Dorothy Johnston | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 Geelong, Victoria |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Years active | 1975- |
| Notable works | One for the Master |
Dorothy Johnston (born 1948) is an Australian author of both crime and literary fiction. She has published novels, short stories and essays.
Born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, Johnston trained as a teacher at the University of Melbourne and later worked as a researcher in the education field.[1] She lived in Canberra from 1979 to 2008, and currently lives in Ocean Grove, Victoria (Australia).[2] She is a former President of Canberra PEN. She was a founding member of the Seven Writers Group,[3] also known as Seven Writers or the Canberra Seven,[4] established in March 1980. Five of the original members ceased with the group, but Johnston and Margaret Barbalet continued with new writers.[5]
She was a member of Writers Against Nuclear Arms, with her novel Maralinga, My Love, focusing on the impacts of nuclear testing in Australia.[6]
- ^ Johnston, Dorothy (1948 - ) (Australian Women's Archive Project) Accessed: 4 February 2007
- ^ "Leaving literary Canberra", published in The Canberra Times 12 January 2008
- ^ Randall, D'arcy "Seven Writers And Australia's Literary Capital", published in Republics of Letters: Literary Communities In Australia, Peter Kirkpatrick and Robert Dixon (Eds.) Sydney University Press, 2012, p205-216.
- ^ Fuller, Peter (19 July 1986). "The Canberra Seven". Canberra Times. p. 1.
- ^ Barbalet, Margaret (1988). Canberra tales. Ringwood, Victoria, Australia: Penguin Books Australia. p. 261. ISBN 0140111689.
- ^ White, Isobel (1988). "Maralinga, My Love: A Novel [Book Review]". Aboriginal History. 12: 203–205 – via Informit.