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'Can you love someone when you can’t forgive them? Do you keep fighting for something you believe in when everyone is telling you you’re wrong?
'The Black Dress is the incredible story of Mary MacKillop – an unconventional young woman born into a time and a religion bound by convention.
'What Mary did with her life would change the course of Australia’s history.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Discarding the Disclaimer? Reappraising Fiction as a Mode of Biography
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , April vol. 20 no. 1 2016; 'While the biographical novel has created an openness to representing lives in fiction it is usually expected to provide a disclaimer certifying the work’s unreliability despite its potential for truth-telling and rich tools for writers wishing to tell the stories of real people. Even so, more serious attention to the historical novel since Lukács, the impact of the postmodern novel, plus the variety of published works that have adopted fictional strategies to tell lives over the last half century suggest this perspective is shifting. Using Ina Schabert’s seminal work on fictional biography as a scholarly reference point, this paper explores fiction’s biographical capacity, turning to published works and personal writing practice to try to reappraise the potential of fiction as a mode of biography.' (Publication abstract) -
In Short : Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 January 2006; (p. 22)
— Review of A Ticket for Perpetual Locomotion: or, Eduardo's Perpetual Locomotors 2005 single work novel ; The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years 2005 single work novel -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 3 2005; (p. 27-28)
— Review of The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years 2005 single work novel -
The Black Dress
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 13 no. 4 2005; (p. 22-23)
— Review of The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years 2005 single work novel -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 20 no. 4 2005; (p. 44-45)
— Review of The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years 2005 single work novel
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Young Adult
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 11 September 2005; (p. 21)
— Review of The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years 2005 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 January 2006; (p. 22)
— Review of A Ticket for Perpetual Locomotion: or, Eduardo's Perpetual Locomotors 2005 single work novel ; The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years 2005 single work novel -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 20 no. 4 2005; (p. 44-45)
— Review of The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years 2005 single work novel -
The Black Dress
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 13 no. 4 2005; (p. 22-23)
— Review of The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years 2005 single work novel -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 3 2005; (p. 27-28)
— Review of The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years 2005 single work novel -
Discarding the Disclaimer? Reappraising Fiction as a Mode of Biography
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , April vol. 20 no. 1 2016; 'While the biographical novel has created an openness to representing lives in fiction it is usually expected to provide a disclaimer certifying the work’s unreliability despite its potential for truth-telling and rich tools for writers wishing to tell the stories of real people. Even so, more serious attention to the historical novel since Lukács, the impact of the postmodern novel, plus the variety of published works that have adopted fictional strategies to tell lives over the last half century suggest this perspective is shifting. Using Ina Schabert’s seminal work on fictional biography as a scholarly reference point, this paper explores fiction’s biographical capacity, turning to published works and personal writing practice to try to reappraise the potential of fiction as a mode of biography.' (Publication abstract)
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