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Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 Two Steps Forward
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'It's easy to get stuck in a rut. What binds the characters in 'Two steps forward' is an indomitable desire to climb their way out. Located in familiar Australian settings, this collection brilliantly weaves together authentic characters and adverse scenarios. You'll encounter battlers, underdogs and people who've hit hard times. Protagonists to root for and causes to cheer. In this affecting, assured debut, Irma Gold celebrates courage and challenges our notions of what it takes to be happy.' (Trove record)

Notes

  • Book launched in Canberra by John Clanchy at Paperchain Bookstore, Manuka on 8 September 2011.
  • Dedication: For Maynard, always

Contents

* Contents derived from the Mulgrave, Ashwood - Mulgrave area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Affirm Press , 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Art of Courting, Irma Gold , single work short story
The Happiest Person in the World, Irma Gold , single work short story
Kicking Dirt, Irma Gold , single work short story
Refuge, Irma Gold , single work short story
Tangerine, Irma Gold , single work short story
The Visit, Irma Gold , single work short story
The Waiting Game, Irma Gold , single work short story
Sounds of Friendship, Irma Gold , single work short story
The Third Child, Irma Gold , single work short story
Great Pisses of Paris, Irma Gold , single work short story
The Anatomy of Happiness, Irma Gold , single work short story
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Mulgrave, Ashwood - Mulgrave area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Affirm Press , 2011 .
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      Extent: 190p.
      ISBN: 9780980790474 (pbk.), 0980790476
      Series: y separately published work icon Long Story Shorts Affirm Press (publisher), Mulgrave : Affirm Press , 2010- Z1667916 2010- series - publisher short story Long Story Shorts series is an initiative by Affirm Press to publish six individual collections of stories from new and emerging Australian writers. (Source: Publisher's website)
             Number in series: 6
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Works about this Work

Long Story Shorts from Affirm Press : Part Two Tessa Lunney , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 72 no. 2 2012; (p. 170-174)
— Review of Two Steps Forward Irma Gold , 2011 selected work short story ; Bearings Leah Swann , 2011 selected work short story novella
The Leading Role of Simple Things : Irma Gold's Two Steps Forward Tristan Foster , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Verity La , September 2011;
— Review of Two Steps Forward Irma Gold , 2011 selected work short story
Unexpected Gifts : An Interview with Irma Gold Nigel Featherstone (interviewer), 2011 single work index
— Appears in: Verity La , December 2011;
Two Steps Forward : An Interview with Irma Gold Nigel Featherstone (interviewer), 2011 single work interview
— Appears in: Verity La , July 2011;
Brief Encounters to Be Savoured Louise Swinn , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 December 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of Two Steps Forward Irma Gold , 2011 selected work short story ; The Shark and Other Stories Leigh Swinbourne , 2011 selected work short story ; The World Swimmers Patrick West , 2011 selected work short story ; Night Watch and Other Medical Stories Solveig Foss , 2011 selected work short story
Untitled Eliza Metcalfe , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 91 no. 2 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of Two Steps Forward Irma Gold , 2011 selected work short story
All You Need is (Hard-Earned) Love Mark Thomas , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 September 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of Fall on Me Nigel Featherstone , 2011 single work novella ; Two Steps Forward Irma Gold , 2011 selected work short story
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 22 October 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of Two Steps Forward Irma Gold , 2011 selected work short story ; The Wicked Wood 2011 anthology short story
Storms before the Calm Anne Susskind , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 December 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of Two Steps Forward Irma Gold , 2011 selected work short story
Brief Encounters to Be Savoured Louise Swinn , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 December 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of Two Steps Forward Irma Gold , 2011 selected work short story ; The Shark and Other Stories Leigh Swinbourne , 2011 selected work short story ; The World Swimmers Patrick West , 2011 selected work short story ; Night Watch and Other Medical Stories Solveig Foss , 2011 selected work short story
The Short of It Irma Gold , 2011 single work essay
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , September 2011;
'That's What I Love About the Short Form' Clare Strahan , 2011 single work interview
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , November 2011;
Two Steps Forward : An Interview with Irma Gold Nigel Featherstone (interviewer), 2011 single work interview
— Appears in: Verity La , July 2011;
Unexpected Gifts : An Interview with Irma Gold Nigel Featherstone (interviewer), 2011 single work index
— Appears in: Verity La , December 2011;
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