The Australian Women's Register

Jill Hellyer, poet and writer, talks about her early childhood; relationship with her father; experiences with school and life with her maiden aunts; work after leaving school; marriage to Conrad Stephan; the beginnings of her interest in poetry; Fellowship of Australian Writers; reaction to her published poems and rekindling her interest in writing poetry; bringing up her deaf child; the influences on her poetry; her work with, and difficulties faced by, the Fellowship of Australian Authors; barriers placed in the way of her writing; her novels; using poetry to illustrate her emotions; the inspiration behind her writing; her form of writing; letter writing; relations with her children; her views on suicide.