Claire Halliday Claire Halliday i(A8079 works by)
Born: Established: 1968 Adelaide, South Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Things My Father Taught Me Claire Halliday , Melbourne : Bonnier Publishing Australia , 2017 11625563 2017 selected work biography

'Stern, playful, encouraging, hard-working, tough or loving - no matter how we describe our own father, he leaves an indelible imprint. Claire Halliday spoke with a range of well-known Australians who shared their stories about the way their dads shape their lives. From memories of deep warmth and closeness to stories of difficulty and tragedy - everyones story is unique.' (Publication summary)

1 Claire Halliday Claire Halliday , 2016 single work biography
— Appears in: Things My Mother Taught Me 2016; (p. 235-247)
1 2 y separately published work icon Things My Mother Taught Me Claire Halliday (editor), South Melbourne : Echo Publishing , 2016 9465384 2016 anthology biography interview

'Things My Mother Taught Me features stories of high profile mothers, and high profile people - from young actors, television personalities and older intellectuals to a famous chef, a fashion designer, a comedian, and many more - reflecting on their own relationship with their mothers. It is a book about all the stuff mothers know (or don't know) and how that knowledge and the ability to share it - for good and bad - helps to shape a person. Through funny and poignant interviews this book looks as at one of the most important relationships in everybody's lives and reveals much about the evolving nature of family in modern Australia. ' (Publication summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon Do You Want Sex with That? : One Woman's Journey through Childhood, Adulthood and Motherhood in Australia Claire Halliday , Camberwell : Penguin , 2009 Z1619388 2009 single work autobiography

'Like sugar, sex is in everything, from Bratz dolls to internet porn. On your television, on your radio, along the side of the road; in your inbox, your handheld and your frontpage. It sells and - particularly if you're a parent - it terrifies. It has always excited and disgusted, but now it does both things simultaneously, all the time.

'Combining memoir and reportage, Claire Halliday considers the place of sex throughout Australian life: from lounging about at the beach, to the pervasive sexualisation of advertising and children, to the more minority pursuits of swinging and porn-films, as well as the rise of the abstinence movement. She explores the issues with unsparing candour testing them against her own life and her own feelings rather than abstract ideals. The result is inquiring, challenging and fascinating. Who, after all, doesn't like sex? Just . . . perhaps . . . not right now.' (From the publisher's website.)

1 Young Guns : Matthew Reilly, 30, Author Claire Halliday , 2005 extract biography (The World at Their Feet)
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 24 April 2005; (p. 23)
1 y separately published work icon The World at Their Feet Claire Halliday , South Melbourne : Lothian , 2005 Z1190018 2005 selected work biography Consists of interviews with five young Australians who have achieved notable success in their lives before the age of 30. Matthew Reilly is one of the interviewees.
1 The Answers : Robyn Archer Claire Halliday , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 28 September 2003; (p. 4)
1 Writer in Residence : Arnold Zable Claire Halliday , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 23 August 2003; (p. 1)
1 y separately published work icon Unsung Heroes : The Stories of 20 Worthy Australians Claire Halliday (editor), South Melbourne : Lothian , 2002 Z1641851 2002 anthology biography
1 My Diary : Robyn Archer Robyn Archer , Claire Halliday , 2002 single work diary
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 October 2002; (p. 2)
1 Dirty Deeds Done in Awe Claire Halliday , 2002 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 31 July 2002; (p. 3)
1 24 Hours : Mary Kenneally Claire Halliday , 2001 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 15 April 2001; (p. 6-7)
1 Sandpit in the Desert Claire Halliday , 1998 single work short story
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Spring vol. 10 no. 2 1998; (p. 31-33)
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