![]() ![]() The ninth generation Queensland writer from Lockyer Valley explains, ‘The mental health facility in Diamond Eyes is located on a fictional island in Moreton Bay, but it’s an amalgamation of three real locations: Peel Island, which was formerly a leper colony St Helena’s Island, famous for its use as a Gaol and the Challinor Centre in Ipswich, formerly known as the Sandy Gallop ‘Benevolent Asylum’. The story is set throughout the south east corner of Queensland from Toowoomba to the islands of Moreton Bay and from the Sunshine Coast to the Gold Coast. ![]() With the arrival of two medical scientists who begin an exploration of Mira’s strange perspectives it becomes a story of Mira’s fight for freedom, understanding and independence. When the story opens, Mira is trapped in a very dark and frightening place in her life. The multi-award winning story is about a young, blind woman named Mira Chambers, who lives in two worlds at once: the real one she can feel but not see and the colonial past, which she can see happening all around her, but not feel. ![]() Other awards and credits Anita has received for Diamond Eyes include:Ģ007 – 2010 QUT Scholarship awarded for the development of Diamond Eyes (AA Bell) as a research project.Ģ009 – Highly Commended award for an unpublished manuscript, Jim Hamilton Awards, Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) When I caught up with Anita to congratulate her on her recent award, she was understandably jubilant, ‘I’ve been doing a lot of champagne glass clinking’, she said. ![]()
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