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'"When Macha Connor came home from the war she walked into town as naked as the day she was born, except for well-worn and shining boots, a dusty slouch hat, and the .303 rifle she held across her waist."
'Macha patrols Siddon Rock by night, watching over the town's inhabitants: Brigid, Granna, and all of the Aberline clan; Alistair in Meakin's Haberdashery, with his fine sense of style; Sybil, scrubbing away at the bloodstains in her father's butcher shop; Reverend Siggy, afraid of the outback landscape and the district's magical saltpans; silent Nell with her wild dogs; publican Marg, always accompanied by a cloud of blue; and the new barman, Kelpie Crush.
'It is only when refugee Catalin Morgenstern and her young son Josis arrive in town that Macha realises there is nothing she can do to keep the townspeople safe.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: For my family, Colin, Zoe and Michael, who thought this was the never-ending story.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Australia's New Hero of Magic Realism : An Interview with Glenda Guest
Nigel Featherstone
(interviewer),
2010
single work
interview
— Appears in: Verity La , August 2010; -
Holes in the Fabric
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 22 no. 2 2010;
— Review of Siddon Rock 2005 single work novel -
Down-to-Earth Novelist Scales the Literary Heights
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 14 April 2010; (p. 3) -
Overflow
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 April 2010; (p. 19) A column canvassing current literary news including a brief report on Glenda Guest's win in the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Sorensen also notes Evie Wyld's shortlisting in the 2010 Orange Award for New Writers for After the Fire, a Still Small Voice. -
A Late Bloomer Produces a Winning Bouquet
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 April 2010; (p. 21)
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[Review] Siddon Rock
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2008-2009 vol. 88 no. 5 2008; (p. 48)
— Review of Siddon Rock 2005 single work novel -
Fiction Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 January - 1 February 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of Siddon Rock 2005 single work novel -
Magical Talent Matches Genre
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 February 2009; (p. 29)
— Review of Siddon Rock 2005 single work novel -
Unconventional War Veteran Hits Her Target
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 February 2009; (p. 13)
— Review of Siddon Rock 2005 single work novel -
Review
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 21 March 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of The Unscratchables 2009 single work novel ; Siddon Rock 2005 single work novel -
Ex-Canberra Writer in Franklin Contention
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 March 2010; (p. 2) -
The Exegesis
2005
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criticism
— Appears in: Magical Realism and Writing Place : A Novel and Exegesis 2005; (p. 1-202) -
Winning Writer Grateful for Canberra Grant
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 April 2010; (p. 3) -
Magic Ingredient Helps First-Time Novelist Scoop Top Prize
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 April 2010; (p. 13) -
A Late Bloomer Produces a Winning Bouquet
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 April 2010; (p. 21)
Awards
- 2010 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing
- 2010 shortlisted Randwick Award for Literature
- 2010 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Newcomer of the Year
- 2010 winner Commonwealth Writers Prize — Best First Book
- 2010 longlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
- Country towns,
- Wheatbelt Region, Western Australia,
- Western Australia,
- Australian Outback, Central Australia,