Fiona Place Fiona Place i(A7802 works by) (a.k.a. Fiona Elizabeth Place)
Born: Established: 1958 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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1 The Thickness of Choice Fiona Place , 2023 single work prose
— Appears in: It's All Connected : Feminist Fiction and Poetry 2023;
1 Uplifting and Quietly Triumphant : Debra Adelaide Launches ‘Portrait of the Artist’s Mother’ by Fiona Place Fiona Place , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , September no. 27 2019;

'I first saw — though not met — Fiona in the early 1990s at a premier’s literary awards, when her book Cardboard received a prize. At the awards the minister for the arts, Peter Collins, announced that Fiona would not appear to fetch her prize given the sad fact that her mother had just died. However, someone whispered in his ear that Fiona indeed was there to receive her prize, and so she stepped up to the stage.'(Introduction)

1 2 y separately published work icon Portrait of the Artist's Mother : Dignity, Creativity and Disability Fiona Place , Geelong North : Spinifex Press , 2019 16791071 2019 single work autobiography

'Portrait of the Artist's Mother is a memoir and an examination of the politics of disability. Fiona Place describes the pressure from medical institutions to undergo screening during pregnancy and assumptions that a child with Trisomy 21 should not live, even though people with Down syndrome do live rich lives. Fiona's son, Fraser, has become an artist. His prize-winning paintings have been exhibited in galleries in Sydney and Canberra. How does a mother get from the grieving silence of the birthing room through the horrified comments of other mothers to the applause at gallery openings? This is a story of commitment to the idea that all people, including those who are 'less than perfect', have a right to be welcomed into this increasingly imperfect world.'   (Publication summary)

1 Now I See Fiona Place , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: The Best Australian Stories 2014 2014; (p. 75-84)
1 Bearing Witness; One Mother to An-Other Fiona Place , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 37 no. 1 2011; (p. 46-55)
1 Murder She Wrote Fiona Place , 2004 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 24 August vol. 122 no. 6435 2004; (p. 8)
1 Apocalypse Now Fiona Place , 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: Motherlove : Stories About Births, Babies and Beyond 1996; (p. 43-70)
1 A Suitcase of Deductions Fiona Place , 1994 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , Summer (1994-1995) vol. 54 no. 4 1994; (p. 59-76)
1 y separately published work icon The Women in My Feet Fiona Place , Sydney : 1992 Z1332827 1992 single work thesis
1 Envelopes, Lounge Rooms and Narrative i "I know from the envelope it is the letter,", Fiona Place , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 52 no. 4 1992; (p. 140-141)
1 Knot Vacuum Powers i "Their words are not food.", Fiona Place , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southern Review , March vol. 24 no. 1 1991; (p. 30-31)
1 Categorically No Revisited Fiona Place , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 125 1991; (p. 38-42)
1 Lady Musgrave : The Story of the Island, Reef and Lagoon Fiona Place , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: Speaking with the Sun : New Stories from Australian and New Zealand Writers 1991; (p. 195-209)
1 Elegance and its Relationship to the Making of Mistakes: The Sequel Fiona Place , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 50 no. 2 1990; (p. 217-221)
1 Pesto Evenings i "There were stakes inside the evenings.", Fiona Place , 1990 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 118 1990; (p. 67)
1 Car Dogs i "I guess I always got anxious as dad backed out of the carport.", Fiona Place , 1990 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Phoenix Review , Spring/Summer no. 6 1990; (p. 88)
1 Clayton Cities Fiona Place , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: Antithesis , vol. 4 no. 1 1990; (p. 125-140)
1 Left, Right or Centre? Finding Your Own Voice Within Psyhiatry [sic] Fiona Place , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Left, Right or Centre? Psychiatry and the Status Quo 1990; (p. 43-57)
1 Obituary i "With sticky,", Fiona Place , 1990 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southern Review , July vol. 23 no. 2 1990; (p. 124-125)
1 Statistics, Axes and Cats : Three Studies of Paranoia Fiona Place , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 49 no. 3 1989; (p. 480-488)
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