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'In this book, the [second] in a series on Australian cities in which leading Australian authors write about their home city, novelist and journalist Matthew Condon rediscovers the city of his childhood, Brisbane. Having returned there after many years, Condon takes the reader on a unique and personal journey through contemporary Brisbane, unearthing its history — sometimes literally — and painting a portrait of the contemporary transformation of the city.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication: For my children Bridie Rose and Finnigan.
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Epigraph:
'And you really live by the river? What a jolly life!'
'By it and with it and on it and in it,' said the Rat. 'It's brother and sister to me, and aunts, and company, and food and drink, and (naturally) washing. It's my world, and I don't want any other.'
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
And now cometh he from the depths of the sea,
To survey the point where the town is to be;
But sadly trepann'd two miles from dry land-
He drives his poor snout in the treacherous sand.
'Is this your fine town? Says the whale with a frown...
-By Quiz, The Moreton Bay Courier, 17 July 1847
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) -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 6 no. 3 2012;
— Review of Brisbane 2010 single work prose -
Remembering the City of Forgetting
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 25 no. 2 2011; (p. 222-223)
— Review of Brisbane 2010 single work prose -
Writing the City
Sally Heath
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 70 no. 3 2011; (p. 179-189) 'The brief to 'write about the city you live in' has produced diverse books by five Australian writers. Another has just started to contemplate the process. The cities series was the brainchild of University of New South Wales Press, with Peter Timms' Hobart the first in the series to be published, in 2009. In 2010 Matthew Condon wrote Brisbane and Delia Falconer Sydney. Sophie Cunningham's Melbourne has just been published, and Adelaide by Kerryn Goldsworthy is due out in October. Paul Daley has just been commissioned to produce 'Canberra'. The series will continue around the country. The authors and I conducted an email conversation about the project, of which and edited version is presented here.' (p. 178)
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Review
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , vol. 17 no. 2 2010; (p. 101-103)
— Review of Brisbane 2010 single work prose
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Tales of the City
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 July - 1 August 2010; (p. 18-19)
— Review of Brisbane 2010 single work prose -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , August no. 59 2010; (p. 72)
— Review of Brisbane 2010 single work prose -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 90 no. 1 2010; (p. 44)
— Review of Brisbane 2010 single work prose -
Between Heaven and Hell
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 September 2010; (p. 41)
— Review of Brisbane 2010 single work prose -
Rhapsody in Blue
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 September 2010; (p. 124)
— Review of Brisbane 2010 single work prose -
Writing the City
Sally Heath
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 70 no. 3 2011; (p. 179-189) 'The brief to 'write about the city you live in' has produced diverse books by five Australian writers. Another has just started to contemplate the process. The cities series was the brainchild of University of New South Wales Press, with Peter Timms' Hobart the first in the series to be published, in 2009. In 2010 Matthew Condon wrote Brisbane and Delia Falconer Sydney. Sophie Cunningham's Melbourne has just been published, and Adelaide by Kerryn Goldsworthy is due out in October. Paul Daley has just been commissioned to produce 'Canberra'. The series will continue around the country. The authors and I conducted an email conversation about the project, of which and edited version is presented here.' (p. 178)
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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
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Subjects:
- Brisbane, Queensland,
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