Tara June Winch is a Wiradjuri author, born in Australia in 1983 and based in France. Her first novel, Swallow the Air was critically acclaimed. She was named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist, and has won numerous literary …
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An Australian classic, first published in 1903. Described by its author as of 'temper democratic; …
Tom Collins, a slang byword for the source of all rumours, was the pseudonym adopted by Joseph Furphy. The son of Protestant Irish immigrants, he was born at Yering Station, Victoria, in 1843. As a boy, he helped his father work the land, and later …
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To smack or not to smack is the question that reverberates through the interconnected lives …
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Christos Tsiolkas is the author of six novels, including Loaded, which was made into the feature film Head-On, The Jesus Man and Dead Europe, which won the 2006 Age Fiction Prize and the 2006 Melbourne Best Writing Award, as well as being made into a…
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In The Pea-pickers, a novel based on Eve Langley's own experiences, Steve and Blue are two girls who…
EssayEve Langley (1904–74) was the daughter of Arthur Alexander Langley and Mira Davidson. Her father, of Irish descent, was an itinerant agricultural labourer and a talented violinist. He persuaded Mira, the daughter of a well-established Gippsland …
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A novel of the cruelty of war, tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love. August, 1943. …
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Richard Flanagan was born in Longford, Tasmania, in 1961. His books include Death Of A River Guide, The Sound Of One Hand Clapping, Gould's Book of Fish, The Unknown Terrorist and Wanting. He directed a feature film version of The Sound Of One …
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Passionate, headstrong and imaginative, Sybylla Melvyn is one of the most endearing heroines of …
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