Heather Rose Heather Rose i(A32954 works by)
Also writes as: Angelica Banks
Born: Established: 1964 Tasmania, ;
Gender: Female
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1 5 y separately published work icon Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here Heather Rose , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2022 25093254 2022 single work autobiography

'A deeply personal collection filled with reflections on love, death, creativity and healing, from the award-winning author of Bruny and The Museum of Modern Love.

'With rare subtlety and humanity, this novel relocates the difficult path to wonder in us all.' The Christina Stead Prize judges on The Museum of Modern Love

'And then it occurred to me that nothing bad ever happens here.

'Every human life is perfect in its own way. We cannot understand that, because it seems like there is so much suffering. But maybe every life is perfect for we need to know and learn and see and understand. Even when we don't understand, even when the suffering seems unfathomable, does some part of us understand? Could that really be true, I wondered?

'Nothing bad ever happens here...

'My body was shaking violently now. I held onto the rock beneath me as if I was clinging to life itself. Maybe I was. I clung to this life, my life, with all its imperfections and mistakes, with all its joy. I didn't want to go anywhere.

'After a shocking family tragedy transforms Heather Rose's Tasmanian childhood, she becomes 'a seeker of life and all its mysteries'. Heather has spent a lifetime testing boundaries and exploring the connections between love and death, the natural world and the body. Her questing spirit and her strong affinity with nature have inspired and driven her throughout her life-and deeply sustained her in times of darkness. Her words will bring wonder, light and comfort to all who read this astonishing book.

'Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here is a luminous, compelling and utterly surprising memoir by the bestselling author of Stella Prize-winner The Museum of Modern Love and Bruny.'  (Publication summary)

1 What Stays Within : Michaye Boulter in Conversation with Heather Rose Heather Rose (interviewer), Michaye Boulter (interviewer), 2021 single work interview
— Appears in: Island , no. 163 2021; (p. 90-97)
1 Whale, Dolphin, Human Heather Rose , 2021 single work prose art work
— Appears in: Island , no. 162 2021; (p. 106-107)
1 Heather Rose : Heartland Heather Rose , 2020 single work prose
— Appears in: Forty South Tasmania (Online) 2020;

'I have travelled widely, but I have lived almost all my life in my heartland, our heartland, this heart-shaped island at the end of the world. If I die here one day when I am very old, with the sun coming in the window, with autumn light motes in the air and my rowboat at the front door, then I will consider myself lucky.' (Introduction)

1 Kay's Law Heather Rose , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: The Big Issue , August no. 593 2019; (p. 58-61)
1 8 y separately published work icon Bruny Heather Rose , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2019 16850614 2019 single work novel

'How far would your government go?

'A right-wing US president has withdrawn America from the Middle East and the UN. Daesh has a thoroughfare to the sea and China is Australia's newest ally. When a bomb goes off in remote Tasmania, Astrid Coleman agrees to return home to help her brother before an upcoming election. But this is no simple task. Her brother and sister are on either side of politics, the community is full of conspiracy theories, and her father is quoting Shakespeare. Only on Bruny does the world seem sane.

'Until Astrid discovers how far the government is willing to go.

'Bruny is a searing, subversive, brilliant novel about family, love, loyalty and the new world order.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Wilderness and the Human Soul P. R. Hay , Bob Brown , James Dryburgh , Heather Rose , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Communion Literary Magazine , December no. 8 2017;
'What do wild places mean for the human soul? What of our nature is unlocked when we return to the rhythms of the natural world? How has this changed over time? How are we reshaping this relationship now?' (Introduction)
 
1 From : The Museum of Modern Love Heather Rose , 2017 extract novel (The Museum of Modern Love)
— Appears in: The Monthly Blog , April 2017;

'An extract from the Stella Prize–winning novel.'

