{"id":1391,"date":"2011-04-01T19:43:15","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T09:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2011-04-01T21:19:13","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T11:19:13","slug":"aussie-author-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/aussie-author-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie Author Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Aussie<\/a><\/p>\n

April is Aussie Author Month<\/a>, and book bloggers around the country – readers, reviewers, booksellers and authors – are celebrating the rich diversity of Australian books.<\/p>\n

I’m very proud to have joined the ranks of Australian authors, many of whom I’ve held in awe through my reading life, way back to my childhood. So, I thought I’d use Aussie Author Month to highlight some authors, past and present, whose books I’ve loved.<\/p>\n

First up, a classic from my childhood: Ethel Turner’s Seven Little Australians, originally published in 1894, and continuously in print since then. The ABC made a 10-part miniseries of this in 1973, and I loved it. We watched it on TV, and then during the school holidays the National Library showed an episode a day, and my sister and I travelled into the city on the bus every day to watch it again. There were a fair few youngsters who did the same thing – this being long before videos were around; if it wasn’t on one of the two TV channels, there weren’t many other options.<\/p>\n

Part of the series was filmed at Lanyon homestead, south of Canberra – an area I knew well, even back then. So it was wonderful to see the story set against familiar landscapes on TV.<\/p>\n

\"Seven<\/a><\/p>\n

I read the book after watching the series. Despite it’s vintage, it’s a lively book with an engaging narrative style, and a distinctive Australian voice. The seven little Australians of the title are a large and active family; definitely not, as Turner explains in the opening pages, model children. Judy remains my favourite of them; her passion for life, her vitality, her cheek and her loyalty and love for her siblings are wonderfully drawn. And yes, I still cry at the end. No matter how many times I read it, or watch the series, I’m leaking tears and sobbing.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Ethel Turner, for your wonderful book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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