True Stories: Selected Non-Fiction
First edition | |
| Author | Helen Garner |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Text Publishing |
Publication date | 1996 |
| Publication place | Australia |
True Stories: Selected Non-Fiction is a collection of short non-fiction works by Australian writer Helen Garner first published in 1996 by Text Publishing.[1][2] The short works in the collection start with Garner's immediate notes as a school teacher to her journalist accounts of visiting a morgue and a maternity ward in a hospital.[3] It won the 1997 Nita Kibble Literary Award.[4]
References
- ^ "True stories : selected non-fiction / Helen Garner". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ Carey, Patrick (7 November 2018). "Helen Garner, 'surrounded by BS', still telling it like it is on her 75th birthday". Books and Arts - Radio National. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ Fiona Wright (7 December 2017). "Stories and True Stories review: The joys of heartbreak and hope with Helen Garner". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ Austlit. "Kibble Literary Awards - Nita May Dobbie Award | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 2025-12-07.