Tanya Heaslip
Tanya Heaslip is an author based in Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory.[1] In 2019 Heaslip released her memoir: Alice to Prague : the charming true story of an outback girl who finds adventure - and love - on the other side of the world.[2][3]
Biography
Tanya Heaslip was born to Grant and Janice Heaslip and grew up on Bond Springs Station in Central Australia in the 1960s. For her early schooling Heaslip attended school through the School of the Air before going to boarding school interstate.[4] Following school she went on to study law at the University of Adelaide and entered legal practice.
A long-term fascination with Europe led to Heaslip leaving Australia to teach in the Czech Republic in 1994;[1] with little more than a battered copy of Let's Go Europe in her backpack.[5] Heaslip lived in the post-communist Czech Republic for two and a half years where she taught English at a high school in a town she had never heard of and with no teaching experience.[5]
Following her return to Australia Heaslip started writing about her experiences, first of her time in the Czech Republic and subsequently of growing up in Central Australia and attending boarding school in Adelaide.
She now lives in Alice Springs with her husband. Two further memoirs about Heaslip's childhood,[1] An Alice Girl and Beyond Alice were released in May 2020 and May 2021 respectively.[6]
Interview
Heaslip was interviewed by Emma Haskin about her upbringing at Bond Springs Station on ABC Alice Springs on Saturday Mornings with Rohan Barwick on 21 March 2020; the full interview is available here.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "About Tanya". Tanya Heaslip. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
- ↑ Heaslip, Tanya (2019). Alice to Prague : the charming true story of an outback girl who finds adventure - and love - on the other side of the world. Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin. ISBN 9781760529765. Search this book on
- ↑ "Alice to Prague: The Charming True Story of an Outback Girl Who Finds Adventure". www.eclectica.org. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ↑ "Alice Springs News, April 16, 2009". www.alicespringsnews.com.au. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Alice to Prague - Tanya Heaslip - 9781760529765 - Allen & Unwin - Australia". www.allenandunwin.com. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
- ↑ "Search - Allen & Unwin - Australia". www.allenandunwin.com. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
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