Ridge <judith_ridge>
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:42:30 +1000
On 1/10/07 9:11 PM, "doris j gebel" <djgebel at juno.com> wrote:
> I'm glad that Margaret Mahy was mention, not the author of Our Granny and
> not Australian, but a New Zealander, prolific and well, you probably all
> know her work.
> Thinking of Patricia Wrightson, made me think of another classic
> Australian author and that is Ivan Southall. Front Street brought Ash
> Road back into print in 2004-a terrific suspensful survival story.
> The Seven Waters trilogy by Juliet Marillier begins with book One,
> Daughter of the Forest, a varient of sorts of the Seven Swans steeped in
> Celtic druid lore. I also recommend the Tomorrow series by John Marsden
> the first book begins when seven boys return from a camping trip to find
> that Australia has been invaded and their country is at war.
> Doris Gebel
> Northport-East Northport Public Library
>
Thank you for mentioning John Marsden, Doris--but it wasn't 7 boys in the
"Tomorrow" series--it was a mixed gender group, and the narrator of all the series and the sequels was Ellie. Marsden has a strong track record in creating female narrators/protagonists.
Ivan Southall is also an important figure in the history of Australian children's/YA books, but like Patricia Wrightson, is mostly OP and unread these days. Both were at their publishing and popular peak in the 60s and 70s.
Judith
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:42:30 +1000
On 1/10/07 9:11 PM, "doris j gebel" <djgebel at juno.com> wrote:
> I'm glad that Margaret Mahy was mention, not the author of Our Granny and
> not Australian, but a New Zealander, prolific and well, you probably all
> know her work.
> Thinking of Patricia Wrightson, made me think of another classic
> Australian author and that is Ivan Southall. Front Street brought Ash
> Road back into print in 2004-a terrific suspensful survival story.
> The Seven Waters trilogy by Juliet Marillier begins with book One,
> Daughter of the Forest, a varient of sorts of the Seven Swans steeped in
> Celtic druid lore. I also recommend the Tomorrow series by John Marsden
> the first book begins when seven boys return from a camping trip to find
> that Australia has been invaded and their country is at war.
> Doris Gebel
> Northport-East Northport Public Library
>
Thank you for mentioning John Marsden, Doris--but it wasn't 7 boys in the
"Tomorrow" series--it was a mixed gender group, and the narrator of all the series and the sequels was Ellie. Marsden has a strong track record in creating female narrators/protagonists.
Ivan Southall is also an important figure in the history of Australian children's/YA books, but like Patricia Wrightson, is mostly OP and unread these days. Both were at their publishing and popular peak in the 60s and 70s.
Judith
-- Judith Ridge PO Box 1476 Ashfield NSW 1800 AUSTRALIA 0412 529 694 My blog: http://www.misrule.com.au/s9y/ My website: http://www.misrule.com.au __ Gin isn?t really a drink. It?s more of a mascara thinner. Dylan Moran __Received on Mon 01 Oct 2007 06:42:30 AM CDT