1 Some Men Are Intimidated When Women Step into Their Magnificence Heather Rose , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 19 April 2017;
'Encouraging and applauding the success of women might become an elegant and subversive act of cultural freedom.'
1 The Steady Gaze Heather Rose , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 September 2016; (p. 24)
6 17 y separately published work icon The Museum of Modern Love Heather Rose , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2016 9613078 2016 single work novel

''If this was a dream, then he wanted to know when it would end. Maybe it would end if he went to see Lydia. But it was the one thing he was not allowed to do.'...

Arky Swann is a film composer in New York separated from his wife, who has made him promise to keep a terrible secret. One day he finds his way to The Atrium at MOMA and sees Marina Abramovic in her performance The Artist is Present. The performance continues for seventy-five days and, as it unfolds, so does Arky as he considers marriage, art and the nature of commitment and love over a long-term union. The Museum of Modern Love is the story of one of the world's greatest art events and a man in search of connection.' (Publication summary)

2 2 y separately published work icon Blueberry Pancakes Forever Angelica Banks , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2016 9529802 2016 single work children's fiction children's

'Dealing with a terrible loss at home and faced with unknown danger in the world of story, Tuesday McGillycuddy has to muster all her resources to survive her most challenging adventure yet.

'Winter has fallen in the world of story, and at Brown Street, Tuesday's typewriter lies silent. Far away in the Peppermint Forest, Vivienne Small fears that she will never again feel the touch of the sun.

'But when the mysterious Loddon appears in Vivienne's treehouse, he brings with him terrible danger. Without warning, Tuesday is swept up into the world of story as she has never seen it before. In this forbidding and unfamiliar place - and without her beloved dog Baxterr at her side - Tuesday becomes Loddon's captive. But who exactly is this strange boy? And will she find a way to defeat him?

'Blueberry Pancakes Forever will capture the hearts of everyone who is entranced by the power of story.' (Publication summary)

1 Mr Hemingway's Fish Heather Rose , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 75 no. 1 2016; (p. 150-152)
1 What I’m Reading—Heather Rose Heather Rose , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2016;
2 4 y separately published work icon A Week Without Tuesday Angelica Banks , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2015 8348759 2015 single work children's fiction children's

''I cannot hold the worlds apart much longer. Have you found our answer? G.'

'Vivienne Small's world is under threat. A Winged Dog has fallen from the sky bearing an ominous note and vercaka have invaded the City of Clocks.

'Meanwhile in the real world, famous writers are turning up far from home, injured and confused, and Tuesday McGillycuddy and Serendipity Smith - the most famous writer of all - could be next!

'Suddenly whisked away to the world of story, Tuesday must learn the identity of the mysterious G, and find out why he is losing control of the worlds. But how can Tuesday, Vivienne and Baxterr solve the mystery and end the mayhem without losing themselves?

'An utterly charming, action-packed sequel to the marvellous and magical Finding Serendipity.' (Publication summary)

3 1 y separately published work icon Finding Serendipity Angelica Banks , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2013 Z1936775 2013 single work children's fiction children's fantasy 'Tuesday McGillycuddy loves stories - and her mother is a writer. A very famous writer, who has locked herself away in her writing room to finish the final book in her best-selling series for children. But when Tuesday knocks on her door, she discovers her mother is missing! In search of Serendipity, Tuesday and her faithful dog Baxterr soon find themselves on a very dangerous mission. They enter the magical world where stories come from, a mysterious and unpredictable world, full of real danger and heart-stopping adventure. With the help of pint-sized heroine Vivienne Small, Tuesday will need all her wit, courage, perseverance and imagination in order to get to The End and be reunited with the people she loves.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 y separately published work icon A Tuesday McGillycuddy Adventure Angelica Banks , 2013 Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2013-2016 Z1936772 2013 series - author novel
1 I Will Tell You This Heather Rose , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 134 2013; (p. 82-84)
1 Familiar Heather Rose , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 7 no. 1 2013;
1 The Island of Parenthood Heather Rose , 2011 single work essay
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 124 2011; (p. 29-34)
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