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Dedication: For my lovely wife, Kirsty.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Our Stories
2012
selected work
extract
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , October no. 223 2012; (p. 6-7) -
The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
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Learning from Forgotten Epidemics
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Spring no. 17 2007; (p. 57-65) -
Getting It Right the First Time
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , July vol. 2 no. 6 2007; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Affection : A Novel 2005 single work novel ; Passarola Rising 2006 single work novel ; Feather Man 2007 single work novel ; The Scandal of the Season 2007 single work novel -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , May vol. 84 no. 10 2005; (p. 24)
— Review of Affection : A Novel 2005 single work novel
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Grip of the Vortex
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 271 2005; (p. 50)
— Review of Affection : A Novel 2005 single work novel -
Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 May 2005; (p. 6)
— Review of Affection : A Novel 2005 single work novel -
Just What the Doctor Ordered
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 May 2005; (p. 10)
— Review of Affection : A Novel 2005 single work novel -
Take Three
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 22 May 2005; (p. 14)
— Review of Affection : A Novel 2005 single work novel ; The Rose Notes : A Novel 2005 single work novel -
Plague Calls for Dose of Humour
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 April - 1 May 2005; (p. 8)
— Review of Affection : A Novel 2005 single work novel -
The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
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Learning from Forgotten Epidemics
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Spring no. 17 2007; (p. 57-65) -
Our Stories
2012
selected work
extract
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , October no. 223 2012; (p. 6-7)
Awards
- 2012 shortlisted The National Year of Reading 2012 Our Story Collection — Queensland
- 2007 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- 2006 shortlisted South East Asia and South Pacific Region — Best First Book
- 2005 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award
- 2005 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Fiction
- Townsville, Townsville area, Marlborough - Mackay - Townsville area, Queensland,
- Brisbane, Queensland,
- 1900
- 1921