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Meg Stewart


Meg Stewart, filmmaker, journalist, and author, is the daughter of artist Margaret Coen and poet Douglas Stewart. Her writing includes a biography of Margaret Coen, Autobigraphy of My Mother, and the novels Modern Men Don't Shift Fridges, and The Dream Life of Harry Moon. Far From a Still Life: Margaret Olley was first published in 2005 and has now been updated to take into account the last few years and death of Australia's favourite visual artist.

Books by Meg Stewart

Far From a Still Life

With new chapters taking in the last few years of Margaret Olley's life, her state funeral and the enormous legacy she has left behind.

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Autobiography Of My Mother

An intimate portrait of an artist by the author of the bestselling Far From a Still Life, Meg Stewart.

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