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Launched by John Clanchy at Dalton's Books, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 9 September 2009.
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Epigraph: Muse of the unique
Historical fact, defending with silence
Some world of your beholding, a silence
No explosion can conquer but a lover's Yes
Has been known to fill.
W.H. Auden, 'Homage to Clio'
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Deepest Enchantment : An Interview with Alan Gould
Nigel Featherstone
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Verity La , February 2011; -
The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
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[Review] The Lake Woman
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 3 no. 2 2011;
— Review of The Lake Woman : A Romance 2009 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 122 2010; (p. 24-27)
— Review of The Lake Woman : A Romance 2009 single work novel ; The Umbrella Club 2009 single work novel -
Canberra Author Short-Listed for PM's Prize
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 July 2010; (p. 7)
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The Knight's Quest
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 October 2009; (p. 11)
— Review of The Lake Woman : A Romance 2009 single work novel -
Enchanted Tale Casts Its Spell
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 January 2010; (p. 29) Life, Literature, Legends : Collected Essays 1996-2011 2011; (p. 169-171)
— Review of The Lake Woman : A Romance 2009 single work novel -
Contemporary Quest
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 318 2010; (p. 9-10)
— Review of The Lake Woman : A Romance 2009 single work novel ; Folk Tunes 2009 selected work poetry -
Flight of the Epergne
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , April vol. 5 no. 3 2010; (p. 18, 23)
— Review of Below the Styx 2010 single work novel ; The Second-Last Woman in England 2010 single work novel ; The Lake Woman : A Romance 2009 single work novel ; In the Mood 2010 single work novel -
Falling into Completeness
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 54 no. 5 2010; (p. 117-118)
— Review of The Lake Woman : A Romance 2009 single work novel -
Finding the Heart of the Tale
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 October 2009; (p. 10) -
Canberra Author Short-Listed for PM's Prize
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 July 2010; (p. 7) -
The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
-
The Deepest Enchantment : An Interview with Alan Gould
Nigel Featherstone
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Verity La , February 2011;
Awards
- 2012 shortlisted The National Year of Reading 2012 Our Story Collection — Australian Capital Territory
- 2010 winner Canberra Critics Circle Awards — Writing
- 2010 shortlisted Australian Capital Territory Book of the Year Award
- 2010 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Fiction
- 2009 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award
- Western Europe, Europe,
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