Doris Boake Kerr (29 August 1889 at Summer Hill, Sydney – 5 June 1944 at Caulfield, Victoria) was a writer who published using the pseudonyms Capel Boake[1] and Stephen Grey.[2]
Her publishing career began with a story appearing in the Australasian in January 1916. She later published a number of other stories in publications such as The Weekly Times, The Bulletin and The Herald.[2]
She used the pseudonym Stephen Grey when writing in collaboration with Bernard Cronin.[2]
The subject matter of her work included the options available to women in the early twentieth century, circus life, and early Melbourne history.[1]
She was a founding member of the Society of Australian Authors and well as participating in local literary societies.[2]
She was a niece of the Australian author Barcroft Boake.[2]
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- Painted Clay (1917), Melbourne,[3] published by the Australasian Authors' Agency and reprinted by Virago London in 1986,[4] ISBN 086068766X
- The Romany Mark (1923), New South Wales Bookstall Co[5]
- The Dark Thread (1936), Hutchinson London[6]
- The Twig is Bent (1946), Angus & Robertson, written with the aid of a Commonwealth literary grant but published posthumously, Sydney[7]
Poetry
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Kerr, Doris Boake (1889–1944)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. 2000. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Capel Boake". AustLit. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ "Painted Clay (AAA)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "Painted Clay (Virago)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "The Romany Mark". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "The Dark Thread". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "The Twig is Bent". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "Kangaroo Rhymes". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "The Selected Poems of Capel Boake". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  | This article about an Australian writer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |