Carmel Bird's most recent book is a manual on how to write memoir, Writing the Story of Your Life, which was published in 2007. In 2006 she published a collection of short fiction,
The Essential Bird. In 2005 she published a literary novel
Cape Grimm. These three examples of her work are a reflection of three of her strengths - novel, short story and the teaching of writing skills. She has also written essays which are collected in
Automatic Teller, published in 1996. In 2000 Carmel edited an anthology of short fiction spanning the twentieth century,
The Penguin Century of Australian Stories, and in 1998 she edited the oral histories of members of the stolen generations of indigenous Australians in The Stolen Children, Their Stories.

There is a full list of publications on the BOOKS page.

Carmel grew up in Tasmania, and the influence of the landscape and history of the island is often apparent in her work, in such examples as the ballet she wrote for Tasdance in 2003,
Fair Game, and in her radio play on the life of an indigenous Tasmanian girl, Mathinna, titled In My Father's House, broadcast on ABC Australia and on the BBC.

In 2000 Peter Long's film version of Carmel's story
A Telephone Call For Genevieve Snow won the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival.

Carmel has taught writing to students in schools, universities and communities, and has edited several literary journals.

In 2009 Carmel's new novel The Green Language will be published by HarperCollins.

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Carmel Bird is represented by
Jenny Darling Associates

www.jd-associates.com.au/