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Journalism
Claire Scobie’s journalism career began at the Saturday Telegraph Magazine, London.
Winner of the prestigious Catherine Pakenham Award, Claire has worked freelance since 1997 for the British and Australian media.
Claire writes for numerous publications including the Daily Telegraph, Glasgow Herald, the Observer Magazine, Sunday Times Magazine and Destinasian and is a contributor to the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Sunday Life, Marie Claire Australia and the Qantas inflight magazine, The Australian Way.
Her stories have also appeared in the anthology Lies, Deep Fries & Statistics from ABC Radio National’s Ockham’s Razor (ABC Books) and the Asia Literary Review, vol 3 and 4.
Below is a selection of Claire's features, travel articles and reviews. Click on titles to view full articles.
Features
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• On Australia's drought, Feb 03
• On author Larissa Behrendt, May 04
• On author Louis de Bernieres, July 04
• On Bombay begging and Bollywood, Aug 97
• On British soldiers dying in Iraq, Oct 07
• On a cattle queen in the outback, Aug 07
• On children of hippies, June 06
• On climate change - special report, Aug 07
• On contemporary Chinese literature, May 05
• On Rebecca Davies, Jun 07
• On divorce from a child's perspective, Jan 08
• On East Timor & Xanana Gusmao, Oct 03
• On Peter Falconio's disappearance, Feb 02
• On actor David Gulpilil, Apr 04
• On actor Jamie Gulpilil, Jun 06
• On Dr Haneef, Jan 08
• On happiness part 1, June 07
• On happiness part 2, June 07
• On chef Donna Hay, Nov 04
• On the Innocence Project USA, Mar 04
• On Steve Irwin's death, Sept 06
• On Jemaah Islamiyah, Feb 04 |
• On chef Kylie Kwong, Oct 07
• On a Living Library, Dec 07
• On losing a child, ‘After Maeve’, Sept 06
• On magical realism, June 04
• On marketing to children, Dec 06
• On journalist Chris Masters, July 05
• On mothers' influence, May 08
• On Murray Darling Basin in crisis, Aug 07
• On music helping dementia, Sept 06
• On Miranda Otto, June 05
• On artist Karma Phuntsok, Feb 06
• On pilgrimage part 1, June 07
• On pilgrimage part 2, June 07
• On postnatal depression, June 07
• On author David Adams Richards, Dec 04
• On sex lives of teenagers, June 07
• On the Sky Orchestra, Dec 06
• On Tasmania's forests, Oct 04
• On Tibet's struggle & Olympic Games, Jul 08
• On guru Eckhart Tolle, Aug 03
• On UN Indigenous People’s Forum, NY, June 08
• On war brides, Apr 07 |
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• On Bedarra Island, Jun 07
• On the Buccaneer Archipelago, Apr 08
• On Cape Leveque, WA, Dec 07
• On the Daintree, June 08
• On indigenous tourism, Oct 06
• On love in another country, Sept 07
• On My Winnipeg, June 08 |
• On outback by air, May 07
• On Patagonia, Jan 08
• On Pilgrimage to Mt Kailash, Tibet, Jul 06 pt 1
• On Pilgrimage to Mt Kailash, Tibet, Jul 06 pt 2
• On the Tin Dog Hotel Byron Bay, May 07
• On travel writer Colin Thubron, Mar 08
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| Reviews |
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• Addition, Toni Jordan, Feb 08
• A Teenager's Journey, Richard Pelzer, June 06
• Birds Without Wings, Louis de Bernieres, Jul 04
• Butterfly Month, Ariella Kornmehl, Aug 07
• Choosing Happiness, Stephanie Dowrick, Jan 04
• Fault Lines, Nancy Huston, Aug 08
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• Last Night I Dreamed of Peace, Thang Thuy Tram, Oct 07
• No Fixed Address, Robyn Davidson, Dec 06
• Risk: the Science & Politics of Fear, Dan Gardner, May 08
• The Great Wall, Julie Lovell, Apr 06 • The Story of Tibet, Thomas Laird, Mar 07
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All material is copyright Claire Scobie
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