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Airlie Dodds
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Length
4 hours 40 minutes
Language
English
Frances is an artist in her forties living a quiet life in a remote mountain town in NSW, far away from the glittering lights and famous personalities of the Sydney art world she once knew. When an invitation arrives from a former lover to attend his exhibition at a state gallery, Frances is plunged back into the past, where a single irrevocable act changed the course of her story.
Told across two time periods, Frances's story wrestles with themes of power and privilege, womanhood and motherhood, artistic doubt, the male gaze upon the female body, and the commodification of art. It looks at the fraught relationships between artists and their muses, the sacrifices of a life devoted to art, and asks if it is ever really possible for two ambitious artists to thrive in one relationship.
Kylie Needham (Author)
Kylie Needham is an award-winning screenwriter. She holds a Bachelor of Arts/Communications (Theatre/Media) from Charles Sturt University and both a Master of Arts (English Literature) and a Master of Creative Writing from Macquarie University.
Kylie has won two AWGIE (Australian Writers' Guild) Awards for television scriptwriting.
Her work has been published in the Better Read Than Dead Writing Anthology 2019, The Quarry Journal and the exhibition catalogue 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Dark Heart.
She lives in the Southern Highlands of NSW. This is her first novel.
Airlie Dodds (Reader)
With a fresh, natural and confident voice Airlie Dodds has the clear and relatable tones that are so right for our times. Slightly husky and very easy to listen to.
Airlie has recently been seen in the AACTA Award nominated drama series THE GLOAMING for Stan and the ABC series HARROW. Her other television credits include the AACTA Award winning ABC series' RAKE, HIDING and READY FOR THIS, the Nine Network telemovie HOUSE OF BOND and NEIGHBOURS for Network Ten. Airlie's feature film credits include Tony D'Aquino's THE FURIES, Damien Power's KILLING GROUND and Heath Davis' BOOK WEEK. She has also starred in a number of short films including DIRT GIRLS, JAKES 7TH BIRTHDAY, THE COMPLEX and THE PROJECTIONIST.
Kylie Needham (Author)
Kylie Needham is an award-winning screenwriter. She holds a Bachelor of Arts/Communications (Theatre/Media) from Charles Sturt University and both a Master of Arts (English Literature) and a Master of Creative Writing from Macquarie University.
Kylie has won two AWGIE (Australian Writers' Guild) Awards for television scriptwriting.
Her work has been published in the Better Read Than Dead Writing Anthology 2019, The Quarry Journal and the exhibition catalogue 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Dark Heart.
She lives in the Southern Highlands of NSW. This is her first novel.
Airlie Dodds (Reader)
With a fresh, natural and confident voice Airlie Dodds has the clear and relatable tones that are so right for our times. Slightly husky and very easy to listen to.
Airlie has recently been seen in the AACTA Award nominated drama series THE GLOAMING for Stan and the ABC series HARROW. Her other television credits include the AACTA Award winning ABC series' RAKE, HIDING and READY FOR THIS, the Nine Network telemovie HOUSE OF BOND and NEIGHBOURS for Network Ten. Airlie's feature film credits include Tony D'Aquino's THE FURIES, Damien Power's KILLING GROUND and Heath Davis' BOOK WEEK. She has also starred in a number of short films including DIRT GIRLS, JAKES 7TH BIRTHDAY, THE COMPLEX and THE PROJECTIONIST.
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