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Born: Established: Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 GR and Me Glenda Guest , 2020 single work biography
— Appears in: Grandmothers : Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers 2020;
1 3 y separately published work icon A Week in the Life of Cassandra Aberline Glenda Guest , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2018 12263200 2018 single work novel

'After forty-five years in Sydney, Cassandra Aberline returns to her home town in the Western Australian wheat belt in the same way she left- on the Indian Pacific train.

'As they cross the emptiness of the vast Australian inland, Cassie travels back through her memories, too, frightened that she's about to lose them forever - and with them, her last chance to answer the question that has haunted her almost all her life.' (Publication details)

1 “Hetherington’s Touch Is Light and Deft”- Glenda Guest Reviews ‘Burnt Umber’ Glenda Guest , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , July-September no. 19 2016;

— Review of Burnt Umber Paul Hetherington , 2016 selected work poetry
1 Chapter One : Early Fragments Glenda Guest , 2010 single work prose
— Appears in: Verity La , August 2010;
1 Finding the Language : Magical Realism in Australia Glenda Guest , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antípodas , no. 16 2005; (p. 113-119)
1 y separately published work icon Magical Realism and Writing Place : A Novel and Exegesis Glenda Guest , Queensland : 2005 Z1676413 2005 single work thesis
1 The Exegesis Glenda Guest , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magical Realism and Writing Place : A Novel and Exegesis 2005; (p. 1-202)
2 15 y separately published work icon Siddon Rock Glenda Guest , North Sydney : Vintage Australia , 2009 Z1553911 2005 single work novel

'"When Macha Connor came home from the war she walked into town as naked as the day she was born, except for well-worn and shining boots, a dusty slouch hat, and the .303 rifle she held across her waist."

'Macha patrols Siddon Rock by night, watching over the town's inhabitants: Brigid, Granna, and all of the Aberline clan; Alistair in Meakin's Haberdashery, with his fine sense of style; Sybil, scrubbing away at the bloodstains in her father's butcher shop; Reverend Siggy, afraid of the outback landscape and the district's magical saltpans; silent Nell with her wild dogs; publican Marg, always accompanied by a cloud of blue; and the new barman, Kelpie Crush.

'It is only when refugee Catalin Morgenstern and her young son Josis arrive in town that Macha realises there is nothing she can do to keep the townspeople safe.' (From the publisher's website.)

1 Snorters and Chucklers Glenda Guest , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Artlook , October no. 17 2005; (p. 10)
Guest argues for the veracity of undertaking PhD studies in creative writing.
1 Readers and Writers : A Reciprocation Glenda Guest , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Artlook , October no. 16 2005; (p. 15)
1 Mother, Mrs Hoskins and Me Glenda Guest , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Artlook , June no. 12 2005; (p. 22)
1 A Treat of Words and Ideas Glenda Guest , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Artlook , May no. 11 2005; (p. 10-11)
1 Short and Sweeter Glenda Guest , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Artlook , April no. 10 2005; (p. 12-13)

— Review of The Best Australian Stories 2004 2004 anthology short story ; Vincenzo's Garden John Clanchy , 2005 selected work short story ; The AAWP Spiny Babbler Anthology 2004 anthology poetry drama short story
1 Untitled Glenda Guest , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Artlook , February no. 8 2005; Arabescos 2009; (p. 157-159)

— Review of Evasion/Evasion Carmen Ibis Novoa , Beatriz Copello (translator), 2004 selected work poetry
1 Literature Glenda Guest , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Artlook , October no. 5 2004; (p. 8)

— Review of The Taste of Memory Marion Halligan , 2004 single work prose
1 Literature : Macabre and Grotesque in a Fascinating Way Glenda Guest , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Artlook , August no. 3 2004; (p. 6-7)

— Review of Fire Fire Eva Sallis , 2004 single work novel
1 Why I Write What I Write Glenda Guest , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: Artlook , July no. 2 2004; (p. 22-24)
1 Literature : A Festival of Writers Glenda Guest , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: Artlook , July no. 2 2004; (p. 9)
1 Little Black Bastard Skips on the Stars Glenda Guest , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , February no. 236 2004; (p. 6-7)

— Review of Skipping on Stars Stephen Sewell , 2004 single work drama
1 Pick of the Month Glenda Guest , 2003-2004 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , December - January no. 235 2003-2004; (p. 16)

— Review of This is Serious Ian C. Smith , 2003 selected work poetry
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