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A certain style Beatrice Davis, a literary life

Beatrice Davis, 1902-1992, was Australia's most acclaimed book editor. As general editor at Angus and Robertson from the late thirties to the early seventies, she nurtured the talents of a host of well-known writers, including Thea Astley, Miles Franklin, Xavier Herbert, Ruth Park, Hal Porter and Patricia Wrightson. Her position as a judge of several major prizes reinforced her pivotal role in Australia's literary culture - a role that saw her by turns respected, feared, courted and berated. Jacqueline Kent's witty biography portrays a woman whose passion for living was as great as her passion for Australian literature.

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