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More Than Cracking the Code : Postmodern Picture Books and New Literacies
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Crossing the Boundaries 2002; (p. 87-105) - y Reading and Viewing Flinders Park : Era Publications , 1999 Z1858393 1999 single work criticism 'Exploring the illustrated works of Gary Crew and Steven Woolman in The Watertower, Tagged and Caleb.' (Cover)
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Metafictional Play in Children's Fiction
1998
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criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 8 no. 3 1998; (p. 5-15)Grieve examines the role of metafiction in children's literature and its reliance on reader participation and interaction, by looking at textual strategies that construct the 'game' as text or fiction. These strategies include structuring the narrative around the rules of an actual game, constructing either the physical book or the text as a game, and/or representing characters as 'players in a game' (5). The discussion is a response to critics who question the value of child-focused metafictional texts and of narrative techniques that demystify fictional illusions (such as multiple narrative endings, unreliable narrators and characters, linguistic play, and the reworking of established literary codes and conventions through parody and intertextuality).
Grieve explores a number of texts based on the 'interrogative or metafictional play' and self-reflexivity the narratives offer, which, she argues, 'makes the reader aware of the interplay between reality and illusion' (6). As well as novels from the UK and the USA, Grieves discusses a number of Australian texts: Power and Glory (Emily Rodda and Geoff Kelly), Beyond the Labyrinth (Gillian Rubinstein), Inventing Anthony West (Gary Crew), and The Water Tower (Gary Crew and Steven Woolman).
Metafiction challenges the dominant humanist literary tradition, which posits 'stable, knowable texts' (5), by 'problematizing mimetic illusion' and questioning the 'nature and existence of reality, the creation of literary universes and the nature of human artefacts' (13). This is the value of metafictive narratives for children that Grieve elucidates and ultimately supports.
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Untitled
1998
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review
— Appears in: School Library Journal : For Children's, Young Adult and School Librarians , March vol. 44 no. 3 1998; (p. 168)
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Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Horn Book Magazine , May/June vol. 74 no. 3 1998; (p. 330)
— Review of The Watertower 1994 single work picture book
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Books to Look Forward to
1994
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review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 9 no. 4 1994; (p. 19)
— Review of The Watertower 1994 single work picture book ; Whatley's Quest 1994 single work picture book -
Untitled
1994
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review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 8 no. 2 1994; (p. 11)
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[Review] Somewhere Around the Corner [et al]
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , June vol. 74 no. 1059 1995; (p. 33-34)
— Review of Somewhere Around the Corner 1994 single work children's fiction ; The Watertower 1994 single work picture book ; The Burnt Stick 1994 single work novella -
Designed for Imagination
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 26 November 1994; (p. 10)
— Review of The Watertower 1994 single work picture book -
Who Says Picture Books are Just for Kids?
1995
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review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 January 1995; (p. 5)
— Review of The Watertower 1994 single work picture book ; Power and Glory 1994 single work picture book -
Reading Excellence
1995
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column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 August 1995; (p. wkd 6) - y Reading and Viewing Flinders Park : Era Publications , 1999 Z1858393 1999 single work criticism 'Exploring the illustrated works of Gary Crew and Steven Woolman in The Watertower, Tagged and Caleb.' (Cover)
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The Watertower
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 39 no. 2 1995; (p. 7-8) Artist Steven Woolman discusses the imaginative processes of picture book illustration, particularly in his approach to The Watertower, aimed at older readers. -
Enigmatus Interruptus : or The Frustration of Being Lured, Snared, and Thrilled...
1995
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criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 39 no. 3 1995; (p. 15-16) -
CBC Acceptance Speeches : Gary Crew
1995
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 39 no. 4 1995; (p. 2-3)