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Ten stories that take place in worlds not quite our own and yet each one illuminates what it is to be human. Ages 14+. (Source: Trove)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
New York (City),
New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),c
Americas,:Knopf
, 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- Baby Jane, single work short story young adult fantasy (p. 1-18)
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Monkey's Paternoster,
single work
short story
young adult
fantasy
'Monkey's Paternoster is a story about the sacred monkeys at a temple in India, told from the viewpoint of one of the monkeys.' (Source: January Magazine)
- A Good Heart, single work short story young adult fantasy (p. 29-39)
- Winkie, single work short story horror (p. 43-57)
- A Feather in the Breast of God, single work short story young adult fantasy (p. 59-75)
- Hero Vale, single work short story fantasy (p. 77-96)
- Under Hell, Over Heaven, single work short story horror (p. 97-116)
- Mouse Maker, single work short story young adult fantasy (p. 117-128)
- Forever Upward, single work short story young adult fantasy (p. 129-148)
- Daughter of the Clay, single work short story young adult fantasy (p. 149-162)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Crossover Fiction and the Adolescent Economy of Writing in the Works of Margo Lanagan
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Textual Practice , August vol. 33 no. 6 2019; (p. 1005-1023) 'Recent years have seen the rise of crossover fiction that is marketed as young adult literature but also attracts a large adult audience. While critics have addressed this phenomenon as a symptom of the demise of traditional understandings of adulthood, they have not yet given sufficient attention to the innovative ways in which authors have responded to the crossover phenomenon by radically recasting adolescence. This article places Julia Kristeva’s work on the adolescent economy of writing in dialogue with the major works of Margo Lanagan, who is often described as the quintessential crossover writer. I show that Lanagan divorces adolescence from its traditional association with individualism and reimagines it as an age-independent psychological phenomenon that is characterised by an opening of the self to (non)human others and to the realm of the social. This notion of adolescence is not only the dominant theme in Lanagan’s writings, it also emerges as a style and disposition of her texts, generating new narrative possibilities in the management of plot, focalisation and voice. Reading Lanagan alongside Kristeva reveals the centrality of the aesthetic in Kristeva’s view of adolescence, while also allowing us to see possibilities in the adolescent economy of writing that remain underexplored in Kristeva’s work.' (Publication abstract) -
[Review] Red Spikes
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 21 no. 1 2007; (p. 26)
— Review of Red Spikes 2006 selected work short story -
CBC Awards - Acceptance Speeches
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 51 no. 4 2007; (p. 3-6) -
Speculative Fiction Rewarded
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 42 no. 2 2007; (p. 89-90)
— Review of The Arrival 2006 single work graphic novel ; Foundling 2006 single work children's fiction ; Ichabod Hart and the Lighthouse Mystery 2003 single work children's fiction ; Red Spikes 2006 selected work short story ; Loop 2006 selected work short story ; Ravens Rising 2006 single work novel ; The Birthmark 2006 single work novel -
Goths and Vandals
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 189 2007; (p. 80-81)
— Review of The Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction 2007 anthology short story extract ; The Ghost Writer 2004 single work novel ; Red Spikes 2006 selected work short story
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Passionate Worlds
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 285 2006; (p. 58-60)
— Review of Monica Bloom 2006 single work novel ; Ten Things I Hate about Me 2006 single work novel ; The Birthmark 2006 single work novel ; Will 2006 single work novel ; The Secret Life of Maeve Lee Kwong 2006 single work children's fiction ; The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie 2006 single work novel ; On the Jellicoe Road 2006 single work novel ; Red Spikes 2006 selected work short story ; One Whole and Perfect Day 2006 single work novel ; Notes from the Teenage Underground 2006 single work novel -
[Review] Red Spikes
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 86 no. 3 2006; (p. 22)
— Review of Red Spikes 2006 selected work short story -
Journeys of Identity in a Mix of Unusual Paths
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 November 2006; (p. 17)
— Review of The Secret Life of Maeve Lee Kwong 2006 single work children's fiction ; Loop 2006 selected work short story ; Red Spikes 2006 selected work short story -
A Test for Your Grip on Reality
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 December 2006; (p. 9)
— Review of Red Spikes 2006 selected work short story -
Teen Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 30 December 2006; (p. 10)
— Review of Red Spikes 2006 selected work short story -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2007
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 51 no. 3 2007; (p. 5-12) -
CBC Awards - Acceptance Speeches
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 51 no. 4 2007; (p. 3-6) -
Crossover Fiction and the Adolescent Economy of Writing in the Works of Margo Lanagan
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Textual Practice , August vol. 33 no. 6 2019; (p. 1005-1023) 'Recent years have seen the rise of crossover fiction that is marketed as young adult literature but also attracts a large adult audience. While critics have addressed this phenomenon as a symptom of the demise of traditional understandings of adulthood, they have not yet given sufficient attention to the innovative ways in which authors have responded to the crossover phenomenon by radically recasting adolescence. This article places Julia Kristeva’s work on the adolescent economy of writing in dialogue with the major works of Margo Lanagan, who is often described as the quintessential crossover writer. I show that Lanagan divorces adolescence from its traditional association with individualism and reimagines it as an age-independent psychological phenomenon that is characterised by an opening of the self to (non)human others and to the realm of the social. This notion of adolescence is not only the dominant theme in Lanagan’s writings, it also emerges as a style and disposition of her texts, generating new narrative possibilities in the management of plot, focalisation and voice. Reading Lanagan alongside Kristeva reveals the centrality of the aesthetic in Kristeva’s view of adolescence, while also allowing us to see possibilities in the adolescent economy of writing that remain underexplored in Kristeva’s work.' (Publication abstract)
Awards
- 2007 finalist Locus Awards — Collection
- 2007 shortlisted World Fantasy Award — Best Collection
- 2007 longlisted Inky Awards — Gold Inky
- 2007 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award This award was known as the Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award from 1988-2007.
- 2007 longlisted
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