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Justine Ettler

The Bestselling Author of The River Ophelia

BOOKS

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BOHEMIA BEACH

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THE RIVER OPHELIA

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MARILYN'S ALMOST TERMINAL NEW YORK ADVENTURE

Books

PRAISE FOR JUSTINE'S BOOKS

Ettler is back after twenty years and the wait has been worth it. This [Bohemia Beach] is a mesmerising story of art and addiction--the author at her provocative best.

NIKKI GEMMELL

With an intoxicating mix of tough sex, violence and ink black humour, Ettler sticks it to the reader, with scant regard for those who might be offended by her hard-boiled prose.

ROLLING STONE 

It [Marilyn] titillates, teases and bamboozles from beginning to end. It's a pepped-up punctuation-less prose-o-rama, zipping from page to page in a glorious onslaught of Hollywood glitz--this is Marilyn as you've never seen her before: alive, accident-prone and totally confused.

THE SUNDAY AGE

In The Press
News and Events

INTERVIEWS AND REVIEWS

Bohemia Beach is a highly anticipated novel – the first work by Justine Ettler in twenty years. In many ways, it is a continuation of her oeuvre: a fast-paced, almost madcap tale about a wildly careening woman and the violent men she is drawn to, with obsession and addiction driving much of the narrative and narration. 

Review of 'Bohemia Beach.'

FIONA WRIGHT, AUSTRLIAN BOOK REVIEW

THERE once was a young woman who wrote a debut best-selling novel, married an aristocrat, made her fortune, lost it and now after more than 20 years — seemingly in the wilderness — Rushcutters Bay author Justine Ettler is back with a new book.

'The River Ophelia Author Justine Ettler is back with a new book Bohemia Beach,' by Emily Macdonald, Wentworth Courier

EMILY MACDONALD, WENTWORTH COURIER 

 The River Ophelia was a publishing sensation in Australia in the mid-90s as it describes sadistic and masochistic sex and domestic violence. Due to early reviews and the way it was marketed, it was labelled as ‘dirty realism’ or ‘grunge’. In this article, the authors argue for a re-appraisal of the text as a feminist parody and as a highly intertextual postmodern work.

A New Audience for Justine Ettler's The River Ophelia: In Conversation with the Author, Justine Ettler and Rebecca Johinke

TEXT, VOL. 22

BIO

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Born in Sydney, Justine Ettler is the author of three novels. The River Ophelia, (Picador, 1995) was an instant best-seller in Australia and New Zealand, won best cover award and was short-listed for an Aurealis Award. Marilyn’s Almost Terminal New York Adventure, (Picador) was published the following year to critical acclaim and, as noted in The Weekend Australian, in addition to spear-heading the Australian literary movement called Grunge, Justine made Australian literary history by being the first female debut writer to sell two books to a mainstream publisher. The River Ophelia is available in a new edition which includes a previously unpublished Author's Note as well as an account of the original media controversy. Bohemia Beach (Transit Lounge, 2018) is Justine’s third novel and was written with the assistance of a Literature Grant from the Arts Council of England.

Justine has a BA and an MA in writing from UTS and a PhD in American Literature, Feminism and Media Studies from the University of Sydney.

Justine’s journalism has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Australian, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Observer, The Evening Standard and The Times Literary Supplement.

Justine has appeared at writing festivals at New York, London, Cambridge, Glasgow, Sydney, Newcastle, Hobart and Melbourne.

Justine’s short stories have been widely anthologised and her academic and ficto-critical work has been published in Outskirts, The Griffith Review, Heat and Hecate.

Justine has worked as a Creative Writing Lecturer at The University of Sydney, The University of Western Sydney, Macquarie University and the Hunter Writers Centre. Recent lecture topics include the Psychological Novel and Speculative Fiction. Justine is the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards including a grant from the Australia Council and the Nancy Keesing Studio at the Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris.

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CONTACT

For any enquiries, please contact me at my email: justine_ettler@hotmail.com

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