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Helen Garner

Helen Garner is an award-winning novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Her books include Monkey Grip, The Children’s Bach and The Spare Room.
 
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The Nation Reviewed

Red Dog: A Pet’s Mutiny

Helen Garner

In January my family, who live next door, went down the coast and left me in charge of our vegetable garden and their dog. Excellent. I...

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Film

A Port for the Soul: Aki Kaurismäki’s 'Le Havre'

Helen Garner

A watchman strolling late one night on the wharves of the French port of Le Havre raps his stick on the side of a container, and hears the...

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Arts & Letters

Like the Day and Night: Terrence Malick’s 'The Tree of Life' and Julia Leigh’s 'Sleeping Beauty'

Helen Garner

Terrence Malick’s new movie The Tree of Life (in national release), recently garlanded with the Palme d’Or at Cannes, comes muscled up with...

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The Nation Reviewed

Where the Heart Is: The Home Hospice

Helen Garner

When they told our sister Marie that her untreatable lung cancer would kill her in less than a year, she said she wanted to die at home....

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 The Greatest Gift: How and Where We Die

The Greatest Gift: How and Where We Die

Helen Garner

Helen Garner, Joel Nathan and Kathy Lee share their personal stories and perspectives about caring for loved ones in their final weeks and...

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Film

Broken Communities: Helen Garner on Justin Kurzel’s Snowtown and Brendan Fletcher’s Mad Bastards

Helen Garner

In 1999, in the small South Australian township of Snowtown, police entered the vault of a disused bank and found a serial killer’s stash:...

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Film

Economies of Scale: Peter Weir’s 'The Way Back' and Leon Ford’s 'Griff the Invisible'

Helen Garner

Epic is one word people resort to when confronted by a tale like the one Peter Weir tackles in his new movie, The Way Back. Seven prisoners...

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The Nation Reviewed

Life Juices: Fasting at a ‘Fat Farm’

Helen Garner

At 5 pm on Boxing Day we sweep up the drive of the establishment my sister refers to as “the fat farm”. Its modest buildings are set in an...

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 The written death. Garner, Maloney, Sparrow, Walker

The written death. Garner, Maloney, Sparrow, Walker

Part 1 | Part 2 Presented by the Wheeler Centre in partnership with the Melbourne Intl Arts Festival, the Matter of Life and Death series...

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The Monthly Essays

While Not Writing a Book: Diaries

Helen Garner

Early in the morning, after a heavy night of babysitting, I’m watering out the back when I hear a shuffling sound. Olive comes up behind me...

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