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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 The Resurrectionists
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Young Australian cellist Maisie Fielding leaves for England in search of her roots and to find out more about her grandmother, a 'white witch'. Soon she discovers that the bleak village she has come to possesses an unnatural presence which preys on the lives of its people, past and present. (Source: LibrariesAustralia)

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Notes

  • Dedication: For Elaine and Stella: angels earthly and heavenly
  • Epigraph: In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, / Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; / Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, / In the bleak midwinter, long ago. Christine Rossetti

    The dead have exhausted their power of deceiving. Horace Walpole

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2000 .
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      Extent: 527p.
      ISBN: 0732267978 (pbk), 9780732267971 (pbk)
    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2001 .
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      Extent: 692p.
      ISBN: 9780732268121 (pbk), 0732268125 (pbk)
    • London,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Gollancz ,
      2001 .
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      Extent: 503p.
      ISBN: 1857987934, 9781857987935

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Works about this Work

Reviews Jason Nahrung , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , August no. 221 2012; (p. 37)

— Review of The Resurrectionists Kim Wilkins , 2000 single work novel
The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950 James Doig , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 112-127)
According to James Doig the horror genre 'was overlooked by the popular circulating libraries in Australia.' In this chapter he observes that this 'marginalization of horror reflects both the trepidation felt by the conservative library system towards 'penny dreadfuls,' and the fact that horror had limited popular appeal with the British (and Australian) reading public.' Doig concludes that there is 'no Australian author of horror novels with the same commercial cachet' as authors of fantasy or science fiction. He proposes that if Australian horror fiction wants to compete successfully 'in the long-term it needs to develop a flourishing and vibrant small press contingent prepared to nurture new talent' like the USA and UK small presses.' (Editor's foreword xii)
The Resurrectionists Bill Congreve , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 27-28 2001; (p. 227-228)

— Review of The Resurrectionists Kim Wilkins , 2000 single work novel
Influences : Kim Wilkins Frances Atkinson , 2001 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 2 December 2001; (p. 10) The West Australian , 3 August 2002; (p. 15)
[Review] The Resurrectionists Donna Lee Brien , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 2 2001; (p. 115-117)

— Review of The Resurrectionists Kim Wilkins , 2000 single work novel
Reviews Jason Nahrung , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , August no. 221 2012; (p. 37)

— Review of The Resurrectionists Kim Wilkins , 2000 single work novel
Scaring Up a Chilling Tale Samela Harris , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 November 2000; (p. 23)

— Review of The Resurrectionists Kim Wilkins , 2000 single work novel
Horror Colin Steele , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 24 December 2000; (p. 35)

— Review of The Resurrectionists Kim Wilkins , 2000 single work novel ; Blackwater Days Terry Dowling , 2000 selected work short story
[Review] The Resurrectionists Donna Lee Brien , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 2 2001; (p. 115-117)

— Review of The Resurrectionists Kim Wilkins , 2000 single work novel
The Resurrectionists Bill Congreve , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 27-28 2001; (p. 227-228)

— Review of The Resurrectionists Kim Wilkins , 2000 single work novel
The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950 James Doig , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 112-127)
According to James Doig the horror genre 'was overlooked by the popular circulating libraries in Australia.' In this chapter he observes that this 'marginalization of horror reflects both the trepidation felt by the conservative library system towards 'penny dreadfuls,' and the fact that horror had limited popular appeal with the British (and Australian) reading public.' Doig concludes that there is 'no Australian author of horror novels with the same commercial cachet' as authors of fantasy or science fiction. He proposes that if Australian horror fiction wants to compete successfully 'in the long-term it needs to develop a flourishing and vibrant small press contingent prepared to nurture new talent' like the USA and UK small presses.' (Editor's foreword xii)
Influences : Kim Wilkins Frances Atkinson , 2001 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 2 December 2001; (p. 10) The West Australian , 3 August 2002; (p. 15)
Horror She Wrote Karen Milliner , 2000 single work biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 October 2000; (p. 4-5)
Last amended 24 Jan 2023 12:03:30
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