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'Kate and Harriet are best friends who are growing up together on an isolated Australian cape in the 1880s. As daughters of the lighthouse keepers, the two girls share everything, until a fisherman, McPhail, arrives in their small community. When Kate witnesses the desire that flares between him and Harriet, she is torn by her feelings of envy and longing. Ultimately, a moment of skylarking in McPhail’s hut changes everything.
'Inspired by a true story, Skylarking, reimagines the events learning up to the shooting at Cape St George Lighthouse and the lives of two determined young women coming of age at that point in Australian history.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Dedication: To Gracie and Etta, may you know friendship, as I have, in all its ferocity and wonder.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
- Sound recording.
- Dyslexic edition.
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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y
At Home with Kate Mildenhall
Astrid Edwards
(interviewer),
2020
23454171
2020
single work
podcast
interview
'Kate Mildenhall tackles the big questions. In this interview she considers how to write about our rapidly changing world (including about climate change and online surveillance), the role of writers in this time of crisis, and whether or not there could be a sequel to her dystopian literary thriller.
'Kate is a writer, teacher, and the mind behind the novels Skylarking and the utterly brilliant The Mother Fault.
'Kate mentions her mentor Charlotte Wood and her phenomenal work The Natural Way of Things.' (Production introduction)
- y Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall : Notes Melbourne : CAE Book Group , 2018 13925750 2018 single work criticism
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The Powerful Bonds That Ease Constraint
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 August 2016; (p. 21) The Saturday Age , 6-7 August 2016; (p. 20)
— Review of Skylarking 2016 single work novel -
Skylarking Review: Kate Mildenhall's Historical Novel of Girls' Friendship
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 30 July 2016;
— Review of Skylarking 2016 single work novel 'Skylarking seems a rather jaunty title for a story about (unrequited) love and loss, but before we arrive at the unexpectedly tragic swerve in the narrative there's a lot of joy in Kate Mildenhall's debut. Inspired by a true-life case, it's a historical fiction set in a small lighthouse community on the coast of Australia in the 1880s. ...' -
Remaking History
Angela E. Andrewes
(interviewer),
2016
single work
interview
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , May vol. 95 no. 4 2016; (p. 24) 'Kate Mildenhall’s Skylarking is a historical novel about an intense female friendship. Reviewer Angela Andrewes spoke to the author.'
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Skylarking Review: Kate Mildenhall's Historical Novel of Girls' Friendship
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 30 July 2016;
— Review of Skylarking 2016 single work novel 'Skylarking seems a rather jaunty title for a story about (unrequited) love and loss, but before we arrive at the unexpectedly tragic swerve in the narrative there's a lot of joy in Kate Mildenhall's debut. Inspired by a true-life case, it's a historical fiction set in a small lighthouse community on the coast of Australia in the 1880s. ...' -
The Powerful Bonds That Ease Constraint
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 August 2016; (p. 21) The Saturday Age , 6-7 August 2016; (p. 20)
— Review of Skylarking 2016 single work novel -
Review : Skylarking
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , August 2016; (p. 38)
— Review of Skylarking 2016 single work novel -
In Love with Literary Allusions
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 December 2016; (p. 34)
— Review of Words in Deep Blue 2016 single work novel ; Skylarking 2016 single work novel ; Quest of the Sunfish 2016 series - author children's fiction ; Goldenhand 2016 single work novel -
History Is A Many-Sided Thing
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2016;
— Review of Wild Island 2016 single work novel ; Skylarking 2016 single work novel ; Music and Freedom 2016 single work novel -
Remaking History
Angela E. Andrewes
(interviewer),
2016
single work
interview
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , May vol. 95 no. 4 2016; (p. 24) 'Kate Mildenhall’s Skylarking is a historical novel about an intense female friendship. Reviewer Angela Andrewes spoke to the author.' - y Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall : Notes Melbourne : CAE Book Group , 2018 13925750 2018 single work criticism
-
y
At Home with Kate Mildenhall
Astrid Edwards
(interviewer),
2020
23454171
2020
single work
podcast
interview
'Kate Mildenhall tackles the big questions. In this interview she considers how to write about our rapidly changing world (including about climate change and online surveillance), the role of writers in this time of crisis, and whether or not there could be a sequel to her dystopian literary thriller.
'Kate is a writer, teacher, and the mind behind the novels Skylarking and the utterly brilliant The Mother Fault.
'Kate mentions her mentor Charlotte Wood and her phenomenal work The Natural Way of Things.' (Production introduction)
Awards
- 2017 longlisted Voss Literary Prize
- 2017 longlisted Indie Awards — Debut Fiction
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