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'Cold Iron is set in a fairytale world---a kind of parallel Elizabethan period. It is based on the English fairytale Tattercoats (which is a kind of Cinderella story) and Shakespeare's beautiful play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. It enters the fairy kingdom of Titania and Oberon, and takes the reader into the vivid world of Elizabethan England. Tattercoats is the neglected, beautiful grand-daughter of the rich Baron of Fisher Forest, who is inconsolable because of his daughter's death in bearing Tattercoats. Her father has gone away; and so the only friends Tattercoats has in the world are the servant girl Malkin and Pug, a lame, flute-playing gooseherd. One day, the Baron receives an invitation to go to the birthday ball of the Earl of Malmsey, at Elizabeth's court; and Tattercoats desperately wants to go. But her grandfather does not want to let her. It is up to Malkin and Pug to find a way.' (Source: Sophie Masson)
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- Also sound recording.
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Scanners
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80 2010; (p. 67)
— Review of The Centurion's Empire 1990 single work novel ; Cold Iron 1998 single work novel ; Killing Darcy 1998 single work novel -
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Shakespeare in Children's Literature : Gender and Cultural Capital
New York (City)
:
Routledge
,
2009
13815357
2009
single work
criticism
'Shakespeare in Children's Literature looks at the genre of Shakespeare-for-children, considering both adaptations of his plays and children's novels in which he appears as a character. Drawing on feminist theory and sociology, Hateley demonstrates how Shakespeare for children utilises the ongoing cultural capital of "Shakespeare," and the pedagogical aspects of children's literature, to perpetuate anachronistic forms of identity and authority.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)
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A Local Habitation and a Name : Writing Shakespearean Novels
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 19 no. 3 2004; (p. 12-15) -
Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 22 1999; (p. 100-101)
— Review of Cold Iron 1998 single work novel -
Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 13 no. 3 1998; (p. 40)
— Review of Cold Iron 1998 single work novel
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Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 42 no. 3 1998; (p. 27)
— Review of Cold Iron 1998 single work novel -
Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 13 no. 3 1998; (p. 40)
— Review of Cold Iron 1998 single work novel -
Scanners
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , August no. 80 2010; (p. 67)
— Review of The Centurion's Empire 1990 single work novel ; Cold Iron 1998 single work novel ; Killing Darcy 1998 single work novel -
Stories That Don't Quite Fit
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 203 1998; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Cold Iron 1998 single work novel ; Force of Evil 1998 selected work short story -
Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 22 1999; (p. 100-101)
— Review of Cold Iron 1998 single work novel -
A Local Habitation and a Name : Writing Shakespearean Novels
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 19 no. 3 2004; (p. 12-15) -
y
Shakespeare in Children's Literature : Gender and Cultural Capital
New York (City)
:
Routledge
,
2009
13815357
2009
single work
criticism
'Shakespeare in Children's Literature looks at the genre of Shakespeare-for-children, considering both adaptations of his plays and children's novels in which he appears as a character. Drawing on feminist theory and sociology, Hateley demonstrates how Shakespeare for children utilises the ongoing cultural capital of "Shakespeare," and the pedagogical aspects of children's literature, to perpetuate anachronistic forms of identity and authority.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)
Awards
- 1998 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Fantasy Division — Best Fantasy Novel
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