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* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Hodder and Stoughton Australia
, 1978 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Katzenfell, single work short story
- The Unbeliever, single work children's fiction
- The Ghost Trick, single work children's fiction
- Sam, Sam, the Contrary Man, single work children's fiction
- Somebody Lives in the Nobody House, single work children's fiction children's
- Violet, single work children's fiction
- All Old Empty Houses Have Cobwebs, single work children's fiction
- Footprints in Sepwala, single work children's fiction
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950
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) -
Untitled
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April vol. 71 no. 1979; (p. 52)
— Review of Spooks and Spirits : Eight Eerie Tales 1978 anthology children's fiction
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Untitled
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April vol. 71 no. 1979; (p. 52)
— Review of Spooks and Spirits : Eight Eerie Tales 1978 anthology children's fiction -
The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950
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)
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