Dr Judith Buckrich is best known for her histories of Melbourne people, places and institutions. Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River reflects our deep cultural and spiritual associations with the Birrarung River and its role as a place of nurture and recreation in our city. The book is dedicated to The Yarra Riverkeepers.
Judith's other books include: The Village of Ripponlea; Acland Street: the Grand Lady of St Kilda; The Long and Perilous Journey: A History of Port Melbourne in 2002; and Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River. She is currently working on an illustrated history of Fitzroy North.
Judith has written her own one-woman shows, short stories, feature articles and essays and worked as a curator, editor and translator. She was Chair of the PEN International Women Writers’ Committee from 2003 to 2009 and President of the Melbourne PEN Centre from 1993 to 2005. She is a past President of the Prahran Mechanics Institute Victorian History Library.