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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 The Ash Burner
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'Growing up with his father in a small coastal town, all Ted knows about his mother is that she died when he was a boy. His father has brought them halfway across the world to start anew, but her absence defines and haunts their lives.

'When Ted meets Anthony and Claire, an intense friendship begins, carrying them to Sydney and university. They introduce him to poetry and art, and he feels a sense of belonging at last. But as the trio’s friendship deepens over the years, Ted must learn to negotiate the boundaries of love, and come to terms with a legacy of secrets and silence.

'Written with extraordinary grace and sensitivity, The Ash Burner explores beauty and desire, grief and loss, and the search for one’s true self.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: For friends lost and found
  • Epigraph:

    So rests the sky against the earth' –Dag Hammarskjold

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.
  • Also large print.

Works about this Work

Review : The Ash Burner Clive Hodges , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2015; (p. 41)

— Review of The Ash Burner Kári Gíslason , 2015 single work novel
Readers to Decide If Fact or Fiction Takes the Prize Phil Brown , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17 August 2015; (p. 39)
'What's best - fact or fiction? It's one of the most compelling questions in the literary world today and it's one voters will have to ask themselves before voting for their favourite book in The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Awards...'
Catriona Menzies-Pike Reviews 'The Ash Burner' by Kári Gíslason Catriona Menzies-Pike , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 370 2015;

— Review of The Ash Burner Kári Gíslason , 2015 single work novel
Sorrow at the Heart of Ambitious Debuts Gillian Dooley , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 April 2015; (p. 20-21)

— Review of Anchor Point Alice Robinson , 2015 single work novel ; The Ash Burner Kári Gíslason , 2015 single work novel
Heart of the Matter : Circle of Love at Novel's Core Sally Browne , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 25 February - 3 March no. 1018 2015; (p. 29)
Review : Ash Burner Angie Andrewes , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , vol. 94 no. 3 2015; (p. 20)

— Review of The Ash Burner Kári Gíslason , 2015 single work novel
Sorrow at the Heart of Ambitious Debuts Gillian Dooley , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 April 2015; (p. 20-21)

— Review of Anchor Point Alice Robinson , 2015 single work novel ; The Ash Burner Kári Gíslason , 2015 single work novel
Catriona Menzies-Pike Reviews 'The Ash Burner' by Kári Gíslason Catriona Menzies-Pike , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 370 2015;

— Review of The Ash Burner Kári Gíslason , 2015 single work novel
Review : The Ash Burner Clive Hodges , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2015; (p. 41)

— Review of The Ash Burner Kári Gíslason , 2015 single work novel
Heart of the Matter : Circle of Love at Novel's Core Sally Browne , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 25 February - 3 March no. 1018 2015; (p. 29)
Readers to Decide If Fact or Fiction Takes the Prize Phil Brown , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17 August 2015; (p. 39)
'What's best - fact or fiction? It's one of the most compelling questions in the literary world today and it's one voters will have to ask themselves before voting for their favourite book in The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Awards...'
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