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Sonya Hartnett

Sonya Hartnett is the acclaimed author of Thursday's Child, Sleeping Dogs, Of a Boy and The Midnight Zoo. She won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children's literature in 2008.
 
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The Nation Reviewed

The Beat Goes On: Sex and Secrets in Public Parks

Sonya Hartnett

In a corner of the Darling Gardens in Melbourne’s boutique inner-city suburb of Clifton Hill stands a small, well-maintained toilet block...

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Summer Reading

Three Boys

Sonya Hartnett

He straightens from the grass and sees them immediately, already close, already seeing him, and he’s stunned he didn’t hear the danger...

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The Nation Reviewed

A Small Breed: The Portuguese Podengo

Sonya Hartnett

Among the canine entrants on the third day of competition at this year’s Royal Melbourne Show – the ethereal salukis and monolithic St...

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Beastly Travels: Sonya Hartnett on Animal-Watching Abroad

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I was 21 when I first went to London, and impoverished, as a travelling kid usually is. Soon enough I would be afflicted by that fragile...

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 Gala Night of Storytelling: Sonya Hartnett, J. Birmingham, Archie Roach

Gala Night of Storytelling: Sonya Hartnett, J. Birmingham, Archie Roach

Part 1 (Name Le, Mem Fox, Abha Dabesar) | Part 2 The Wheeler Centre's Gala Night of Storytelling 2011 features leading authors from...

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'Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Wicked Bestiary' by David Sedaris

Sonya Hartnett

David Sedaris is a man of many talents but he is arguably best known for the essays recounting his childhood as an effeminate only son in...

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 Sonya Hartnett in conversation with Sally Warhaft

Sonya Hartnett in conversation with Sally Warhaft

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Author Sonya Hartnett talks to Sally Warhaft (Editor of The Monthly), on the occasion of the release of her new novel, Butterfly. Amongst...

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 Sonya Hartnett in conversation with Sally Warhaft (p2)

Sonya Hartnett in conversation with Sally Warhaft (p2)

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Author Sonya Hartnett talks to Sally Warhaft, on the occasion of the release of her new novel, Butterfly. Amongst many other things they...

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