The Countess from Kirribilli

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Read reviews, articles and listen to interviews about The Countess from Kirribilli in which Joyce Morgan tells the story of writer Elizabeth von Arnim.

Biographer Joyce Morgan on the Sydney origins of novelist Elizabeth von Arnim.

Reviews

They can find me in all my books

Ruth Derham | The Spokesman. Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation | Vol. 150 (2022)

The thorns and petals of Kirribilli’s titled rose

Carmel Bird | The Australian | 10 Jul 2021

A 20th century Jane Austen with a Bronte touch

Anne Henderson | The Sydney Institute | 28 Oct 2021

12 best books for holiday travels

Susan Kurosawa |The Australian | 18 Dec 2021

Love and writing: the main material for a not-so Australian novelist

Brenda Niall | The Sydney Morning Herald | 24 Sept 2021

Radio interviews & podcasts

Conversations with Sarah Kanowski

ABC Radio | 19 Jan 2021

Late Night Live with Phillip Adams

ABC Radio National | 15 Jul 2021

Focus with Cassie McCullagh

ABC Radio Sydney | 2 Jul 2021

Life Sentences: Biography today

Caroline Baum | 7 Jan 2022

The Countess from Kirribilli who sparked a literary mystery

Jen Kelly | In Black and White | 13 Jul 2021

John Laws Morning Show

2SM Radio | 18 Aug 2021

Arts Tuesday

Diana Simmonds & Suzi Whitehead | East Side Radio 89.7FM | 24 Aug 2021

The witty Elizabeth von Arnim

Barbie Robinson | Living Arts Canberra | 11 Jul 2021

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Articles

Australia’s answer to Bridgerton’s secretive Lady Whistledown

Jen Kelly | Herald Sun | 13 Jul 2021

Woman of substance

Joyce Morgan | Australian Women’s Weekly | Jul 2021

She married a gaslighting bigamist, then wrote a best-selling novel

Joyce Morgan | The Sydney Morning Herald | 14 Jul 2021

Rediscovering an Australian literary titan

Joyce Morgan | Australian Financial RevIew | 7 Aug 2021

‘I’ve always feared he might do you some deadly harm’

Joyce Morgan | Tonic magazine | Nov 2021