Jessie Street Library — Members and their guests

When Charmian Clift died in 1969 she was working on an autobiographical novel titled The End of the Morning, which recounts the childhood of her alter ego Cressida Morley, who appeared in the trilogy written by Clift’s husband George Johnston. Although the author did not live to complete the work, the typescript left among her papers was fully revised and stands alone as a novella. Now published for the first time, it allows Clift to have the last word about this character who was so dear to her.   

In this talk, Clift’s biographer and the editor of this posthumous work will discuss its significance both as a work of literature and as a biographical source.   

11:30 sandwiches and coffee; talk starts 12:15

Bookings open to JS Library members and their guests