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Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 The Wilful Eye
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'Six writers - Margo Lanagan, Rosie Borella, Isobelle Carmody, Richard Harland, Margaret Mahy and Martine Murray - have taken inspiration from stories that have shaped us all, tales like Beauty and the Beast, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, and The Snow Queen. This collection carries universal themes of envy and desire, deception and abandonment, courage and sacrifice.

'Characters are enchanted, they transgress, they yearn, they hunger, they hate and, sometimes, they kill. Some of the stories inhabit a traditional fairytale world, while others are set in the distant future. Some are set in the present and some in an alternative present. The stories offer no prescription for living or moral advice and none belong in a nursery.

'Open the covers and submit to their enchantment.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Contents indexed selectively.

    Also contains the story 'Wolf Night' by New Zealand writer Margaret Mahy.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Allen and Unwin , 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Catastrophic Disruption of the Head, Margo Lanagan , single work short story fantasy

Lanagan takes 'The Tinderbox' by Hans Christian Andersen and fleshes it out into a story which puts us inside the mind of a soldier so damaged by his wartime experience that he finds himself lashing out in despicable ways.

 (p. 9-40)
Afterword (Catastrophic Disruption of the Head), Margo Lanagan , single work essay (p. 41-46)
Moth's Tale, Isobelle Carmody , single work novella fantasy (p. 47-90)
Afterword (Moth's Tale), Isobelle Carmody , single work essay (p. 91-98)
Eternity, Rosie Borella , single work novella fantasy (p. 99-149)
Afterword (Eternity), Rosie Borella , single work essay (p. 150-154)
Heart of the Beast, Richard Harland , single work novella fantasy (p. 155-209)
Afterword (Heart of the Beast), Richard Harland , single work essay (p. 210-212)
One Window, Martine Murray , single work novella fantasy (p. 251-300)
Afterword (One Window), Martine Murray , single work essay (p. 301-302)
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Works about this Work

Professional Interest H. M. Saxby , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 55 no. 4 2011; (p. 17)
[Review] The Wilful Eye Helen Purdie , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 26 no. 2 2011; (p. 39)
— Review of The Wilful Eye 2011 anthology novella
Behind the Veil Benjamin Chandler , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 331 2011; (p. 63)
— Review of Yellowcake Margo Lanagan , 2011 selected work short story ; The Wilful Eye 2011 anthology novella
[Review] The Wilful Eye Meredith Tate , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 90 no. 6 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of The Wilful Eye 2011 anthology novella
Take Three : Fantasy Colin Steele , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 24 April 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of Yellowcake Margo Lanagan , 2011 selected work short story ; The Wilful Eye 2011 anthology novella
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 17 April 2011; (p. 21)
— Review of The Dream of the Thylacine Margaret Wild , 2011 single work picture book ; The Wilful Eye 2011 anthology novella
Take Three : Fantasy Colin Steele , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 24 April 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of Yellowcake Margo Lanagan , 2011 selected work short story ; The Wilful Eye 2011 anthology novella
[Review] The Wilful Eye Meredith Tate , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 90 no. 6 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of The Wilful Eye 2011 anthology novella
Behind the Veil Benjamin Chandler , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 331 2011; (p. 63)
— Review of Yellowcake Margo Lanagan , 2011 selected work short story ; The Wilful Eye 2011 anthology novella
[Review] The Wilful Eye Helen Purdie , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 26 no. 2 2011; (p. 39)
— Review of The Wilful Eye 2011 anthology novella
Professional Interest H. M. Saxby , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 55 no. 4 2011; (p. 17)
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