Cirrus@Austlit

'Dorothy Coade Hewett (1923-2002) was a major Australian playwright, poet and novelist, a true innovator of the theatre and a feminist icon. She fearlessly tackled all kinds of issues and shibboleths, setting her own direction and encouraging others to find their own path.

'This is the first book-length biographical work on Dorothy Hewett. Like some of her best-known work, it has multiple perspectives, in which different people give their views of Dorothy, her life and work. This colours her complexity as a writer and as a person, while charting her setbacks along her rise to fame. It is a book of love from all who knew her.'  (Publication summary)

'This lovely book is perfectly timed for Truth Telling across the nation as we embrace Reconciliation and Treaty.

'The book opens with Reese's involvement in the Second Tent embassy 1976-1979 on Capital Hill ACT, and covers his experiences over the following fourteen years, travelling and learning Country with the Elders and Indigenous peoples of NSW, Western Victoria and Western Australia.

'The book is endorsed by Susan Templeman, Special Envoy for the Arts, and eminent poet Emeritus Professor David Brooks.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.