Books

Books & Instructional Videos

This is a list of the books and instructional videos that Gretel Killeen has written and contributed to. More will be added in 2009.

Biography and autobiography

The Night My Bum Dropped (Penguin, July ^[1]) is Gretel Killeen's encounter with her midlife crisis.
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Instructional Video

Breast feeding: the best start for my baby, [videorecording, (VHS) (18 min.)]. Editor/producer/director: Peter Heldorf. Published: Westmead, N.S.W. : Audio Visual Services, Westmead Hospital, 1990. Produced for Parenthood Education and the Department of Pharmacy. Credits Script: Peter Heldorf, Gwen Moody; camera: Peter Heldorf; sound: Stojan Bratovic. Performers Gretel Killeen.
- Summary: Discusses the nutritional value of breast milk and how it can protect infants from infections. Stresses the need for mothers to maintain a balanced diet while breast feeding as well as modifying habits such as drinking coffee and alcohol and smoking, all of which can effect milk supply, and be detrimental to the infant's health.

Something happened - I can't talk, [videorecording, (VHS) (31 min.)]. Producers: Peter Heldorf, Rosemary Champion; editor/director: Peter Heldorf. Published: [Westmead, N.S.W.]: Audiovisual Services, Westmead Hospital, c1991. Container subtitle: Communication difficulties after stroke. Produced for the Speech Pathology Dept., Westmead Hospital. Credits: Script, Peter Heldorf and Rosemary Champion; interviewer, Rosemary Champion. Performers Gretel Killeen.
- Summary: This video focuses on people with various communication problems resulting from strokes. It looks at the difficulties encountered by these people and their relatives as a result of their problems.

I'm pregnant - now what?, [3 videorecordings, (VHS) (101 mins.)]. Published Westmead, N.S.W. : Audio Visual Services, Westmead Hospital, c1991-c1994. Notes: Videos 1. & 2. produced for the Antenatal Adolescent Team and Social Work Department, Westmead Hospital. Video 3. produced for Social Work Department, Adolescent Medical Unit and Adolescent Team, Westmead Hospital. Contents: Pregnancy (30 mins.) -- Birth (28 mins.) --Motherhood (43 mins.). Credits: Producers, Helen Stefanic, Peter Heldorf ; editor/director, Peter Heldorf. Performers: Gretel Killeen (Video 1.) ; Helen Stefanic (Video 2. & 3.).
- Summary: Five young women who chose to keep and care for their babies share their experiences of pregnancy, birth and motherhood. These events span a period of three and a half years.

Humour

Visible Panty Line: True Stories from Your Life, published: 1 November 1999, format: paperback - 240 pages. ISBN-13: 9780140288919, ISBN-10: 0140288910, imprint: Penguin, publisher: Penguin Group Australia.
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Health/Related

Baby On Board: A Beginner's Guide to Pregnancy, published: 1 May 1991, format: paperback - 269 pages. ISBN: 9781863301060, ISBN-10: 1863301062, imprint: Arrow Australia, publisher: Random House Publishers.
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General Advice

Every Girl's Geek Guide, published 1992, format: softcover - 96 pages. ISBN: 0-09-182697-7 / 9780091826970 / 0-09-182697-7, publisher: Random House Australia.
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↑ Susan Wyndham "Pump up the volumes", Sydney Morning Herald, 2009-1-21, retrieved 2009-1-25.