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'A collection of mostly commissioned essays, either written to be delivered as speeches at literary events, or for inclusion in anthologies.' (Publication Summary)
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Author's note:
Autobiographical. Pakeha New Zealander. Drinking and dissent. My island home. Birth diaries. Passions and paradise: my best year yet. The red heart.
Literary. Queensland stories. Fear and loathing on the Queensland Writers' Train. The language of sex. Love and violence. Fiction and moral imagination. Warrior women: modern heroines. Jane Eyre: a holocaust of a childhood. Movie dreams: writing like a man. Low life, high art. Everything is a copy. The value of writers
Political and social. Dangerous lies: the language of economic rationalism. Conjugal knots. The dark side of love. Friends. Reefer madness. Writing a revolution. Come and see the blood in the streets.
Contents
- The Value of Writers, single work essay
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Acts of Noticing : A Consideration of Some Recent Australian Fiction
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 45 no. 2000; (p. 23-36)
— Review of The Red Heart 1999 selected work essay autobiography ; Untold Tales 1999 selected work short story ; Dream Stuff 2000 selected work short story ; Blue : A Novel 1999 single work novel ; Freedom Highway 1999 single work novel ; The Chelsea Manifesto : A Novel 1999 single work novel ; Painted Words 1999 anthology short story poetry ; Liv : A Novel 2000 single work novel ; Hidden from View 1999 single work novel ; Benang : From the Heart 1999 single work novel ; Drylands : A Book for the World's Last Reader 1999 single work novel ; An Accommodating Spouse 1999 single work novel ; Neap Tide 1999 single work novel ; Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop 1999 single work novel ; Poe's Cat 1999 single work novel ; Playing Madame Mao 2000 single work novel ; The Hunter 1999 single work novel ; The Australian Fiance 2000 single work novel -
Dangerous Lies
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 213 1999; (p. 10-11)
— Review of The Red Heart 1999 selected work essay autobiography -
Essays from the Heart
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 June 1999; (p. 21)
— Review of The Red Heart 1999 selected work essay autobiography -
CoverNotes
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 June 1999; (p. 17)
— Review of The Red Heart 1999 selected work essay autobiography ; The Burnt City 1999 single work novel ; Spare Parts 1999 single work novel -
Other Voices
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 May 1999; (p. 11)
— Review of Candelo 1998 single work novel ; The Red Heart 1999 selected work essay autobiography ; Do You Take This Man? : Stories 1999 selected work short story ; White Heart 1999 single work novel
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Other Voices
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 May 1999; (p. 11)
— Review of Candelo 1998 single work novel ; The Red Heart 1999 selected work essay autobiography ; Do You Take This Man? : Stories 1999 selected work short story ; White Heart 1999 single work novel -
CoverNotes
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 June 1999; (p. 17)
— Review of The Red Heart 1999 selected work essay autobiography ; The Burnt City 1999 single work novel ; Spare Parts 1999 single work novel -
Essays from the Heart
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 June 1999; (p. 21)
— Review of The Red Heart 1999 selected work essay autobiography -
Dangerous Lies
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 213 1999; (p. 10-11)
— Review of The Red Heart 1999 selected work essay autobiography -
Acts of Noticing : A Consideration of Some Recent Australian Fiction
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 45 no. 2000; (p. 23-36)
— Review of The Red Heart 1999 selected work essay autobiography ; Untold Tales 1999 selected work short story ; Dream Stuff 2000 selected work short story ; Blue : A Novel 1999 single work novel ; Freedom Highway 1999 single work novel ; The Chelsea Manifesto : A Novel 1999 single work novel ; Painted Words 1999 anthology short story poetry ; Liv : A Novel 2000 single work novel ; Hidden from View 1999 single work novel ; Benang : From the Heart 1999 single work novel ; Drylands : A Book for the World's Last Reader 1999 single work novel ; An Accommodating Spouse 1999 single work novel ; Neap Tide 1999 single work novel ; Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop 1999 single work novel ; Poe's Cat 1999 single work novel ; Playing Madame Mao 2000 single work novel ; The Hunter 1999 single work novel ; The Australian Fiance 2000 single work novel