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'Jack is an everyday sixteen-year-old boy. He’s obsessed with Annabel, sport and nose hair. He’s also obsessed with a ghost . . .
'There’s a ghost in our house in a red evening dress, black stockings and Mum’s slingback shoes. Her hair whispers over white shoulders as she dances through the rooms.
'A bittersweet comedy about the infinite promise of first love and the everlasting sorrow of grief, Love, Ghosts & Nose Hair was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers and New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards.' (Publication summary)
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A novel in poetry form.
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Prequel to A Place Like This.
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Available in sound recording and braille formats.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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- Sound recording.
- Large print.
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In this sequel to Love, Ghosts and Nose Hair, two young lovers, Annabel and Jack take time out from study in an effort to find their place in the world, and in the process help Emma and her family cope with Emma's teenage pregnancy.
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The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 1997
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 41 no. 2 1997; (p. 3-4)
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Tears and Triumphs
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[Review] Love, Ghosts and Nose Hair
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 11 no. 3 1996; (p. 33)
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Little to Excite Little Readers
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Love, Ghosts and Nose Hair
1997
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column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 41 no. 2 1997; (p. 3-4) -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 1997
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 41 no. 3 1997; (p. 4-13) An overview of the entries, shortlisted, and award winners for the 1997 Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award -
The Verse-Novel : A New Genre
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature in Education , September vol. 36 no. 3 2005; (p. 269-283) This article examines the verse-novel, a genre that has gained some prominence in children's fiction in the last ten years. The chief evolving characteristics of the genre in both style and content are discussed. -
While the Family Was Sleeping
1997
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column
biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 April 1997; (p. wkd 9) -
Spreading the Word About Poetry
1997
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column
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 August 1997; (p. C10)
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