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 Lin Van Hek |
The Ballad of Siddy Church
by Lin Van Hek
Lin van Hek writes like an angel giving the devil her due - love it!
- Keri Hulme
...simply a wonderful, complex story, beautifully related and rivetting to read.
- Judy Small
I grew up with the poetry of aunties. Filled with larger-than-life, strong, wilful and unconventional women, The Ballad of Siddy Church tells the story of Eadie Wilt and her family. Central to this family is Siddy Church.
My grandmother was a difficult woman, you could not get around it. She was born on three different occasions in three different locations and she said her name was Siddy Church. Late at night she would sit like a giant weighted toad, her heavy lidded eyes turning with her head, her pupils like magic bullets about to gun down any real conspiracies in the room. Her past was too big and diverse for her to govern, people talked about her shady past. She had relinquished her right to her own story.
Lin van Hek is a performance artist and winner of the Age Short Story of the Year Award. She was a guest of the 1997 Canberra Word Festival. Difficult Women is a performance company created by Lin Van Hek and Joe Dolce. Highlights of shows have included excerpts from The Ballad of Siddy Church.
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