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Writing Violence, Arousing Curiosity,
single work
essay
'Borne out of a manuscript longlisted for the 2017 KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award, Ashley Kalagian Blunt’s My Name Is Revenge is out this month with Spineless Wonders. In December 1980, two men shot a Turkish diplomat near his home in Sydney, and vanished. From this assassination in Australia, one of a series of international terrorist attacks, Kalagian Blunt’s novella traces back to the streets of 1920s Berlin and the Armenian genocide of World War I. The following is an extract from one of three companion essays.' (Publication abstract)
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Books Roundup,
single work
review
— Review of Little Stones 2019 single work novel ; Sweatshop Women : Volume One 2019 anthology short story poetry ; -
A Language for Antarctica : Summer at Mawson,
single work
essay
'For those living and working in the world’s last great wilderness, words and language are critical to survival. But amid this new vocabulary of Antarctic life, the bigger things – the staggering beauty, danger and immense isolation – are harder to put into words.' (Publication abstract)
- Shelf Reflection : Elizabeth Kuiper, single work interview
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Show Your Working : Robbie Arnott,
single work
column
'Show Your Working is a new monthly column exploring how some of our favourite writers get things done. In our first column, we take a peek at the desk of Robbie Arnott, whose debut novel Flames (Text Publishing) is nominated for the 2019 Miles Franklin Award, and who was announced as one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Best Young Australian Novelists for 2019.' (Introduction)
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Fear of Forgetting,
single work
autobiography
'Writing a book inspired by my childhood in Zimbabwe, revisiting my old home forced me to address my fears around losing my memories – and, with them, my identity.' (Introduction)
