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'In these thirty-five interviews with verse novelists from Australia and Aotearoa–New Zealand, Linda Weste explores the uniqueness of storytelling through poetry and the genre of the verse novel. Her subjects are notable representatives of a region where verse novels for Adults, Children and Young Adults thrive; among them is Steven Herrick, winner of the prestigious Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2019; and what they have to say enriches our understanding of the verse novel across each of its publishing categories.' (Publication summary)
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Antipodean Advances: Australian and New Zealand Authors on the Verse Novel
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , vol. 26 no. 2 2022;
— Review of The Verse Novel : Australia and New Zealand 2022 selected work interview 'This review of Linda Weste’s The Verse Novel: Australia & New Zealand forms a sequel to my review of her first selection of interviews with verse novel writers, Inside the Verse Novel: Writers on Writing (2020). Much like the earlier book, this iteration comprises an edited collection of interviews with 35 writers who have authored verse novels. Some have only written one verse novel, some are prolific poets as well as verse novelists and some are celebrated masters of the genre. Weste has conducted essentially the same interviews, with the same set of questions, providing strong continuity with the earlier volume. The questions address such aspects as the genesis of particular works, the writing process(es), any difficulties encountered along the way, and the privileging of narrative over poetic techniques and vice versa and why this was required or desired. The questions had sufficient breadth to elicit a reasonably comprehensive picture of writers’ perspectives on the form generally and on their own approach to writing.' (Introduction) -
The Third in a Telling Triumvirate! John Jenkins Reviews ‘The Verse Novel Australia & New Zealand’ by Linda Weste.
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , vol. 34 no. 1 2022;
— Review of The Verse Novel : Australia and New Zealand 2022 selected work interview'The verse novel is a form now in constant transition and evolution, and here we see a huge range of writers interviewed, and their individual work explored. The Verse Novel Australia & New Zealand (2021) throws a wide and inclusive net, almost literally across the sea, from Australia to New Zealand, including parts of the Pacific.'(Introduction)
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[Review] The Verse Novel: Australia and New Zealand
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 66 no. 5 2022; (p. 88-90)
— Review of The Verse Novel : Australia and New Zealand 2022 selected work interview
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[Review] The Verse Novel: Australia and New Zealand
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 66 no. 5 2022; (p. 88-90)
— Review of The Verse Novel : Australia and New Zealand 2022 selected work interview -
The Third in a Telling Triumvirate! John Jenkins Reviews ‘The Verse Novel Australia & New Zealand’ by Linda Weste.
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , vol. 34 no. 1 2022;
— Review of The Verse Novel : Australia and New Zealand 2022 selected work interview'The verse novel is a form now in constant transition and evolution, and here we see a huge range of writers interviewed, and their individual work explored. The Verse Novel Australia & New Zealand (2021) throws a wide and inclusive net, almost literally across the sea, from Australia to New Zealand, including parts of the Pacific.'(Introduction)
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Antipodean Advances: Australian and New Zealand Authors on the Verse Novel
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , vol. 26 no. 2 2022;
— Review of The Verse Novel : Australia and New Zealand 2022 selected work interview 'This review of Linda Weste’s The Verse Novel: Australia & New Zealand forms a sequel to my review of her first selection of interviews with verse novel writers, Inside the Verse Novel: Writers on Writing (2020). Much like the earlier book, this iteration comprises an edited collection of interviews with 35 writers who have authored verse novels. Some have only written one verse novel, some are prolific poets as well as verse novelists and some are celebrated masters of the genre. Weste has conducted essentially the same interviews, with the same set of questions, providing strong continuity with the earlier volume. The questions address such aspects as the genesis of particular works, the writing process(es), any difficulties encountered along the way, and the privileging of narrative over poetic techniques and vice versa and why this was required or desired. The questions had sufficient breadth to elicit a reasonably comprehensive picture of writers’ perspectives on the form generally and on their own approach to writing.' (Introduction)
