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Selby Series
1985-
series - author
children's fiction
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First known date:
1985...
1985
Selby's Secret
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'Selby′s secret is that he is the only talking dog in Australia and, perhaps, the world. With dreams of cosy fireside chats with his owners, the Trifles, Selby realises his gift could change him forever from family pooch to family servant'. (Source: publisher's website.)
Notes
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Originally published in a shorter form in the Australian edition of Family Circle magazine.
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Japanese translation.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Nine Lives of Aoi Kashima
1995
single work
prose
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 39 no. 2 1995; (p. 5-7) In this essay, Ball discusses some of the problems that translators encounter when they try to translate his works. He also describes the translation of his books into Japanese by 'Aoi Kashima', who is not actually a single translator, but rather a group of nine Japanese women who translate as a team, working under a pseudonym of their own construction; the name 'Aoi Kashima' is 'made up of letters from the names of the actual translators', Ball writes.
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Untitled
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 98 1986; (p. 36)
— Review of Selby's Secret 1985 single work children's fiction
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Untitled
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 98 1986; (p. 36)
— Review of Selby's Secret 1985 single work children's fiction -
The Nine Lives of Aoi Kashima
1995
single work
prose
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 39 no. 2 1995; (p. 5-7) In this essay, Ball discusses some of the problems that translators encounter when they try to translate his works. He also describes the translation of his books into Japanese by 'Aoi Kashima', who is not actually a single translator, but rather a group of nine Japanese women who translate as a team, working under a pseudonym of their own construction; the name 'Aoi Kashima' is 'made up of letters from the names of the actual translators', Ball writes.
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