Jamming the machinery: Contemporary Australian women's writing

by Alison Bartlett

This book celebrates the emergence in Australia of a range of contemporary women's writing which challenges conventional expectations of fiction. It also gives a sense of the energy behind that writing as it critically breaks down the boundaries between reader and writer, engaging them in a shared exploration.

Paperback

First published January 30, 1999

About the author

Alison studied illustration at Anglia College of Art in Cambridge and began an M.A. At Kingston University.
Her career as a children's book author and illustrator started in the early 1990s and met with immediate success. Bartlett has adorned the pages of numerous children's books, including Growing Frogs, the popular Oliver series by author Vivian French, and Over in the Grasslands by Anna Wilson, just to name a few. Bartlett's use of bright colors and her simplistic drawing style promise picture-book afficionados plenty of excitement peppered with an air of mystery.