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Diana Chase

Born in 1935 in Guildford, Western Australia, Diana Chase spent much of her childhood with her mother’s family on dairy farms in the south-west, where she developed an early passion for all animals, particularly ducks, dogs and horses. A qualified teacher and historian, Diana taught at various schools, in Western Australia and overseas. Surf’s Up (2000), won the Hoffman Award given to the highest ranked book by an Australian author and as chosen by young Western Australian readers.

Diana Chase died in 2008. Her talent and dedication to the craft of writing will be missed.

Awards

Winner, WAYRBA Hoffman Award, 2000
Short listed, Western Australian Premier’s Award, 2007

Books available from Fremantle Press

From the Catalogue

Outdoor Reading in Freo

The National Year of Reading is about turning Australia into a nation of readers. Fremantle City Library invites you the launch of the National Year of Reading 2012 at their Outdoor Reading Room.

Indulge your love of reading this Valentine’s Day with a morning tea and talks by Susanna Juliano author of Fremantle Italians and Andrew Relph, author of Not Drowning, Reading

When: 10am, 14 February 2012
Where: Outdoor Reading Room, Kings Square, Fremantle
RSVP by 7 Feb: 08 9432 9766 or frelib@fremantle.wa.gov.au