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Born: Established: 1963 ;
Gender: Female
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1 Emily Presents Alison Gibbs , 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 74 2021; (p. 68-81) The Guardian Australia , 2 January 2022;
1 Baby Oil Alison Gibbs , 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: Newcastle Short Story Award : Anthology 2021 2021;
1 3 y separately published work icon Repentance Alison Gibbs , Carlton North : Scribe , 2021 20080007 2021 single work novel

'It's the summer of 1976, and the winds of change are blowing through the small town of Repentance on the edge of the Great Dividing Range. The old families cut timber, but the new settlers have a different perspective on the natural order and humankind's place in the scheme of things.

'Linda Curtis is the latest blow-in to the old Parmenter farm, where the hippies have gathered and a protest is being planned. She's new to the district, but she shares a past with the protestors' militant leader. Yet not all their secrets are shared.

'From behind the counter of her father's shop, thirteen-year-old Joanne Parmenter struggles to make sense of what's happening to her town. Assigned to work on a local-history project with one of the hippie kids, she has chosen to avoid anything contentious and research the dying dairy industry, while her mother succumbs to cancer in the house behind her.

'Sandy Mitchell runs the sawmill that employs half the town. His son and heir is being lured to the city, and his first grandchild is on the way. In the story he learnt as a boy and has never sought to question, he now finds himself cast as the bad man.

'The bush keeps its own rhythms, but soon everything will be disturbed. Either the old growth is coming down or the loggers have to be stopped. And although not everyone agrees on tactics, no one will escape being drawn into the coming confrontation.' (Publication summary)

1 The Hobby Farmer's Daughter Alison Gibbs , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Seeds & Skeletons : The 30th UTS Writers' Anthology 2016; (p. 1-7)
1 Little Curly Alison Gibbs , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Strange Objects Covered with Fur : 2015 UTS Writers Anthology 2015; (p. 260-276)
1 Happy Days Alison Gibbs , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Sight Lines : 2014 UTS Writers' Anthology 2014; (p. 135-137) 40 : Forty Years of the UTS Writers' Anthology 2021; (p. 254-256)
1 The Ends of the Earth Alison Gibbs , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Sight Lines : 2014 UTS Writers' Anthology 2014; (p. 1-10)
1 y separately published work icon But What Have I Said? Alison Gibbs , West Sussex : University of Chichester , 2018 17157322 2009 single work essay

'Alison Gibbs examines how characters are shaped by politics in Nadine Gordimer’s short story, ‘The Catch’: ‘While Nadine Gordimer was known for both her fiction and her outspoken opposition to apartheid in her native South Africa, she always insisted that politics was not the driving motivation for her stories.’

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 The Space between Robson and Russell Alison Gibbs , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Illawarra Mercury Weekender , 8-9 August 2002; (p. 3)
1 Mr Stevenson's Suit Alison Gibbs , 2001 single work short story historical fiction
— Appears in: NSW Writers' Centre 2001;
1 Site 17 Alison Gibbs , 1999 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories , no. 64 1999; (p. 35-44)
1 Sandscape Alison Gibbs , 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 55 no. 2 1996; (p. 221-226)
1 Something Blue Alison Gibbs , 1993 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories , no. 44 1993; (p. 98-105)
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