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Looking back, Martha could've said no when Mr Booker first tried to kiss her. That would've been the sensible thing to do.
'But Martha is sixteen, she lives in a small dull town—a cemetery with lights—her father is mad, her home is stifling, and she's waiting for the rest of her life to begin. Of course Martha would kiss the charming Englishman who brightened her world with style, adventure, whiskey, cigarettes and sex. But Martha didn't count on the consequences.
'Me and Mr Booker is a story about feeling old when you're young and acting young when you're not.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication: To Ev.
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Reading Group Guide available through the Text Publishing website.
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Epigraph: You love the place you hate, then hate the place you love. Terence Davies.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Text Publishing
, 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Introduction, single work essay
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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Introduction
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Me and Mr Booker 2017; -
The Big Escape
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Monthly Blog , July 2017;Benjamin Law on Cory Taylor and her classic novel, Me and Mr Booker.
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Bookmarks
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 26 May 2012; (p. 33) A column canvassing current literary news including a report on Tony Abbott's keynote speech at the 2012 Australian Book Industry Awards dinner. Jason Steger also comments on Cory Taylor's win in the Commonwealth Book Prize, Pacific Region, Sophie Cunningham's new role as chair of the Australia Council's Literature Board, and the 2012 fiction issue of The Big Issue. -
Awards
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 May 2012; (p. 15) -
Aussies Are on the Page
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 29 April 2012; (p. 19)
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Young Adult
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 15 February 2011; (p. 6)
— Review of Me and Mr Booker 2011 single work novel -
Booker Prize for Persistence
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 26 - 27 February 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of Me and Mr Booker 2011 single work novel -
In Search of Sex and Sexuality
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 19 March 2011; (p. 24-25)
— Review of This Too Shall Pass 2011 single work novel ; Desert Fish 2011 single work novel ; Me and Mr Booker 2011 single work novel -
Sixteen, Going on Middle-Aged
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 March 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of Me and Mr Booker 2011 single work novel -
[Review] Me and Mr Booker
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 90 no. 6 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of Me and Mr Booker 2011 single work novel -
Profile : Cory Taylor
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , February no. 204 2011; (p. 4) -
Aussies Are on the Page
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 29 April 2012; (p. 19) -
Awards
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 May 2012; (p. 15) -
Bookmarks
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 26 May 2012; (p. 33) A column canvassing current literary news including a report on Tony Abbott's keynote speech at the 2012 Australian Book Industry Awards dinner. Jason Steger also comments on Cory Taylor's win in the Commonwealth Book Prize, Pacific Region, Sophie Cunningham's new role as chair of the Australia Council's Literature Board, and the 2012 fiction issue of The Big Issue. -
The Big Escape
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Monthly Blog , July 2017;Benjamin Law on Cory Taylor and her classic novel, Me and Mr Booker.
Awards
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