Horsfield, Dorothy (1948-)

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Author, Journalist and Poet
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Dorothy Horsfield has worked as a journalist in Australia and overseas. Her published novels include Dream Run (1992) and Venom (2006) (This entry is sponsored by generous donation from Christine Foley.)

Dorothy Horsfield studied English and Philosophy at the University of Sydney. She worked in Papua New Guinea as an information officer and as an anthropologist’s research assistant in Zimbabwe. She also worked for the ABC in London, where she met well-known political journalist Paul Lyneham, whom she married. The couple had three children.

Horsfield has worked as a journalist with ABC radio and television, Channel 7, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, the National Times and the Canberra Times, as far afield as London, Berlin and Afghanistan. She ran a media company, and has also worked as a novelist, reviewer, short story writer and poet. She has been published in newspapers and literary magazines.

Horsfield’s published novels include Dream Run (1992) and Venom (2006) - a tale of politics set in Canberra and its surrounds. She also edited Paul Lyneham: A Memoir (2002).

She was a member of Seven Writers - a group of seven Canberra-based writers whose work vividly portrayed 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 received an ACT Bicentennial Award.

After the death of her husband from lung cancer, Horsfield fronted a national media campaign in 2002 to raise public awareness of the need for early diagnosis of lung disease. She has published articles about her visit to Afghanistan through the Rotary Club of Canberra, and became an adviser to UNIFEM Australia (the United Nations Development Fund for Women) in 2003.

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Venom
    Horsfield, Dorothy
    [2005]
    Published: Pandanus Books
  2. Dream Run
    Horsfield, Dorothy
    [1992]
    Published: Minerva Australia
  3. The Division of Love: Stories
    Barbalet, Margaret et al
    [1995]
    Published: Penguin

Resources by Dorothy Horsfield (4)

  1. Papers of Dorothy Horsfield
    Horsfield, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Unpublished : 1986-2003 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.423)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.423)

  2. Paul Lyneham : a memoir / edited by Dorothy Horsfield
    Horsfield, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Book : 2002 ]
    At 97 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.071)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.071)

  3. Dream run / Dorothy Horsfield
    Horsfield, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Book : 1992 ]
    At 32 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 19.545)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 19.545)

  4. Venom / Dorothy Horsfield
    Horsfield, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Book : 2005-2006 ]
    At 38 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.401)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.401)

Resources about Dorothy Horsfield (2)

  1. Papers of Dorothy Horsfield
    Horsfield, Dorothy, 1948-
    [ Unpublished : 1986-2003 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.788)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.788)

  2. [Biographical cuttings on Dorothy Horsfield, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.675)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.675)

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  1. Readings by Dorothy Horsfield and Les Murray at Tilley's on 26th May 1992
    Horsfield, Dorothy
    [ Video : 1992 ]
    At ADFA Library
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  2. Jean Bedford, Dorothy Horsfield and Sue McCauley read from their works at Olims Canberra Hotel, 6th March 1991
    Bedford, Jean, 1946-
    [ Video : 1991 ]
    At ADFA Library
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  3. Paul Lyneham : a memoir / by Paul Lyneham
    Lyneham, Paul, 1945-2000
    [ Audio book : 2002 ]
    At 13 libraries
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  1. Taking the best from two cultures : Dorothy Horsfield speaks with Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards winner, Melina Machetta [article]
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  2. The Shape of belief : Christianity in Australia today / [compiled by] Dorothy Harris, Douglas Hynd, David Millikan
    Harris, Dorothy
    [ Book : 1982 ]
    At 43 libraries
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  3. [Tye's Gallery : Australian Gallery File]
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    Barbalet, Margaret, 1949-
    [ Book : 1988 ]
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  1. Papers of Marian Eldridge
    Eldridge, Marian, 1936-1997
    [ Unpublished : 1942-1997 ]
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  2. Papers of Paul Lyneham
    Lyneham, Paul, 1945-2000
    [ Unpublished : 1999-2002 ]
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  3. Papers of William Morris Hughes
    Hughes, W. M. (William Morris), 1862-1952
    [ Unpublished : 1865-1958 ]
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  1. Dorothy Horsfield on changing lives [This is Australia - a 20th anniversary essay series - Part 3]
    Horsfield, Dorothy
    Weekend Australian Magazine
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  2. Women of Islam: [Dorothy Horsfield speaks to some articulate and revolutionary Islamic women.]
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    [ Article : 2004 ]
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  3. New confidence in Australian books for kids (Feature on Australian Book Week)
    Horsfield, Dorothy
    National Times
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  4. Pelicans
    Horsfield, Dorothy
    Meanjin
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  1. Family Notices
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Wednesday 14 February 1951 p 16 Family Notices
    ... HEATH. - On February 11. at St. Andrew's, to Dorothy and Vol-a daugh- ter. (Suzanne Catherine). (Both ... Dorothy and Gil -a son. TROST (Griffin) - On February 9, at William Angliss Hospital, Ferntree Gully, ... Charles (deceased), Stanley. Bell (Mrs. Olver), and George, aged 86 years. HORSFIELD.-On February 12. ... 3277 words
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  2. Family Notices
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 12 October 1951 p 18 Family Notices
    ... and Malcolm aged 41 years Requleseat in pace GARTn Dorothy Olive -October 10 1951 at her mother s ... grandmother of Joan Leonard Peter John and Bernard, aged 67 years HORSFIELD, Stanley.-October 10, 1851 at his ... memories of our deor mother. Margaret Jane, died October 12. 1948 Inserted by her loving family. ... 6765 words
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  3. ENTRANTS IN POPULAR GIRL CONTEST
    The Register News-Pictorial (Adelaide, SA : 1929 - 1931) Thursday 5 December 1929 p 12 Article Illustrated
    ... DULGIE E. G. HORSFIELD, 14 Fisher terrace, Mile-End. ?'.'?.., :: ..'. No. 44 -MISS DULGIE E. G. HORSFIELD, 14 Fisher terrace, Mile-End. ? No. 45 ? ' Davles Gray Portrait. MISS DOROTHY HARRISON, 66 Grote street, Adelaide. ? No. 45 ? ' Davles Gray Portrait. MISS DOROTHY HARRISON, 66 Grote street, ... 253 words
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