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THE END OF THE MORNING
On 1 April, NewSouth published The End of the Morning — a novella-length autobiographical piece of fiction by Charmian Clift, never published before. Edited by Nadia Wheatley, and with thirty newly published essays, The End of the Morning is something for all Clifties to cherish.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Go to the Events page on this website for the full program of events and booking links. here are the main dates for your diary:
Sunday 12 May 2024, 3.30 for 4.00 pm until 5.30 pm: Charmian Clift’s Kalymnos. Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe. After a powerpoint talk about Clift’s Kalymnos and her book Mermaid Singing, there will be the launch of the program for the Charmian Clift Readers and Writers Workshop that I will be leading on the island in the spring of 2025.
Free. Refreshments provided. RSVP necessary.Book online at Gleebooks Events.
https://www.gleebooks.com.au/event/nadia-wheatley-charmian-clifts-kalymnos/
Wednesday 22 May 2024, 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm Literary Legends — Clift, Hazzard, Harrower. Sydney Writers Festival event. State Library of New South Wales, The Library Auditorium LG1. Macquarie Building, 1 Shakespeare Place, Sydney 2000
Tickets $20.00. Book online at SWF website Or call the box office on 02 9256 4200
Saturday, 1 June 2024, 2:00 pm 4:00 pm. Charmian Clift’s Kiama. A Friends of Kiama Library and Kiama & District Historical Society joint event. Kiama Library, 7 Railway Pde Kiama.
Tickets go on sale 1 May. Call 02 4233 1133 or book online at the library website.
Thursday 27 June 2024, 5.45 pm to 7.00 pm Charmian Clift’s The End of the Morning Five Dock Library, Level 1, 4-12 Garfield St, Five Dock 2046
Free. Bookings to: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/author-talk-nadia-wheatley-on-the-end-of-the-morning-by-charmain-clift-tickets-856660894797
Recognition in her home town:
Charmian Clift was recently recognised by the NSW Department of Heritage with a Blue Plaque outside the library in her birthplace, Kiama. (PHOTOS at right.) The plaque was unveiled by Charmian’s niece, Diana Bradshaw, the daughter of Charmian’s brother Barre — the woman in the middle in the smashing blue frock. At right is Sue Eggins, President of Kiama & District Historical Society, which lodged the application for the plaque.
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A recent radio interview celebrating Clift and her essay collection, Sneaky Little Revolutions:
And here is a wonderful review of the Spanish translation of Peel me a Lotus. The Clifties are growing in number, across the world! (If you don’t read Spanish, pop it into Google translate.)
Send an email if you would like to add something to the Readers Comments’ page. This might be your response as a reader, either to Clift’s life and work in general, or to a particular book, essay or idea. (200 words maximum.)
Photo above: Clift at work on the terrace of the Hydra house, c. 1956.
Photo below: Cover, Charmian Clift, The End of the Morning (Forthcoming, NewSouth 2024)
Photo Centre and below: the Blue Plaque at Kiama Library
Bottom: Charmian Clift at Coolah NSW, 1965.
