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Dedication: for my mother and father, with love and thanks
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Acknowledgments: 'The Motorcycle Cafe' and 'Thieves' have appeared in slightly different forms in Australian Short Stories, and 'The White Aeroplane' in Latitudes: New Writing from the North, eds Susan Johnson and Mary Roberts (UQP. 1986). Portions of 'Close to the Road' have appeared in Chimera Literary Magazine (Brisbane, 1983).
Sincere gratitude to Georgia 'Jackie' Savage for her wisdom.
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A City in Its Own Write
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 6 - 12 May no. 733 2009; (p. 12-13) -
The Interview : Matthew Condon
Phillip Edmonds
(interviewer),
2009
single work
interview
— Appears in: Wet Ink , March no. 14 2009; (p. 23-27) -
Fiction Notes
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Phoenix Review , Spring no. 4 1989; (p. 115-119)
— Review of North Wind 1982 selected work short story ; The Living Hothouse 1988 selected work short story ; Quickening and Other Stories 1989 selected work short story ; Regards to the Czar 1988 sequence short story ; The Woman at the Window 1989 selected work short story ; The Shipwreck Party 1989 selected work short story ; The Motorcycle Cafe 1988 single work novel ; The Glass Whittler and Other Stories 1988 selected work short story ; The Hanged Man in the Garden 1989 selected work short story -
The Christmas Bundle
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December vol. 3 no. 12 1988; (p. 14-15)
— Review of The Motorcycle Cafe 1988 single work novel ; Matilda at the Speed of Light : An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction 1988 anthology short story criticism ; Running Up a Dress : A Mother and Daughter Dialogue 1988 single work drama ; Save Me, Joe Louis 1988 selected work autobiography ; That Fierce Virgin 1988 single work novel ; Regards to the Czar 1988 sequence short story ; The Ticket in Tatts 1988 single work novel -
Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , December-January 1988; (p. 33-34)
— Review of The Motorcycle Cafe 1988 single work novel
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The Christmas Bundle
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December vol. 3 no. 12 1988; (p. 14-15)
— Review of The Motorcycle Cafe 1988 single work novel ; Matilda at the Speed of Light : An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction 1988 anthology short story criticism ; Running Up a Dress : A Mother and Daughter Dialogue 1988 single work drama ; Save Me, Joe Louis 1988 selected work autobiography ; That Fierce Virgin 1988 single work novel ; Regards to the Czar 1988 sequence short story ; The Ticket in Tatts 1988 single work novel -
Fiction Notes
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Phoenix Review , Spring no. 4 1989; (p. 115-119)
— Review of North Wind 1982 selected work short story ; The Living Hothouse 1988 selected work short story ; Quickening and Other Stories 1989 selected work short story ; Regards to the Czar 1988 sequence short story ; The Woman at the Window 1989 selected work short story ; The Shipwreck Party 1989 selected work short story ; The Motorcycle Cafe 1988 single work novel ; The Glass Whittler and Other Stories 1988 selected work short story ; The Hanged Man in the Garden 1989 selected work short story -
Eclectic Mix, Even for One of Catholic Tastes
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 September 1988; (p. 78)
— Review of The Motorcycle Cafe 1988 single work novel ; That Fierce Virgin 1988 single work novel ; Watching the Climbers on the Mountain 1988 single work novel -
Great Debut
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Melbourne Times , 5 October 1988;
— Review of The Motorcycle Cafe 1988 single work novel -
Hero's Life a Mosaic of Memories
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 24 September 1988; (p. 10)
— Review of The Motorcycle Cafe 1988 single work novel -
The Interview : Matthew Condon
Phillip Edmonds
(interviewer),
2009
single work
interview
— Appears in: Wet Ink , March no. 14 2009; (p. 23-27) -
A City in Its Own Write
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 6 - 12 May no. 733 2009; (p. 12-13)
Awards
- 1989 shortlisted New South Wales State Literary Awards — Fiction
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