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Verity Birdwood Mystery
1987
series - author
novel
short story
(number
1
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
1987...
1987
Grim Pickings
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'Yes, the old crowd had gathered at Aunt Alice's once again - to pick apples against a chilly orchard setting. Beneath the surface was the usual boiling jealousies, frustrations and uneasy gaps between the generations and in-laws. Or was there something different about this year?' (Source: back cover, 1988 edition)
Adaptations
-
form
y
Grim Pickings
( dir. Riccardo Pellizzeri
)
South Australia
:
South Australian Film Corporation
Nine Network
,
1989
6060573
1989
series - publisher
film/TV
crime
'In the great tradition of Agatha Christie... family and friends gather each spring at Aunt Alice's farm for a weekend of good company, sunshine and apple picking. When Damien arrives uninvited, followed closely by murder, the weekend turns sour... the pickings grim indeed. The stage is set for a riveting finale as the killer tries to remove anyone who poses a threat, and the innocent as well, in one devastating blow.'
Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 17/6/2013)
Notes
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Dedication: For Ruth, Mim and Roz, with thanks
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording, large print.
Works about this Work
-
Literary Adaptation in an Australian Setting - Jennifer Rowe's 'Grim Pickings'
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Inter-Cultural Studies , August vol. 2 no. 2 2002; (p. 27-38) -
Christie Fan Makes Good
Stuart Coupe
(interviewer),
1991
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Writer's News , April-May vol. 5 no. 10 1991; (p. 18-19) -
Jenny Rowe : Clues to the Puzzle
Stuart Coupe
(interviewer),
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Mean Streets : A Quarterly Journal of Crime, Mystery and Detection , February no. 2 1991; (p. 42-45) -
Crime
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 February 1990; (p. 10)
— Review of Babylon South 1989 single work novel ; Grim Pickings 1987 single work novel ; Murder by the Book 1989 single work novel -
Far-Fetched But a Riveting Read
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 April 1989; (p. 22)
— Review of Grim Pickings 1987 single work novel
-
Crime
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 February 1990; (p. 10)
— Review of Babylon South 1989 single work novel ; Grim Pickings 1987 single work novel ; Murder by the Book 1989 single work novel -
The Return of the Antipodean Whodunnit : The Proof and the Pourquoi
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 96 1987; (p. 8-10)
— Review of The Last Man's Head : Chip-Chop, Chip-Chop, The Last Man's Head Off 1970 single work novel ; Grim Pickings 1987 single work novel ; The January Zone 1987 single work novel -
Australian Whodunnit Well Worth Picking Up
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 November 1987; (p. B5)
— Review of Grim Pickings 1987 single work novel -
Families, Apples and a Corpse
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 21-22 January 1989; (p. 8)
— Review of Grim Pickings 1987 single work novel -
Far-Fetched But a Riveting Read
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 April 1989; (p. 22)
— Review of Grim Pickings 1987 single work novel -
Literary Adaptation in an Australian Setting - Jennifer Rowe's 'Grim Pickings'
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Inter-Cultural Studies , August vol. 2 no. 2 2002; (p. 27-38) -
Jenny Rowe : Clues to the Puzzle
Stuart Coupe
(interviewer),
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Mean Streets : A Quarterly Journal of Crime, Mystery and Detection , February no. 2 1991; (p. 42-45) -
Christie Fan Makes Good
Stuart Coupe
(interviewer),
1991
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Writer's News , April-May vol. 5 no. 10 1991; (p. 18-19) -
The Other Crime Wave
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 June 1989; (p. 52-59)
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