Paula Keogh, Author. Paula Keogh is a Melbourne writer and author of The Green Bell, her debut work of non-fiction. Set in Canberra in , this memoir recaptures the time Paula shared with the poet Michael Dransfield following their meeting in a psychiatric ward. It is a love story complicated by illness and shot through with poetry. · Such was the case with Paula Keogh’s memoir, The Green Bell. It’s essentially a story about Keogh’s experience in a psychiatric unit of the Canberra Hospital in the s. The events leading up to her admission (notably the death of a very close friend). Paula Keogh has a PhD in creative writing from La Trobe University and received the Affirm Press Mentorship Award for the development of The Green Bell at Varuna the National Writers House. She taught at RMIT University for nine years, and has lived in Canberra, Adelaide and Toronto, but considers Melbourne www.doorway.ru: Paula Keogh.
[The Green Bell is] Paula Keogh's heart-searching quest to understand the schizophrenia afflicting her. She has written a brave and beautiful book. - Rodney Hall, two-time winner of the Miles Franklin. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The Green Bell (Large Print 16pt) at www.doorway.ru Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. "After reading Paula Keogh's poetic and moving memoir, The Green Bell, I invited her to be a guest author for my writing classes. My students were impressed by Paula's professional workshops, her caring teaching style and inspiring writing exercises." Tania Chandler, author of Please Don't Leave Me Here and Dead in the Water.
“Keogh’s Green Bell is an intense firework of a book.” Kevin Brophy, The Conversation “One of the most beautifully written and wisest memoirs I have ever read.” Fiona Capp, The Sydney Morning Herald “A memoir of remarkable eloquence and quiet candour.” Gabriella Coslovich, The Age. Such was the case with Paula Keogh’s memoir, The Green Bell. It’s essentially a story about Keogh’s experience in a psychiatric unit of the Canberra Hospital in the s. Full review: 'The Green Bell' () - Paula Keogh Synopsis The memoir of Australian writer Paula Keogh, striving to find herself as a young woman in the s. During a time when mental illness is misunderstood and mistreated, she struggles under the weight of a schizophrenic madness that escalates after the death of her best friend.
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