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Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally’s novels include The Playmaker and Schindler’s Ark, for which he won the Booker Prize in 1982. He lives on the coast of New South Wales, Australia.

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 91 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 91 padlock

The Weather Where We Are

Various Contributors

‘Ice gets into the sea in two ways: it falls in from calving glaciers, or it forms during the winter. Both kinds are spectacular.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 91 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 91 padlock

The Handbag Studio

Thomas Keneally

‘In Los Angeles in late October of 1980, I was feeling the strange, malign electricity the Santa Ana winds bring to the city.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 83 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 83 padlock

Captain Scott’s Biscuit

Thomas Keneally

‘So the Ross Sea Novotel and McMurdo Sheraton could be built within this century. Children will gambol on the ice shelf where Scott exhaled his last, pained breath.’

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 83 padlock

My Father’s Australia

Thomas Keneally

My ninety-two-year-old father, like many of his generation, grew up in the bush and lives...

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