{"product_id":"portrait-of-a-friendship-bryony-cosgrove-9780522853551","title":"Portrait of a Friendship: The Letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright 1950-2000","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA fascinating insider's view of Australia's cultural life from two central figures, and a profoundly moving and inspiring portrait of a friendship.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe funny bits are the great leavening of life and what makes us friends.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Blackman, 23 February 1994\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove, marriage, births, deaths, poetry, art, politics, gardens, pets and philosophy: the letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright in Portrait of a Friendship range over all of these topics and more with the wit and vitality of writers who relished the play and beauty of words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1940s, poet Judith Wright and her partner, philosopher Jack McKinney, read some of their work at a meeting of writers in Brisbane. In the audience was young Barbara Patterson, who would, in a few years, marry the painter Charles Blackman. From this meeting grew a firm friendship, and the letters that nurtured it over half a century have created a fascinating and very personal record of Australian literary and artistic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbove all, it is a profoundly moving and inspiring portrait of a friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Blackman is an essayist, journalist, librettist and oral historian. She was married to the painter Charles Blackman for thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudith Wright was one of Australia's best known writers, publishing poetry, short stories, children's fiction, literary criticism and family memoirs. She was also a dedicated environmentalist and championed the rights of Aboriginal people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bryony Cosgrove\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0522853552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780522853551\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melbourne University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.39w x 1.82d","brand":"Bryony Cosgrove","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443509735679,"sku":"9780522853551","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5c2d9315-c58a-483e-9121-e299324f7b4a.jpg?v=1777205966","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/portrait-of-a-friendship-bryony-cosgrove-9780522853551","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}