Tess Brady

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Tess Brady (born 1948) is a writer and interviewer/presenter. She was the inaugural artistic director for Clunes Booktown Festival.

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Biography

Brady was born in Adelaide, South Australia. [1] She studied at the University of Adelaide, Flinders University, Exeter University, and Deakin University. She has an honours degree in Philosophy, a Masters in Educational Linguistics and a Doctorate in Writing. [1] She has taught Writing at the University of South Australia, Griffith University and Deakin University. With Associate Professor Nigel Krauth she was founding editor of TEXT which she co-edited for 9 years. [1]

Brady has been published in a number of genres including Children's Picture Books, Adult Radio Drama, Self Help Books and Crime Fiction. She is the presenter and interviewer for the What I Wrote series of DVDs on Australian playwrights. [2]

Brady has one daughter, the documentary filmmaker Catherine Gough-Brady. Brady lives in Clunes, rural Victoria.

Published works

Television

Brady is the presenter of the What I Wrote series. In this series Tess Brady provides a critical commentary on plays by Australian playwrights, as well as interviewing them about their work. The first series broadcast on ABC TV 1 in February 2010. There have been two further series.

Brady is the script editor of A Journey Through Asian Art. Legal Briefs and Ethics Matters

Radio dramas

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tess Brady". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. "About Us". www.snodger.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008.