Johnston, Dorothy (1948-)

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Author, Novelist, Poet and Writer
Libraries Australia
http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35510117
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Dorothy Johnston is an award-winning novelist, poet, short story writer, and author of reviews and literary essays. Her crime writing portrays the darker side of Canberra. (This entry is sponsored by generous donation from Christine Foley.)

Dorothy Johnston was born in Geelong, Victoria, in 1948. She trained as a teacher at the University of Melbourne, taught English, and was an education researcher. She moved to Canberra in 1979.

Johnston’s books include Tunnel Vision (1984), Ruth (1986), Maralinga My Love (1988), One For The Master (1997), The Trojan Dog (2000) and The House at Number 10 (2005).

Johnston's short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, including Amnesty (1993), Mother Love (1996) and Below The Waterline (1999), and her essays and reviews have appeared in numerous literary journals.

Johnston says ‘crime fiction is my way of writing about Canberra’. The Trojan Dog is about white collar crime in a government department, while The House at Number 10 is set in a Canberra brothel, inspired by the ACT’s decriminalisation of prostitution. Writing about Canberra is, she says, relatively scarce, and she considers herself to be partially redressing this imbalance in Australian literature. Johnston was a member of Seven Writers - a group of seven Canberra-based writers whose work vividly portrays life ‘beneath the surface of Canberra’ - and as part of this collective she contributed to Canberra Tales (1988), republished as The Division of Love in 1996, an anthology of short stories about life in Canberra. The work was funded with an ACT Bicentennial grant.

Her other awards include: Miles Franklin Award (shortlisted, 1986 and 1997) ABC Bicentennial Literature Award (shortlisted) ACT Book of the Year (joint winner 2001), Inaugural Davitt Award for the best crime novel published by a woman (runner up, 2000) The Age Best of 2000, crime section.

Johnston has also run book groups through the Centre for Continuing Education at The Australian National University.

In 2005 she took up an Australia Council residency at Ledig House International Writer's Colony in the United States.

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Tunnel Vision
    Johnston, Dorothy
    [1984]
    Published: Hale & Iremonger
  2. The Trojan Dog
    Johnston, Dorothy
    [2000]
    Published: Wakefield Press
  3. Ruth
    Johnston, Dorothy
    [1986]
    Published: Hale & Iremonger
  4. One for the Master
    Johnston, Dorothy
    [1997]
    Published: Wakefield Press
  5. Maralinga, my love
    Johnston, Dorothy
    [1988]
    Published: McPhee Gribble/Penguin
  6. The House at Number 10
    Johnston, Dorothy
    [2005]
    Published: Wakefield Press
  7. The Division of Love: Stories
    Barbalet, Margaret et al
    [1995]
    Published: Penguin
  8. National Library of Australia: Maralinga cycle, 1988 (1988)
    Clean typescript of the novel "Maralinga cycle," later published as "Maralinga, my love" by McPhee Gribble/Penguin.
    MS 8194

Resources by Dorothy Johnston (13)

  1. Dorothy Johnston : author
    Johnston, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Periodical, Archived website : 2000-2011 ]
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    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 35.664)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 35.664)

  2. Maralinga, my love : a novel / Dorothy Johnston
    Johnston, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Book : 1988 ]
    At 47 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.786)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.786)

  3. The house at number 10 / Dorothy Johnston
    Johnston, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Book : 2005 ]
    At 49 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.565)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.565)

  4. Tunnel vision / Dorothy Johnston
    Johnston, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Book : 1984 ]
    At 34 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.069)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.069)

  5. Eden : a Sandra Mahoney mystery / Dorothy Johnston
    Johnston, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Audio book, Book : 2007-2008 ]
    At 36 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.88)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.88)

  6. Dorothy Johnston interviewed by Sara Dowse
    Johnston, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Sound : 2005 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.102)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.102)

  7. Ruth / Dorothy Johnston
    Johnston, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Book, Audio book : 1986-1988 ]
    At 35 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.095)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.095)

  8. One for the master / Dorothy Johnston
    Johnston, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Book, Audio book : 1997-2000 ]
    At 49 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.934)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.934)

