Robin Klein

Episode of Series “The Storymakers”.
In this video, Robin Klein one of Australia’s most prolific and popular authors, discusses the process of writing a book and the ways she collects ideas. Scenes form “Penny Pollard’s Diary” are interspersed with Robin describing her craft as a writer.

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Credits

director

David Haythornthwaite

producer

Janet Bell

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:27:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1988

Appears in

Group of items

The Storymakers

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324085

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Children's literature

Literature → Klein, Robin

Literature → Literature

Literature → Women authors

People → Klein, Robin

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Collected

2 times

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Australia, 1988