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'A broadly chronological account of [Nowra's] childhood and eventual progression towards maturity, love and playwriting' (Dianne Dempsey 'Emerging from the Chrysalis').
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The Twelfth of Never
2020
single work
drama
'In this funny, razor’s edge memoir, Nowra looks back at a fractured family: a beautiful and demanding mother, whose standards could and would never be met; a father in love with long-distance; a mad grandmother; a hideous head accident; and a childhood filled with strangeness and obsessions. A moving and wonderfully original evocation of an unconventional boyhood, of growing up believing that aliens might just walk among us, and of the realisation that to be normal is harder than you think.'
Source: Redline Productions.
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Dedication: ... Much research into my family background was diligently undertaken by Michelle, to whom this book is dedicated.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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One Book One Brisbane
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 February 2005; (p. 6)
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— Appears in: Limelight , September 2004; (p. 40-41)
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Boyhood Memoirs Net Literary Prize
2000
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 October 2000; (p. 6) -
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2000
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— Appears in: The Age , 28 October 2000; (p. 8) -
'That Story When...
2000
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— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 159 2000; (p. 136-137)
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Remembrance of a Strange Past
2004
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— Appears in: Limelight , September 2004; (p. 40-41)
— Review of The Twelfth of Never : A Memoir 1999 single work autobiography ; Shooting the Moon : A Memoir 2004 single work autobiography -
One Book One Brisbane
2005
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 February 2005; (p. 6)
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Summer Blazers
1999
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 December 1999; (p. 10)
— Review of White Turtle : A Collection of Short Stories 1999 selected work short story ; The Beauty of Truth 1999 single work novel ; A Close Run Thing 1999 single work novel ; Surfing Antarctica : A Novel 1999 single work novel ; The Twelfth of Never : A Memoir 1999 single work autobiography ; Walk of Fame 2000 single work novel ; Shooting Star 1999 single work novel ; Feeding the Demons 1999 single work novel ; Jean Devanny : Romantic Revolutionary 1999 single work biography ; Pig's Blood and Other Fluids 1999 selected work novel ; Firehead 1999 single work novel 'Murray Waldren suggests some hot numbers for holiday reading.' (Note below title) -
Emerging from the Chrysalis
1999
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— Appears in: The Age , 13 November 1999; (p. 7)
— Review of The Twelfth of Never : A Memoir 1999 single work autobiography ; I Asked Cathleen to Dance 2000 single work autobiography -
The Secrets of Nature
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 30 November vol. 117 no. 6202 1999; (p. 103)
— Review of The Twelfth of Never : A Memoir 1999 single work autobiography -
Shelf Life
2000
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column
— Appears in: The Age , 28 October 2000; (p. 8) -
Boyhood Memoirs Net Literary Prize
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 October 2000; (p. 6) -
Thriving Through the Pain of Life
1999
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 5 December 1999; (p. 18) -
The Courier-Mail Book of the Year Shortlist [2000]
2000
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criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 September 2000; (p. 5)
Awards
- 2005 shortlisted One Book One Brisbane
- 2000 joint winner The Courier-Mail Book of the Year Award
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