Seymour biography lecture 2015 full

The Seymour Lecture in Biography commenced in The lecture has been generously endowed by Dr John Seymour and Mrs Heather Seymour, AO. Drewe's lecture is introduced .

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Over 17 years, internationally significant authors have spoken on topics such as Biography and the Struggle for the Soul of Australia Jill Roe, , Truth. What we now want from a biography, or autobiography, is the very thing that Virginia Woolf said that we have no right to want: art. Not only art, obviously, but art nevertheless. Nicholas Rowe editor , The works of Mr.

William Shakespeare , , nla. Offering 9 x 6-week residences for PhD students from a range of backgrounds and topics, including First Nations scholars, scholars from regional or rural Australia, research in Asian studies, biographical research, travel and exploration, or using the Library's map collection. The Seymour Biography Lecture provides eminent life writers with an opportunity to explore the business and craft of biography, autobiography or memoir.

Australian dictionary of biography. Author Chris Wallace editor.

Investigative Reporter of the Spirit: The Search for Five Women Presented by Jeffrey Meyers Renowned biographer Professor Jeffrey Meyers delivered the eighth annual Seymour .

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