Julian Neylan kicks off the year's program of talks with an address to Kiama Historical Society at Kiama Library on 18 March. Great roll up!
Three Charmian Clift fans in Melbourne get in early with their 100th Birthday celebrations: Mike (with ouzo), Jan (with cake) and Alberto (with retsina). They set a high benchmark for other fans to meet!
Large and receptive audience for Charmian Clift panel at Greek Australian Writers' Festival, 2/4/23. On screen: Arthur Spyrou, Australia's ambassador to Greece, and Fotini Pipi, translator of Mermaid Singing into Greek. Photo Effy Alexakis.
Helen Vatsikopolous, Director Greek Australian Writers' Festival, and Nadia Wheatley discuss Clift's cultural translation, 2/3/23. Photo Effy Alexakis.
Stella Koulianos with Nadia Wheatley at the Greek Festival of Sydney. Stella is one of the granddaughters of Sevasti Taktikou, Charmian's friend, mentor and 'household prop' on Kalymnos in 1955.
Andrew Jakubowicz presents one of his photographs of the Clift-Johnston family at the SLNSW celebration 30 August 2023
The crowd at the SLNSW celebration, 30/8/23 (Photo Andrew Jackubowicz)
Nadia with 'the laughing girl g\fron Kiama'. 30/8/23. (Photo Andrew Jakubowicz)
Susan Wyndham asks a question, SLNSW, 30/8/23 (Photo Andrew Jakubowicz)
Theodora Gianniotis, from the Australian Archaeoligical Institute in Athens, SLNSW 30/8/23 (Photo Andrew Jakubowicz)
Film-makers Rachel Lane & Sue Milliken, SLNSW, 30/8/23 (Photo Andrew Jakubowicz)
NewSouth publisher Harriet McInerney, SLNSW 30/8/23, Photo Andrew Jakubowicz)
Clift's literaryageny Jane Novak cuts the birthday cake, SLNSW 30/8/23 (Photo Andrew Jakubowicz)
At the Walk and Picnic in Charmian's heartland, 22 October 2023. Bombo Beach and Kiama town in background
'Let them eat cake!"
At the Kiama Walk, on Bombo Headland, Clifties listen to Caroline Baum reading Clift's work.
At the Kiama Walk, Clifties gather on Bombo Headland, site of the quarry where Charmian's father was engineer.