(1964-07-21)21 July 1964 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Died
16 May 2016(2016-05-16) (aged 51) Near Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Writer
Language
English
Nationality
Australian
Gillian Mears (21 July 1964 – 16 May 2016) was an Australian short story writer and novelist.
Her books Ride a Cock Horse and The Grass Sister won a Commonwealth Writers' Prize, shortlist, in 1989 and 1996, respectively. The Mint Lawn won The Australian/Vogel Award.[1]
In 2003, A Map of the Gardens won the Steele Rudd Award.[2]
^The Prime of Ms Mears, archived from the original on 4 March 2016
^"Alive in Ant and Bee by Gillian Mears". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. February 2009. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012.
GillianMears (21 July 1964 – 16 May 2016) was an Australian short story writer and novelist. Her books Ride a Cock Horse and The Grass Sister won a Commonwealth...
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stories by both established and new writers, including Helen Garner, GillianMears and Tim Winton. The first issue came close to selling out its initial...
Prize: João Cabral de Melo Neto The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: GillianMears, The Mint Lawn C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Adamson, The Clean...
Lodge Therapy UK Secker & Warburg South East Asia and South Pacific GillianMears The Grass Sister Australia Random House 1995 Africa J. M. Coetzee The...
The Swan Book 2013: Michelle de Kretser – Questions of Travel 2012: GillianMears – Foal's Bread 2011: Kim Scott – That Deadman Dance 2010: David Malouf...
Michelle de Kretser 2016 in Australian literature: Death of Leonie Kramer, GillianMears; The Dry — Jane Harper; The Museum of Modern Love — Heather Rose; Extinctions...
including year of death. 7 May – Elliot Perlman, novelist 21 July – GillianMears, novelist (died 2016) 7 August – John Birmingham, novelist and journalist...
2022: Bernadette Brennan for Leaping into Waterfalls: The Enigmatic GillianMears 2021: Cassandra Pybus for Truganini: Journey Through the Apocalypse...
Helen Garner and her Work; and Leaping into Waterfalls: The Enigmatic GillianMears. Brennan died on 1 June 2022 in Sydney, aged 94, two days before Mabo...
and Other Stories Andrew McGahan, 1988 Fiona McGregor, Suck My Toes GillianMears, The Grass Sister Mandy Sayer, Mood Indigo]] Christos Tsiolkas, Loaded...
Julia Meade, 90, American actress (The Ed Sullivan Show, Pillow Talk). GillianMears, 51, Australian writer (Foal's Bread), multiple sclerosis. Emilio Navaira...
Barbara Hanrahan: A Biography Finalist 2012 Gail Jones Five Bells Winner GillianMears Foal's Bread Finalist Charlotte Wood Animal People Finalist 2013 Annah...
May – Romaldo Giurgola, 95, architect (Parliament House, Canberra) GillianMears, 51, writer 17 May – Benjamin de Roo, 76, Olympic gymnast 18 May – Ian...
Thomas Keneally — Flying Hero Class Colleen McCullough — The Grass Crown GillianMears — The Mint Lawn Morris West — The Ringmaster Tim Winton — Cloudstreet...
by Random House in collaboration with writer GillianMears. Edwards' photography was accompanied by Mears' non-fiction reminiscences of her childhood....
Edgar, Eldershaw 2012: Thomas Keneally, The Daughters of Mars 2011: GillianMears, Foal's Bread 2010: Karen Kissane, Worst of Days: Inside the Black Saturday...
Lintermans "Where the Wild Geese Go" by Joan Birchall "Blue Milk" by GillianMears 1990 "The Road Up and the Road Down" by Margaret Betts "Hidden Glass"...
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