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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Vigilante Virgin
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  • Publicised by the Age as 'Australia's first M-Book'. (10 October 2009)
  • 'Marieke Hardy's short, sharp and darkly funny new 'mobile book' is the perfect way to avoid public transport eye contact and keep the seat next to you empty by making you unexpectedly laugh out loud.' (Advertisement, The Age (12 October, 2009): 20.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2009
Serialised by: The Age 1854 newspaper (7345 issues)
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Serialised by the Age in 20 weekday instalments 12 October to 6 November 2009.
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Available only via SMS subscription. Subscribers received one SMS per weekday between 12 October and 6 November 2009. Each SMS contained a unique link to a mobile site enabling access to a new instalment of the Age 'TextTales with Marieke Hardy' service. Each of the 20 episodes has a maximum length of 350 words.
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Vigilante Virgin Marieke Hardy , 2009 extract short story (Vigilante Virgin)
— Appears in: The Age , 17 October 2009; (p. 15, 18)
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Works about this Work

Once upon a Mobile Phone... Jane Sullivan , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 10 October 2009; (p. 14)
Now Screening: A Digital Book for You - Now Read On Jane Sullivan , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 3 October 2009; (p. 9) The Age announces a new publishing venture - the newspaper will publish a '20-episode story, to be sent out to mobiles over four weeks', beginning 12 October 2009. The story will be written by Marieke Hardy.
Now Screening: A Digital Book for You - Now Read On Jane Sullivan , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 3 October 2009; (p. 9) The Age announces a new publishing venture - the newspaper will publish a '20-episode story, to be sent out to mobiles over four weeks', beginning 12 October 2009. The story will be written by Marieke Hardy.
Once upon a Mobile Phone... Jane Sullivan , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 10 October 2009; (p. 14)
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