y separately published work icon The Ballad of Benny Perhaps single work   novel   young adult   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1977... 1977 The Ballad of Benny Perhaps
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    • Stanmore, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Cassell Australia , 1977 .
      Extent: 188p.
      ISBN: 072690449X
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y separately published work icon Days Never Done : The Life and Work of Hesba Fay Brinsmead Michael Pollak , Margaret MacNabb , Woollahra : Unity Press , 2002 Z978399 2002 single work biography

'Hesba Brinsmead was one of the pioneeers of Australian children's literature, some saying she virtually invented the teenage novel. She published 23 novels for children and teenagers. She set out to entertain, and her books are full of humour, and are a fusion of 'truth and romantic vision' set in diverse locations, and have been loved by generations of young people.' (Publication summary)
Hesba Fay Brinsmead : Truth and Romantic Vision Walter McVitty , 1981 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 133-157)
Untitled Don Matthews , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April no. 67 (p. 30)
— Review of The Ballad of Benny Perhaps Hesba Brinsmead , 1977 single work novel
Untitled Don Matthews , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April no. 67 (p. 30)
— Review of The Ballad of Benny Perhaps Hesba Brinsmead , 1977 single work novel
Hesba Fay Brinsmead : Truth and Romantic Vision Walter McVitty , 1981 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 133-157)
y separately published work icon Days Never Done : The Life and Work of Hesba Fay Brinsmead Michael Pollak , Margaret MacNabb , Woollahra : Unity Press , 2002 Z978399 2002 single work biography

'Hesba Brinsmead was one of the pioneeers of Australian children's literature, some saying she virtually invented the teenage novel. She published 23 novels for children and teenagers. She set out to entertain, and her books are full of humour, and are a fusion of 'truth and romantic vision' set in diverse locations, and have been loved by generations of young people.' (Publication summary)
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