- Wendy Harmer
Wendy Harmer (born
October 10 ,1955 inYarram, Victoria ) is anAustralia nauthor ,screenplay writer ,radio show host andcomedienne .2DAY FM
She is most notable for her hosting role of the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation variety show,The Big Gig . She was also the former host of the high rating breakfast radio show "The Morning Crew" on2Day FM in Sydney, which she hosted for 11 years.cite web |title= Speaker Details - Wendy Harmer |publisher= Saxton Speakers Bureau |url= http://www.saxton.com.au/default.asp?sd8=1448 |accessdate= 2008-03-09]She was awarded the
Douglas Wilkie Medal for services to non-football, by theAnti-Football League , in 1992.Vega FM
In September 2005 Harmer started as the host of new Sydney and Melbourne radio station
Vega FM but by March 2006 she quit her morning show after creative differences with management. [citation |title=Fed: Wendy Harmer leaves Vega |newspaper=AAP |year=2006 |date=March 3 , 2006 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-119291878.html ]Logies Critism
She hosted the
Logie Awards of 2002 and was caught up in widespread media criticism of the event, some focused on her personal performance. [citation |last=Warneke |first=Ross |title=Ho hum, another night at the dreary Logies |newspaper= The Age |year=2002 |date=May 2 , 2002 |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/02/1019441402919.html ] [citation |title=Logies host bites back |newspaper=ABIX (Australian Business Intelligence) |year=2002| date=April 30 , 2002 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-85255222.html ]Writing Credits
Wendy is the author of six books for adults including: "It's a Joke, Joyce" (1989), "Backstage Pass"(1991) and "Love Gone Wrong"(1995), " So anyway-- : Wendy’s words of wisdom" (1997), "Farewell My Ovaries" (2005), "Nagging for Beginners"(2006), "Love and Punishment" (2006).
Harmer's books have been described as being in the genre of
Chick lit or Hen lit, aimed at appealing to "women zapping a Lean Cuisine in the microwave and looking for an emotional connection".citation |last= Fowler |first= Karen Joy |title= Putting the chick into lit |newspaper= The Age |year= 2005 |date=August 13 ,2005 |url= http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/putting-the-chick-into-lit/2005/08/11/1123353432397.html ] They are popular light novels and very humorous.Wendy has written two plays,cite web |title= Plays by Wendy Harmer |publisher= The Playwrights Database |url= http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/harmer-wendy.html |accessdate= 2008-03-09] and a series of children's books in the "Pearlie the Park Fairy" series. There are 11 books in the "Pearlie" series published to date, and Harmer has adapted "Pearlie in the Park" for the stage. In 2005 the stage version was toured around Australia by the Monkey Baa theatre company.cite web |title= Wendy Harmer's "Pearlie in the Park"|publisher= Monkey Baa |url= http://monkeybaa.com.au/pearlie-in-the-park.html |accessdate= 2008-03-09]
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External links
* [http://www.hlamgt.com.au Wendy Harmer's Agent]
* [http://www.hlamgt.com.au/wendy-harmer.htm Official Website]
* [http://www.randomhouse.com.au/Authors/Default.aspx?Page=Author&ID=Harmer,%20Wendy Wendy Harmer at Random House Australia]
* [http://www.randomhouse.com.au/Books/Default.aspx?Page=Book&ID=9781740518888 Pearlie Books]
* [http://www.monkeybaa.com.au/past/pearlie.htm Pearlie in the Park stage shows]
* [http://imdb.com/name/nm0363464/ Wendy Harmer on ImDb]
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