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Jan McKemmish Jan McKemmish i(A14513 works by) (a.k.a. Jennette McKemmish; Jannette McKennish)
Born: Established: 16 Jul 1950 Tongala, Rushworth - Kyabram - Tongala area, Goulburn - Campaspe area, Northern Victoria, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 24 Dec 2007
Gender: Female
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1 Untitled Jan McKemmish , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 3 no. 2004; (p. 177-183)
— Review of Moral Hazard Kate Jennings , 2002 single work novel
1 Crime and Art : Don't Personalise the Body Jan McKemmish , 2003 single work essay
— Appears in: Caldera : Narrative Excursions 2003; (p. 43-47)
1 Recent and History Andrew McGahan , Jan McKemmish (interviewer), 2001 single work interview
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , April no. 95 2001; (p. 18-19) "Andrew McGahan talks with Jan McKemmish about the writing of Last Drinks, a crime novel set in Brisbane."
1 Girls Will Be Girls Jan McKemmish , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 220 2000; (p. 29-30)
— Review of NYC Catherine Ford , 2000 single work novel
1 1 Mangrove Mud; Sweet; Red Ingrid Woodrow (editor), Jan McKemmish (editor), 1999 periodical (3 issues)

Mangrove, an online quarterly, was first uploaded in December 1998. The premiere issue went online on 16 March 1999 and the second issue on 16 June 1999.

The title was intended to suggest the environmentally important but less commercially viable side of the Queensland landscape. Many people believe Queensland to be one long surf beach of pure white sand. They don't realise that the coast is dominated by swamps, tangled roots and mud. Also, a metaphor for cyberspace is suggested by the complex aerial root systems that characterise mangroves: a network of interconnected (hyper)links, not grounded anywhere in particular as, say, traditional printed text is 'rooted' to the page.

Mangrove e-zine was envisaged as a platform (boardwalk?) from which UQ's creative writing students could explore the possibilities of cyberspace.

1 Matrices of Desire Jan McKemmish , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 209 1999; (p. 21)
— Review of Hymns for the Drowning Christopher Cyrill , 1999 single work novel
1 Eucalyptus Jan McKemmish , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 57 no. 4 1998; (p. 828-831)
— Review of Eucalyptus : A Novel Murray Bail , 1998 single work novel
1 Feral Nuns and the Life Within Jan McKemmish , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , Spring vol. 9 no. 2-3 1997; (p. 43-44)
— Review of Lambs of God Marele Day , 1997 single work novel
1 Books in Brief Jan McKemmish , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , November vol. 2 no. 10 1997; (p. 29)
— Review of Blood Songs Penelope Rowe , 1997 single work novel
1 2 y separately published work icon Common Knowledge Jan McKemmish , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1996 Z193091 1996 single work novel
1 Slouching Towards Brisbane/ the Adoration of Narcissism (from Slouching Towards Brisbane/ the Adoration of Narcissism, a Work-in-Progress) Jan McKemmish , 1994 extract
— Appears in: Picador New Writing 2 1994; (p. 254-258)
1 Reliable Pleasures Jan McKemmish , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Killing Women : Rewriting Detective Fiction 1993; (p. 73-86)
1 Sensible Shoes Jan McKemmish , 1993 single work short story crime
— Appears in: Crosstown Traffic 1993; (p. 213-225)
1 Love at First Sight Jan McKemmish , 1993 single work short story
— Appears in: Microstories 1993; (p. 43-44)
1 I Remember Jan McKemmish , 1993 single work short story
— Appears in: Microstories 1993; (p. 42)
1 13 y separately published work icon Only Lawyers Dancing Jan McKemmish , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1992 Z8009 1992 single work novel crime
1 The Work and Culture on the Left : Interview by Jan McKemmish with Rose Costelloe Jan McKemmish (interviewer), 1991 single work interview
— Appears in: Tribune (Melbourne) , 3 April 1991; (p. 19)
1 People On People Jan McKemmish , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: My Look's Caress : A Collection of Modern Romances 1990; (p. 85-91)
1 [Untitled] (from Common Knowledge) Jan McKemmish , 1989 extract
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 48 no. 1 1989; (p. 22-26)
1 Altering the Landscape Jan McKemmish , 1989 single work biography
— Appears in: Inner Cities : Australian Women's Memory of Place 1989; (p. 181-186)
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