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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Where There's Smoke : Outstanding Short Stories by Australian Men
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'Where There's Smoke presents outstanding short fiction by Australia's finest male writers. These are tales of love, secrets, doubt and torment, the everyday and the extraordinary.

'A man sleeps at the site of a massacre and wakes refreshed. An unassuming piano tuner is sent off to contribute to the war effort. A woman with Alzheimer's is dragged along by her interfering son to visit Uluru.

'Brilliant, shocking and profound, these tales will leave you reeling in ways that only a great short story can.

'Chris Womersley Murray Bail Tim Winton Rodney Hall David Malouf Tony Birch Shane Maloney Ryan O'Neill Nam Le Kim Scott

'and many more' (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Suddenly Doctor Cox, D. B. C. Pierre , single work short story
The Yarra, Nam Le , single work short story
Silence 1945, Rodney Hall , single work short story historical fiction
As a Woman Grows Older, J. M. Coetzee , single work short story
Guns 'N Coffee, A. S. Patrić , single work short story
Camouflage, Murray Bail , selected work short story

'The brilliant title story Camouflage tells the story of Eric Banerjee, an Adelaide piano-tuner sent north to defend Australia in 1942. Accompanying it is one of Bail’s masterly pieces of short fiction, The Seduction of My Sister, a weird and compelling account of sibling rivalry and love.'

Source: Text Publishing.

China, Tony Birch , single work short story
Mrs Porter and the Rock, David Malouf , single work short story
I See Red, Shane Maloney , single work short story humour
Aquifer, Tim Winton , single work short story
Mauve, Patrick Cullen , single work short story
Ringroad, Alex Miller , single work essay
Sovande A Refreshing Sleep, Kim Scott , Lars Ahlström (translator) single work short story
Sandtrap, Liam Davison , single work short story
I So Do Not Want to Be Having This Conversation, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story
July the Firsts, Ryan O'Neill , single work short story
The Inconvenient Dead, James Bradley , single work short story fantasy
Flame Bugs on the Sixth Island, Patrick Holland , single work short story
Shooting the Dog, Peter Goldsworthy , single work short story
Where There's Smoke, Chris Womersley , single work short story

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Inc. , 2015 .
      image of person or book cover 2865030967592100925.jpg
      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 240p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 26/08/2015
      ISBN: 9781863957564

Works about this Work

Annette Marfording’s Best Reads of 2015 Annette Marfording , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October - December no. 16 2015;
Fired up for Short Stories Phil Brown , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 5 September 2015; (p. 21)

— Review of Where There's Smoke : Outstanding Short Stories by Australian Men 2015 anthology short story
'Takes of live, secrets uncovered, self-doubt revealed...'
Men of Letters Fire up Phil Brown , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 September 2015; (p. 6-7)

— Review of Where There's Smoke : Outstanding Short Stories by Australian Men 2015 anthology short story
'Tales of live, secrets uncovered, self-doubt revealed. Australia's finest male writers deliver short stories that will leave you reeling...'
Who’s Looking Out for Male Writers? Adam Ford , 2015 single work
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , June 2015;
Men of Letters Fire up Phil Brown , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 September 2015; (p. 6-7)

— Review of Where There's Smoke : Outstanding Short Stories by Australian Men 2015 anthology short story
'Tales of live, secrets uncovered, self-doubt revealed. Australia's finest male writers deliver short stories that will leave you reeling...'
Fired up for Short Stories Phil Brown , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 5 September 2015; (p. 21)

— Review of Where There's Smoke : Outstanding Short Stories by Australian Men 2015 anthology short story
'Takes of live, secrets uncovered, self-doubt revealed...'
Who’s Looking Out for Male Writers? Adam Ford , 2015 single work
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , June 2015;
Annette Marfording’s Best Reads of 2015 Annette Marfording , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October - December no. 16 2015;
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