Patricia O'Donnell

Patricia O’Donnell has had several lives including historian manqué, teacher, educational psychologist and hotelkeeper.

She is a member of the Library Board of Victoria and chair of the Library’s Collections Committee. She is also a member of the Abbotsford Convent Foundation board, Deputy President of the Friends of Farm Vigano, Ambassador for the Melba Foundation and previously Deputy President of the Queenscliffe Carnival of Words.

She is also a member of the Mietta Foundation Board and as such works with Mark Rubbo of Readings, Morrie Schwartz of The Quarterly Essay and Peter Rose of the Australian Book Review to organize Readings @ Mietta’s in May each year and assists with the Mietta Song Recital Award.