# Kate Grenville

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Free Thinking - Kate Grenville

Rana Mitter talks to Kate Grenville, one of Australia's leading novelists, about depicting the history of white working class Australia and thinking herself into her mother’s life to write 'One Life: My Mother's Story'.

Kate Grenville, Kim Rubenstein & Leanne Weber – Knowing Where We Fit in the Australian Colonial Story

Abstract   Each of us – whether we choose to embrace, deny or ignore this knowledge - is uniquely positioned within a shared colonial history. The question of positionality is a central theme for this seminar, to be explored through a comparison of two books that confront Australia’s colonial p…

Kim Scott and Kate Grenville went to the library, and came away with a story

Kim Scott was so disturbed by how Noongar people were depicted in the Western Australian archive that he wrote Benang: From the Heart. Plus Kate Grenville explains the origins of her latest genre-bending book and how The Secret River became a novel.   In 2000, Kim Scott's Benang won the Miles Frank…

Kate Grenville: A Mystery in 88 Letters

Hear from one of the country’s most acclaimed authors, Kate Grenville, on her dazzling new work of non-fiction – a colonial-era cold case that’s part locked-room mystery, part captivating exploration of a writer's imagination navigating the blurred boundaries between fact and possibility. The Coun…

Kate Grenville investigates a colonial cold case, plus who stole Victoria's ceremonial mace?

Two writers investigate two mysteries from 19th Century Australia.  Kate Grenville uncovers a bundle of letters in the archives about the NSW country school teacher Joseph Connor, accused of beating his students. Was he a monster or the victim of a small-town vendetta? And Sally Young solves Austra…

Villain or victim? Kate Grenville investigates a colonial cold case

Kate Grenville's new book, 'The Country Schoolmaster: A Mystery in 88 Letters' began with the discovery of an unassuming bundle of letters in state archives. On closer inspection, they revealed a curious tale of a rural teacher, Joseph Connor, accused of savagely beating his students. Was he a mons…

Meet the Author - Kate Grenville

Kate Grenville is in conversation with Karen Viggers on Kate’s new book The Country Schoolmaster : A Mystery in 88 Letters.