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Mandy Beaumont Mandy Beaumont i(A84356 works by)
Born: Established: 1977 ;
Gender: Female
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1 Dear Lover : Mandy Beaumont Mandy Beaumont , 2023 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Dear Lover 2023;
1 3 y separately published work icon The Furies Mandy Beaumont , Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2022 23420143 2022 single work novel crime

'Defiant, ferocious and unyielding - The Furies is a unique and breathtakingly powerful debut novel from Mandy Beaumont. For those who love Charlotte Wood, Margaret Atwood and Carmen Maria Machado.

'Cynthia was just about to turn sixteen when the unthinkable happened. Her mother was taken away by the police, and her father left without a word three months later. After that night, Cynthia began to walk in slow circles outside the family home looking for traces of her sister Mallory - she's sure that she must be somewhere else now, wherever that is.

'Cynthia knows that she doesn't belong here. Her mother never belonged here either. This is the place of violence. Despair. The long dry. Blood caked under the nails. Desperate men. Long silences. The place where mothers go mad in locked bedrooms, where women like Cynthia imagine better futures.

'As a threatening wind begins to dry-whirl around her, seldom seen black clouds form above, roll over the golden-brown land - is that Mallory she can hear in the growling mass? In the harsh drought-stricken landscape of outback Queensland a woman can be lost in so many ways. The question is, will Cynthia be one of them?'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 3 y separately published work icon Wild Fearless Chests Mandy Beaumont , Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2020 18052618 2020 selected work short story

'She is the explosion, the clamour, the thunder. She is the beat, the rage. She is every piece of violence imagined on the skin. She is the near miss. She is the woman you once were, the woman you could be, the woman you are. She is a triumph of our shared history, is every one of you, is your wild and screaming voice on street corners, is the madwoman you fear you may become. She loves you.

'As women's voices begin to rise together, Mandy Beaumont's brutal and uncompromising stories are a compelling reminder of the ways in which women have fallen, been dismissed, hurt, hated and loved from afar.

'These are the stories we have always known, have always heard about and are perhaps just short moments away from. They are yours, ours, mine. They are booming anger. They are wild love. They are the distorted and the decided, the imagined and the wanted. They are the shaking ground beneath our feet. A powerful call to arms. They compel us to stand tall. To break free. To defy the gaze. To claim our space.

'Wild, Fearless Chests is the sound of a certain revolution.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Men Without Women, or How at My Local Pub I'd Sit and Watch an Ageing Whore Mandy Beaumont , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Bareknuckle Poet , May 2015;
1 War Poem i "When Sarajevo burnt and the Library was the last to go", Mandy Beaumont , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Language of Compassion : Poetry from the Second ACU Literature Prize 2014; (p. 61-62)
1 She Plays as Beautiful i "Before battle she brushes her hair", Mandy Beaumont , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Griffith Review , April no. 40 2013; (p. 42)
1 Many Writers, One Story [2012] Nick Earls , Marieke Hardy , Dave Graney , Jeff Sparrow , Kate Forsyth , Michaela McGuire , Michael Robotham , Krissy Kneen , Emilie Zoey Baker , Andy Griffiths , Phil Kafcaloudes , Tanveer Ahmed , Tony Cavanaugh , Tara Moss , Susan Johnson , Rebecca Sparrow , Mandy Beaumont , Sean Whelan , Belinda Jeffrey , Katherine Battersby , Sophie Hamley , Chris Currie , Kristina Schulz , Terry Whidborne , Anna Campbell , Chris Somerville , Tristan Bancks , Toni Jordan , Benjamin Law , 2012 single work short story

'Brisbane Writers Festival celebrates stories of all shapes and sizes. With the help of Twitter and a brilliant collection of 50 writers from around the globe, the Many Writers, One Story project hopes to put together a very Brisbane tale told in 140 character bite-sized pieces. Where will the story go? What twists will it take? Follow its progress from Tuesday 17 July [2012] ... or on Twitter by following the hashtag #BWF50.'

Source: Brisbane Writers Festival website, http://www.bwf.org.au/
Sighted: 14/08/2012

1 Untitled i "Taking down her panties", Mandy Beaumont , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 August vol. 39 no. 0 2012;
1 Untitled i "Pack a suitcase", Mandy Beaumont , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 8 April 2012; (p. 12) Griffith Review , April no. 40 2013; (p. 210)
1 We Are Standing i "We are standing still,", Mandy Beaumont , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2009 2009; (p. 6-8)
1 y separately published work icon I Tell Her of the Beautiful Lines in Her Skin That Rip Apart My Groin Mandy Beaumont , Brisbane : Straight Out Of Brisbane Inc. , 2007 Z1439745 2007 selected work poetry prose
1 y separately published work icon Read Aloud in Dark Places: A Selection of Poetry Mandy Beaumont , Brisbane : Mandy Beaumont , 2007 Z1439721 2007 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Aperture Mandy Beaumont , Brisbane : Straight Out Of Brisbane Inc. , 2007 Z1424698 2007 selected work poetry
1 He's Got Whiskey and an Amphetamine Pocket... i "How many Johnny cash albums", Mandy Beaumont , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Love Zine 2006; (p. n.p.)
1 Untitled i "It's some country sound on my radio that's making the old books on my dash move. It's making the morning", Mandy Beaumont , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Stylus Poetry Journal , July no. 22 2006;
1 y separately published work icon To the One Who Comes at Dawn ... Mandy Beaumont , Graham Nunn , Stones Corner : Mandy Beaumont Graham Nunn , 2005 Z1244695 2005 selected work poetry
1 Untitled i "Arms Stretched -", Mandy Beaumont , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Softblow 2004-2010;
1 He Builds a City... i "To make a city out of conversation", Mandy Beaumont , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Softblow 2004-2010;
1 Untitled i "Gold glow in low lights", Mandy Beaumont , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Softblow 2004-2010;
1 Untitled i "Held together by the camouflage of table topped love affairs", Mandy Beaumont , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Softblow 2004-2010;
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