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Adaptations
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Thursday's Child
Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People
,
2009
Sydney
:
Currency Press
,
2011
Z1836419
2009
single work
drama
young adult
'Thursday's Child is Tin, born on a Thursday and like the old nursery rhyme, has far to go. A strange and lonely child who digs, his wanderings take him underneath the earth into the subterranean tunnels that he's pre-destined to roam. Told by his sister Harper Flute, it is a story of an Australian farming family's strength as they battle their way through the great depression of the 1930's. A surreal and epic piece of theatre that explores the themes of memory, fate, family camaraderie and the spirit of determination in a time of great change.'
Source: Monkey Baa.
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has Chinese and Japanese translations.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Page to Performance : Children's Books Adapted for the Stage
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 27 no. 1 2012; (p. 8-11) -
Strange Beasts : Sonya Hartnett's Midnight Zoo
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Monthly , August no. 59 2010; (p. 62-65) -
Borderland Children: Reflections on Narrative Abjection
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Lion and the Unicorn , September vol. 30 no. 3 2006; (p. 316-336) This work engages with Australian, American and English children's literature using the theoretical approaches of Judith Butler, Julia Kristeva and Michel Foucault. -
Sonya Hartnett
James Phelan
(interviewer),
2005
single work
interview
— Appears in: Literati : Australian Contemporary Literary Figures Discuss Fear, Frustrations and Fame 2005; (p. 115-130) -
Her Dark Materials
2005
single work
biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 26 February 2005; (p. 38-41)
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Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 45 no. 2 2001; (p. 23)
— Review of Thursday's Child 2000 single work novel -
Frailty, Resilience and Loss
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;
— Review of Thursday's Child 2000 single work novel -
Untitled
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 15 no. 4 2000; (p. 36)
— Review of Thursday's Child 2000 single work novel -
Hartnett Aims a Tale Squarely at Adults
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 September 2000; (p. 19)
— Review of Thursday's Child 2000 single work novel ; Water Colours 2000 single work novel -
Stylish Australian Works are Bigger Than Their Genre
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 13 August 2000; (p. 11)
— Review of Thursday's Child 2000 single work novel ; Nukkin Ya 2000 single work novel -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 2001
2001
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 45 no. 3 2001; (p. 2-12) -
Fictional Fathers : Gender Representation in Children's Fiction
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 12 no. 3 2002; (p. 35-45)Wendy Michaels and Donna Gibbs analyse several Australian children's texts regarding the 'pattern and trends in relation to the representation of father and father-figures' (37). They believe it is crucial for young adult readers to develop a critical awareness of 'the subtle processes at work in the fiction they are reading' because of the significance textual representation plays in the construction of child-adolescent identity (42-43). The discussion refers to previous studies concerning the construction of masculinity and femininity and the role of children's fiction as a socialising agent regarding appropriate gender roles providing a framework for the interrogation of textual constructions and representations of the father/child relationship. A close reading of Dogs and The Simple Gift precedes a shorter discussion of the novels Touch Me, Thursday's Child, Wolf on the Fold and Fighting Ruben Wolf, and leads Michaels and Gibbs to contend that none of the fathers in the stories are portayed as having a strong relationship with their children and they draw an interesting parallel to the roles ascribed to wicked step-mothers, arguing that currently, young adult readers are presented with models of masculine behaviour that reinforce cultural stereotypes of fathers as essentially ineffectual or morally bankrupt - or both (42). Effective parenting is often directed at surrogate children rather than biological children while it is the serious flaws and shortcomings of the father-child relationship that are of central concern in the novels discussed (40).
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Her Dark Materials
2005
single work
biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 26 February 2005; (p. 38-41) -
Sonya Hartnett
James Phelan
(interviewer),
2005
single work
interview
— Appears in: Literati : Australian Contemporary Literary Figures Discuss Fear, Frustrations and Fame 2005; (p. 115-130) -
Borderland Children: Reflections on Narrative Abjection
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Lion and the Unicorn , September vol. 30 no. 3 2006; (p. 316-336) This work engages with Australian, American and English children's literature using the theoretical approaches of Judith Butler, Julia Kristeva and Michel Foucault.
Awards
- 2003 shortlisted John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
- 2002 winner Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
- 2002 shortlisted John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
- 2001 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
- 2001 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Writing for Young Adults
- Rural,
- Country towns,
- 1930s