The essay ‘My father’s body’ has been reprinted in NewSouth Books The Best Australian Science Writing 2013 eds Jane McCredie and Natasha Mitchell. It is to be launched in November 2013. ‘Last Sunday I went to church to be with my father, to say goodbye. As I looked in from the vestibule, I could…
Category: Short Works
Francesca on YouTube: Girlfriends and writing
Putting female friendships in the spotlight, contributing writers Francesca Rendle-Short, Natalie Kon-yu and Maya Linden discuss the novel ‘Just Between Us’ at Melbourne Writers Festival 2013.
Affettuoso: meditation on the body
Bumf has published Francesca’s story/fragment/observation entitled Affettuoso: meditation on the body. About Bumf: “A life of letters is wont to create bumf: stories, fragments, and observations that seem too short, strange, or frivolous to publish. Bumf, a literary website from Brisbane, Australia, provides a loving home for the best of these.”
Lifting the lid on female friendship – Herald Sun
On Saturday 1 June 2013 the Herald Sun ran a feature on Francesca and her new nonfiction essay ‘Glossus’. This short memoir was published in the anthology Just Between Us (Pan Macmillan). Books editor Fran Metcalf included an interview with Francesca, publication of an excerpt from ‘Glossus’ and an author pic by the very talented…
‘My father’s body’
‘My father’s body‘ was included in The Invisible Thread 100 years of Canberra writing as part of the 100 year celebration of the city of Canberra. It was later published in The Best of Science Writing 2013, eds Jane McCredie and Natasha Mitchell (NewSouth Books). It was first published in Overland #197, summer, November, 2009.
A little book of breathing
A little book of breathing was part of an exhibition at The Left Hand Gallery, Braidwood, December 2010 called String Books. It was an exhibition of one-off handmade and limited edition books from 33 artists. A little book of breathing is in the collection of the State Library of Queensland. Limited edition of 9 copies,…
My father’s body in nine drawings
This requiem for her father in nine drawings complements a photo-essay Francesca wrote for Overland entitled My father’s body: creation, evolution and Alzheimer’s disease. 1 ‘My father is not yet dead. People who knew him say there is a likeness in this drawing. I can still see him breathing, can you? I still feel warmth…
But for air (writing Italy)
Florentines say the air can make you free. And that’s how we felt that trip. Quite free. The kind of freedom that tickles, makes your skin sparkle; the kind that attracts attention from perfect strangers; the return of smiles. For there we were. Eight days in Italy. Eight days of romance. Eight days with Bright…
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