Jill Blee has written three novels,
The Pines Hold Their Secrets,
about the infamous penal settlement of Norfolk
island,
Brigid,
about the Irish Potato Famine, and
The Liberator’s
Birthday,
a novel set in the Irish community of Ballarat in
1875.
All three were published by Indra Publishing, and
are available for purchase directly from Jill from
this website.
Jill’s histories include From the Murray to the Sea: A History of Catholic Education in the Ballarat Diocese which was commissioned in 2002 by the Catholic Education Office in Ballarat and is available from their office at web.ceo.balrt.catholic.edu.au
Her other histories have all been published in the Little Red Book Series produced by Exisle Publishing. The first of these, Eureka was published in April 2007, and two more Gold and Australian Aviation were released in October 2007. The fourth, Australian Currency will be released in September 2008.
Currently children are Jill’s intended audience. She hopes to see her First Fleet novel, Me Name’s Jack, published this year as well as the first of a series of stories set in the great churches of the world. She recently spent three weeks in London researching in Westminster Abbey.
When she is not writing Jill teaches writing at the Council of Adult Education in Melbourne and Gordon TAFE in Geelong.
Jill is a past chairperson of Ballarat Writers and a board member of the Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute and the Victorian Writers’ Centre. Before returning to Victoria in 1999 she was actively involved for many years in the activities of the New South Wales Writing Centre and the New South Wales Ice Skating Association.
Jill’s histories include From the Murray to the Sea: A History of Catholic Education in the Ballarat Diocese which was commissioned in 2002 by the Catholic Education Office in Ballarat and is available from their office at web.ceo.balrt.catholic.edu.au
Her other histories have all been published in the Little Red Book Series produced by Exisle Publishing. The first of these, Eureka was published in April 2007, and two more Gold and Australian Aviation were released in October 2007. The fourth, Australian Currency will be released in September 2008.
Currently children are Jill’s intended audience. She hopes to see her First Fleet novel, Me Name’s Jack, published this year as well as the first of a series of stories set in the great churches of the world. She recently spent three weeks in London researching in Westminster Abbey.
When she is not writing Jill teaches writing at the Council of Adult Education in Melbourne and Gordon TAFE in Geelong.
Jill is a past chairperson of Ballarat Writers and a board member of the Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute and the Victorian Writers’ Centre. Before returning to Victoria in 1999 she was actively involved for many years in the activities of the New South Wales Writing Centre and the New South Wales Ice Skating Association.
Photograph courtesy of Jeremy Bannister - Ballarat
Courier