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Rachel Robertson

Rachel Robertson

Rachel Robertson is a West Australian writer and senior lecturer in writing at Curtin University. She was the joint winner (with Mark Tredinnick) of the 2008 Calibre Essay Prize. Rachel’s essays and short fiction have been published in many anthologies and journals. She is the author of Reaching One Thousand: A story of love, motherhood and autism (2012, 2018) and co-editor of Purple Prose (2015) and Dangerous Ideas About Mothers (2018).

  • http://www.rachelrobertson.net.au/blog

Rachel Robertson reviews 'Hysteria: A memoir of illness, strength and women's stories throughout history' by Katerina Bryant

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Rachel Robertson reviews 'Hearing Maud' by Jessica White

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Rachel Robertson reviews 'The Best Australian Stories 2017' edited by Maxine Beneba Clarke

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Rachel Robertson reviews 'A Tear in the Soul' by Amanda Webster

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Rachel Robertson reviews 'Dying: A memoir' by Cory Taylor

Published in June–July 2016, no. 382
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2008 Calibre Prize (Winner): 'Reaching One Thousand' by Rachel Robertson

Published in February 2008, no. 298
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'Six' by John Clanchy

Published in November 2014, no. 366
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Riding a Crocodile

Published in October 2014, no. 365
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The trickster

Published in April 2014, no. 360
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Rachel Robertson reviews 'The Twelfth Raven' by Doris Brett

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