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Caro Llewellyn
Caro Llewellyn (born 1965) is an Australian business executive, artistic director, festival manager and nonfiction writer. As of 2020, she is chief executive officer of the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne. Career Llewellyn is the daughter of Richard Llewellyn and poet Kate Llewellyn. She grew up in Adelaide. Early in her career Llewellyn had a job booking bands for venues. She entered the literary world and became product manager for Random House. From 2002 to 2006 Llewellyn was director of the Sydney Writers' Festival. In 2006 she moved to New York where she was employed by Salman Rushdie to manage the PEN World Voices Festival from 2007. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2009 and found she was no longer able to read. At this time she had been appointed the inaugural director of what later became the Wheeler Centre but resigned before she began in the role. After about three years she discovered that her sight had improved and she was able to read novels again. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeler Centre
The Wheeler Centre, originally Centre of Books, Writing and Ideas, is a literary and publishing centre founded as part of Melbourne's bid to be a Unesco Creative City of Literature, which designation it earned in 2008. It is named after its patrons, Tony and Maureen Wheeler, founders of the Lonely Planet travel guides. Opened in 2010, the centre is housed in the southern wing of the State Library of Victoria. As well as programming literary events, debates and awards, the centre hosts literary organisations including Express Media, the Melbourne Writers Festival, the Melbourne City of Literature Office, Australian Poetry, the Emerging Writers' Festival, the Small Press Network and Writers Victoria. Staff and board In October 2008 the centre's board of directors was appointed including Eric Beecher (chair), Peter Biggs, Joanna Murray-Smith, Readings owner Mark Rubbo, Gabrielle Coyne and Andrew Hagger. In February 2009, Chrissy Sharp became the centre's inaugural director. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Llewellyn
Kate Llewellyn (born 15 January 1936) is an Australian poet, author, diarist and travel writer. Biography Eldest of four children of Ron and Ivy Brinkworth (née Shemmald), Llewellyn was born Kathleen Jill Brinkworth in 1936 in Tumby Bay on Eyre Peninsula The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north. Originally called Eyre’s Peninsula, it was named af ..., South Australia. Llewellyn trained at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, graduating as a registered nurse in 1958. In 1960 she married Richard Llewellyn, with whom she had two children, including Caro Llewellyn. The couple divorced in 1972. From 1965 to 1972 she owned and directed the Llewellyn Galleries, Dulwich, South Australia, Dulwich, Adelaide and from 1971 to 1972 the Bonython Galleries, North Adelaide. She graduated from the University of Adelaide with a BA in history and clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
