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y separately published work icon As the River Runs single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 As the River Runs
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'A powerful ode to one of Australia’s most stunning regions from an author who writes with red dust in his veins. A secret plan is being cooked up to bring water from the monsoonal north of Australia to the south. But Government minister Michael Mooney needs to find out what opposition he might face around the river valley. He sends Kate Kennedy, his young, career-minded Chief of Staff, and political fixer Jack Cole on a ‘fact-finding’ trip. Ex-greenie Dylan Ward is their guide. Respected by both the mining industry and Aboriginal elder Vincent Yimi, Dylan is unaware that he has been compromised until their journey takes some unexpected turns. But as they travel through the wild river country, Kate begins to see Dylan and the world around her in a new light.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Epigraph:

    In time and with water,

    everything changes.

    -Lionardo da Vinci

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crawley, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: UWA Publishing , 2013 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 319p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 18 February 2013
      ISBN: 9781742584904 (pbk.), 174258490X (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Articulating Landscapes Ochre Contemporary Dance Company , 2014 single work drama

'The words of two prominent West Australian authors are articulated through the language of dance in this evening of short contemporary works performed by the talented Aboriginal and non-Indigenous dancers of Ochre Contemporary Dance Company. Excerpts from the writings of authors Kim Scott (That Deadman Dance) and Stephen Scourfield (As the River Runs) will be presented through dance, followed by brief insights from the choreographers into the process in which they engaged to bring these words to life in the studio. ...' (Source: Ochre Contemporary Dance Theatre website)

Untitled Barbara Baker , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30-31 March 2013; (p. 20)

— Review of As the River Runs Stephen Scourfield , 2013 single work novel
A Salute to Western Life Forms, Naturally Stella Clarke , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 March 2013; (p. 21)

— Review of As the River Runs Stephen Scourfield , 2013 single work novel
Untitled Cameron Woodhead , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 February 2013; (p. 26)

— Review of As the River Runs Stephen Scourfield , 2013 single work novel
Book Mark Katharine England , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 February 2013; (p. 34)

— Review of As the River Runs Stephen Scourfield , 2013 single work novel ; Mullumbimby Melissa Lucashenko , 2013 single work novel
Book Mark Katharine England , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 February 2013; (p. 34)

— Review of As the River Runs Stephen Scourfield , 2013 single work novel ; Mullumbimby Melissa Lucashenko , 2013 single work novel
Untitled Cameron Woodhead , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 February 2013; (p. 26)

— Review of As the River Runs Stephen Scourfield , 2013 single work novel
A Salute to Western Life Forms, Naturally Stella Clarke , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 March 2013; (p. 21)

— Review of As the River Runs Stephen Scourfield , 2013 single work novel
Untitled Barbara Baker , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30-31 March 2013; (p. 20)

— Review of As the River Runs Stephen Scourfield , 2013 single work novel
Articulating Landscapes Ochre Contemporary Dance Company , 2014 single work drama

'The words of two prominent West Australian authors are articulated through the language of dance in this evening of short contemporary works performed by the talented Aboriginal and non-Indigenous dancers of Ochre Contemporary Dance Company. Excerpts from the writings of authors Kim Scott (That Deadman Dance) and Stephen Scourfield (As the River Runs) will be presented through dance, followed by brief insights from the choreographers into the process in which they engaged to bring these words to life in the studio. ...' (Source: Ochre Contemporary Dance Theatre website)

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