Australian Lesbian Grandmothers Anthology Edited by Jean Taylor

The idea for an Australian Lesbian Grandmothers Anthology was inspired by the fact that of all the topics that have been written about by, for and about Lesbians in Australia
there was not a book especially dedicated to the immense joys and the inevitable vagaries of being a Lesbian Grandmother.

This book, Just a Gran Havin’ a Splendid Time, covers a wide range of emotional responses and highlights the joy and life-changing experiences that inevitably occur for Lesbian Grandmothers from the time their first and subsequent grandchildren are born. 

We follow these lesbian grandmothers through the ups and downs of coming to terms with what it actually means to be a lesbian grandmother and note the changes in these unique relationships as the grandchildren get older. And finally appreciating that the grandchildren have grown up to be responsible people and how much having a lesbian grandmother in their lives has broadened their understanding and knowledge of the world
  around them in a positive way. 

These stories will also bring back memories of our own grandmothers, give us invaluable insights into what it means to be a Lesbian Grandmother in this day and age and will also  
serve as positive role models and demonstrate ways in which we can all nurture and care for the vulnerable children in our society that can only be of benefit to us all.   

Jean Taylor has written and published books with Dyke Books Inc, including The Archives Trilogy, and has also co-written and co-edited several anthologies: the Women’s Circus book, Leaping Off the Edge, Spinifex Press 1997, and the Long Breast Press anthologies: Willing Up and Keeling Over (2007), Lesbians Write On (2013), On F
or Young and Old(2017) and Walking to the Edge (2019). She says that taking responsibility for this book and bringing this Australian Lesbian Grandmothers Anthology to fruition on a subject dear to her heart has been an absolute pleasure.

Photo on front cover, Backyard Bloom, © copyright Jean Taylor 2023

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Dyke Books Inc is a not-for-profit, lesbian feminist publishing venture which was established in 2008 with the aim of publishing writing by, for and about lesbians.

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Primarily, this is a story about memory - the things we can remember from childhood, the evolving sense of self in often difficult, painful, even life-threatening circumstances.

It is also a story of awareness and strength, not simply about what happens to us in life, but what we do about what happens to us ... how we move on.

Lessons learned, risks taken, issues oflife and death: intimate, vulnerable, passionate.

This book may bring you to tears, you might grin with delight, or laugh out loud. One thing is for sure though, this book will make you feel and remember.

Writer, Tutor, Editor, Mentor, Pearlie McNeill has been involved in writing and writing projects since the early 1970s.

She has long been fascinated by the unfolding of countless stories; Australian stories, Women's stories, Lesbian stories.

Speaking Personally is her third book in a trilogy about her life.

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