  9. The white tower / Dorothy Johnston
    Johnston, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Book : 2003-2007 ]
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
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    At 37 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.899)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.899)

  10. The Trojan dog / Dorothy Johnston
    Johnston, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Book, Audio book : 2000-2005 ]
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
    View online
    At 47 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.188)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.188)

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  1. Dorothy Johnston : author
    Johnston, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Periodical, Archived website : 2000-2011 ]
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    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 34.359)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 34.359)

  2. Dorothy Johnston interviewed by Sara Dowse
    Johnston, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Sound : 2005 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.027)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.027)

  3. [Biographical cuttings on Dorothy Johnston, author, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.497)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.497)

  4. Discussion notes on Dorothy Johnston's One for the master / by Chris Feik
    Feik, Christopher
    [ Book : 1998 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.829)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.829)

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    Johnston, William Drumm, 1899-
    [ Book, Map, Article : 1933 ]
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    Johnston, Dorothy, 1931-
    [ Book : 2002 ]
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    [ Book : 2008 ]
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  3. The Work of Dorothy Arzner : towards a feminist cinema / edited by Claire Johnston
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    [ Book : 1975 ]
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  4. Michael McFudge / by Nancy Johnston ; illustrated by Dorothy Broun
    Johnston, Nancy
    [ Book : 1944 ]
    At 7 libraries
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  2. Amelia Earhart with freshman students in home economics
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  3. Hiking Club: Stuart E. Rutherford; Cecil C. Naegle; Peggy Flood; Melvin Cooper; Bernice Kent; Evelyn Baker; Mabel Ellaby; Margaret Nelson; Raleigh Barnette; Alice Ferrell; Adolph Orrantia; Mary Mabry; Gertrude Naegle; George Pear; Marcus Reed; Amelia...
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  1. [Interview with Dorothy Johnston] [interviewed by Christine Creighton]
    Johnston, Dorothy
    [ Sound : 1983 ]
    At WA State Library
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  2. Alice's adventures in Wonderland / Lewis Carroll ; illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
    Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898
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    Languages: English, Italian, Chinese, [37 others]
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  3. Eternity / written and directed by Lawrence Johnston ; produced by Susan MacKinnon ; produced in association with the Australian Film Commission and the New South Wales Film and Television Office
    Australian Film Commission
    [ Video : 1994-1995 ]
    At 26 libraries
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  4. Das Arienbuch : The aria book / Johann Sebastian Bach ; herausgegeben von Charlotte Lehmann ; Klavierauszug nach dem Urtext der Neuen Bach-Ausgabe von Stefan Múller und Eike Wernhard
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    [ Sheet music : 1900-2001 ]
    Languages: German, English, Italian, [4 others]
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    Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898
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    At 173 libraries
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  2. Johnston, Dorothy. The White Tower.(Brief article)(Book review)
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    [ Article : 2006 ]
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  4. Johnston, Dorothy: the Trojan Dog.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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  1. MUSIC, ART OF SPEECH EXAM RESULTS
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Wednesday 28 July 1948 p 5 Article
    ... and art of speech, conducted by the University of Tasmania in May and June, 1948, under the syllabus ... (Con- vent). Cygnet; Beverley Hall (St. Brigid). New Norfolk; Dorothy Jennings and Mary O'Rourke ... Ashlin (Mrs Griggs),. Geeveston; Jennifer Hlbberd (Convent). Richmond; Dorothy Kelly (Convent). ... 388 words
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    The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Saturday 20 May 1950 p 40 Family Notices
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    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Monday 26 July 1948 p 2 Family Notices
    ... son (Robert Henry). Bothwell. DEATHS JOHNSTON.-On July 23, 1948, at Spencer Hospital, Wynyard, Vernon Harcourt, dearly beloved husband of Amy Johnston, ot Wivenhoe, and loved brother of Edward (Dromedary), Leslie (New Zealand), Elsie (Mrs. Hall, Legana); aged 68 years. PHILLH-S.-On July 24. 1948, a' ... 415 words
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