AustLit logo

AustLit

Tristan Foster Tristan Foster i(A96628 works by)
Gender: Male
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 Scenes from Gerald Murnane’s Golf Club Tristan Foster , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: The Paris Review , 26 January 2018; Gerald Murnane : Another World in This One 2020; (p. 9-12)

'The Australian writer Gerald Murnane is a man of profound contradictions. A recluse who craves attention. A Luddite who uses his smartphone to google himself. An author who retired long ago, then went on to produce his richest work. He was recently treated for prostate cancer, and yet he’s still the sprightliest person in the room.' (Introduction)
1 John Tristan Foster , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Tincture Journal , Summer no. 20 2017; (p. 18-20)
1 Stupid Cultures : On Our Obsession with Literature Tristan Foster , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , February 2017; 'I need to apologise – this is another piece on the death of the novel. On the death of the novel, but also on a fractured, stupefied publishing industry. More than that, it’s a piece on the decline in the public’s investment in literature as a cultural phenomenon.' (Introduction)
1 In the Moments Worker A Spends Thoroughly Washing a Jam Jar in the Communal Kitchen on the Twenty-fourth Floor Tristan Foster , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Tincture Journal , Spring no. 11 2015; (p. 6-8)
1 Change and Damage Beyond Belief : Judith Wright's The Coral Battleground Tristan Foster , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Verity La , June 2014;
— Review of The Coral Battleground Judith Wright , 1977 single work prose
1 Just a Little Bit Brilliant : Anthony Macris' Great Western Highway - a Love Story Tristan Foster , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Verity La , March 2013;
— Review of Great Western Highway : A Love Story Anthony Macris , 2012 single work novel
1 Dancers in Violet Tristan Foster , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Verity La , June 2013;
1 Untruths Sculpted into Truths : Merlinda Bobis’ Fish-Hair Woman Tristan Foster , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Verity La , March 2012;
— Review of Fish-Hair Woman Merlinda Bobis , 2012 single work novel
1 Smart and Taut Exploration of Modern Warfare : Andrew Croome’s Midnight Empire Tristan Foster , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Verity La , September 2012;
— Review of Midnight Empire Andrew Croome , 2012 single work novel
1 A Story Somewhere in the Distance : Anthony J. Langford's Bottomless River Tristan Foster , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Verity La , July 2012;
— Review of Bottomless River Anthony J. Langford , 2012 single work novella
1 The Leading Role of Simple Things : Irma Gold's Two Steps Forward Tristan Foster , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Verity La , September 2011;
— Review of Two Steps Forward Irma Gold , 2011 selected work short story
1 Mounting the Fight : An Interview with Anthony Macris Tristan Foster (interviewer), 2011 single work interview
— Appears in: Verity La , April 2011;
1 Home Tristan Foster , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Winter no. 3 2006; (p. 41-46)
X