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Graeme Harper Graeme Harper i(A1272 works by) (a.k.a. Graeme Eric Harper)
Also writes as: Quasimodo Harp ; Brooke Biaz
Born: Established: 1959 Middlesbrough,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Untitled Graeme Harper , 2023 single work prose
— Appears in: The Writing Mind : Creative Writing Responses to Images of the Living Brain 2023;
1 Untitled Graeme Harper , 2023 single work prose
— Appears in: The Writing Mind : Creative Writing Responses to Images of the Living Brain 2023;
1 A Stolen Bird Graeme Harper , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: New Writing , vol. 19 no. 2 2022; (p. 127-128)
1 Creative Writing, as It Happens: the Case for Unpredictability Graeme Harper , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: New Writing , January vol. 14 no. 1 2017; (p. 1-4) 'Unpredictability is one of humankind’s most treasured traits. We believe unpredictability to be the lifeblood of hope, the core of belief, the substance of our psyches, the unfulfilled potential that exists in each one of us. We therefore celebrate unpredictability as predictably as we seek it out. We want unpredictability to be a personal and communal trait that always measures us favourably against machines and against nature. Elements of the predictable (the cyclical, the quantifiable, the repetitive and the habitual) simply make machines and wild nature inhuman. To be human, alternatively, is to be unpredictable. It is in unpredictability that human love is thought to dwell, and in unpredictability where it thrives. The extraordinary strength of a love, the resilience of a love, the emerging love, born where it could not be expected to be found, the love between polar opposites, the love not unsettled by onerous circumstance, the love that overcomes distance or challenges time, the love that is uniquely, individually, idiosyncratically expressed. Our attraction to each of these is evidence of our belief in the importance and power of human unpredictability.' (Introduction)
1 2 y separately published work icon Inside Creative Writing : Interviews with Contemporary Writers Graeme Harper (editor), Houndmills New York (City) : Palgrave Macmillan , 2012 Z1852621 2012 anthology interview Graeme Harper poses fifteen questions to fourteen writers, including Kate Grenville and Thomas Shapcott. The writers 'talk about their writing practice and ways of working. Designed with the needs of creative writers in mind, Graeme Harper explores both practice and process, asking authors questions about subjects ranging from motivation to creativity to drafting.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 y separately published work icon Small Maps of the World Brooke Biaz , Lafayette : Parlor Press , 2006 Z1264535 2006 selected work short story
1 Creative Writers on Campus: Dead Spies, Living Lies, 1593 to the Present Graeme Harper , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 9 no. 2 2005;

In this paper the author looks at the world history of the 'relationship between creator and critic on campus'.

1 y separately published work icon Comedy, Fantasy and Colonialism Graeme Harper (editor), London : Continuum , 2002 Z981951 2002 anthology criticism Comedy, Fantasy and Colonialism discusses the role and character of comedy and fantasy in colonial societies from India to Ireland, Australia to Cuba, Africa to North America. The book deals with oral as well as written traditions, the history of comic and fantastic discourse, visual, theatrical and literary representations as well as historical and cultural accounts.
1 y separately published work icon Colonial and Postcolonial Incarceration Graeme Harper (editor), London : Continuum , 2001 Z982018 2001 anthology criticism Colonial and Postcolonial Incarceration discusses capture, imprisonment, and punishment in colonial and postcolonial cultures while emphasising the social, economic, and cultural conditions prevalent in colonial societies from Europe to Asia, Australia, northern and southern Africa and North America.
1 y separately published work icon Swallowing Film : Short Stories Graeme Harper (editor), London : Quasimodo , 2000 Z1015065 2000 anthology short story
1 As If by Magic : World Creation in Postcolonial Children's Literature Graeme Harper , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Ariel , January vol. 28 no. 1 1997; (p. 39-52)
1 The Domino Man Graeme Harper , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Commonwealth Literary Cultures : New Voices, New Approaches : Conference Papers, Lecce, 3-7 April, 1990 1993; (p. 231-235)
1 For the Term of the Writer's Art Graeme Harper , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 151 1993; (p. 34)
— Review of Unnatural Lives : Studies in Australian Fiction about the Convicts, from James Tucker to Patrick White Laurie Hergenhan , 1983 single work criticism
1 Chatting About Terra Simplisticus Graeme Harper , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 143 1992; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Making Australia : Exploring Our National Conversation John Thornhill , 1992 single work criticism
1 Bad Moon Rising (from Bad Moon Rising) Graeme Harper , 1991 extract
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 September 1991; (p. rev 3)
1 Spinning Yarns Won't Weave World Tapestries Graeme Harper , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 14-15 April 1990; (p. 6)
1 Eris and My Mother Graeme Harper , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 48 no. 3 1988; (p. 329-334)
1 8 y separately published work icon Black Cat, Green Field Graeme Harper , Moorebank : Black Swan , 1988 Z379265 1988 single work novel
1 A Linear Reflection Graeme Harper , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Outrider : A Journal of Multicultural Literature in Australia , vol. 5 no. 1/2 1988; (p. 352-356)
1 All in Favour Graeme Harper , 1985 single work drama
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