Dina Davis

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About Dina Davis
Dina Davis decided to be an author at the age of eight. Since then she has been a 'closet writer', secretly filling journals with stories, poems, memories and dreams. Dina is Vice President of the Northern Territory Writers’ Centre. She holds an MA in English and Linguistics from the University of Sydney. In 2020, her book 'Capriccio: A Novel' (2nd ed) was shortlisted for the Chief Minister's Book Awards NT. (Australia). Dina's latest novel,' A Dangerous Daughter,' was published under Cilento's Author First program, and launched in Darwin in 2021. When not writing Dina practices yoga and attends film festivals. Dina lives mostly in the Top End of Australia. She is married and has three children.
More about this author can be found on her website: Dina Davis on Books and Writing at https://www.dinadavisauthor.com
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Blog postHow many writers’ festivals are held on the edge of the ocean under a tropical sky? In Darwin, called Garrmalang in the language of the Larrakia people, visitors were treated to four days of fantastic literary events beneath leafy casuarina trees or in the shade of a huge marquee. The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory hosted the […]1 week ago Read more
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Blog postNever-before-seen handwritten poems by the late poet show his grief after his partner’s suicide, just six years after his first wife Sylvia Plath’s. A series of unpublished poems written by Ted Hughes immediately after the tragic deaths of Assia Gutmann Wevill and their daughter Alexandra Tatiana Elise, known as Shura, might change the prevalent view of Ted Hughes as a […]3 weeks ago Read more
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Blog postThere’s this really beautiful idea that writers need to clear the decks, go somewhere else in solitude, and then the writing will happen. And it often does, but I think it mostly does when we actually keep doing real practice. So says author Lee Kofman in her podcast with “The Garrett” at https://thegarretpodcast.com/lee-kofman-writing-honestly-reading-writer/ In January 2022 I was lucky enough to […]2 months ago Read more
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Blog postI am always happy to receive feedback from my readers, whether positive or otherwise, provided it’s honest and respectful. Here are some of the many responses I’ve had from the “chat” form on my website. If you have anything to say about either of my books, or any of my articles, I’d be delighted to hear from you. SImply go […]3 months ago Read more
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Blog postSeveral weeks ago, in the early days of the War in Ukraine, a friend contacted me. She had received a piece of writing from her contact in besieged Ukraine. Would I consider using my editing skills to enhance the author’s version written in rather broken English? With the author’s agreement, I agreed to undertake this task, gratis of course, in […]3 months ago Read more
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Blog postReproduced with permission of the artist, Liz Grylls. In the current epidemic of eating disorders during Covid, popular women’s magazines have a lot to answer for. Margaret Atwood thought so too.4 months ago Read more
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Blog postPart of a continuing series on the biographical novel and the way it contributes to our understanding of biographical subjects—this time with Dina Davis who does justice to Assia Wevill — Read on anchor.fm/carl-rollyson/episodes/Sylvia-Plath–Ted-Hughes–and-most-of-all-Assia-Wevill-in-a-new-light-in-Capriccio-e19i1c74 months ago Read more
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Blog postI have long been interested in the connection between mental illness and creativity. My latest novel, A Dangerous Daughter, describes how psychoanalysis was used to cure a mental illness and to unlock the main character’s creativity. Some of our greatest artists, writers and musicians suffered some form of mental illness while producing brilliant and lasting works of art. Many of the 20th century’s great writers, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Schumann,Virginia Woolf,&n9 months ago Read more
Titles By Dina Davis
An inspirational story of the power of the mind to heal.
Will Ivy conquer The Voice which tries to kill her?
Australia, 1950s. Ivy, a teenager from an immigrant family, is on the cusp of adulthood, struggling to survive undiagnosed anorexia nervosa. It is only through psycho-analysis that hope is possible. Drawing on true events from the author’s life, A Dangerous Daughter will resonate with people of all ages and cultures who have endured the shame and blame of this misunderstood disorder.
“Through deftly combining her life experience with fiction in A Dangerous Daughter, Dina Davis provides a window into the much-misunderstood eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, and the complications that surround it.”
Dr June Alexander
“Dina Davis’s courage in creating this book will be a gift to many.”
Dr Dianne Moses, Physician
When Esther, a Russian-Jewish refugee, meets Larry and Grace, poets on the brink of fame, a drama of intrigue and betrayal is set in motion. Set in London in the swinging sixties, Capriccio is a story of obsessive love, finally told from Esther's perspective.
Names have been changed out of respect for those still living.
This edition contains additional content not available in the original paperback or ebook versions, including a coda, bibliography and appendices.
Writing is sharing! Do you feel alone as a writer? Belonging to a writing group takes the isolation out of writing. Sharing Writing Skills introduces you to six authors in search of writing excellence. This book shares many of the essential requirements for aspiring authors to achieve their publishing goals.