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'Kitty Hawke, the last inhabitant of a dying island sinking into the wind-lashed Chesapeake Bay, has resigned herself to annihilation...
'Until one night her granddaughter blows ashore in the midst of a storm, desperate, begging for sanctuary. For years, Kitty has kept herself to herself - with only the company of her wolfdog, Girl - unconcerned by the world outside, or perhaps avoiding its worst excesses. But blood cannot be turned away in times like these. And when trouble comes following her granddaughter, no one is more surprised than Kitty to find she will fight to save her as fiercely as her name suggests...'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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Dedication: for David
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Epigraph: The island is sinking. The isles fled away and the mountains were not found. -Revelation 16:20
The strangest thing after living alone for so long: some young people have come to stay and everything has changed. -Kitty Hawke, Notebook of Wolfe Island
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Review : Wolfe Island
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
,
2019
23464737
2019
single work
review
— Review of Wolfe Island 2019 single work novel'Lucy Treloar’s debut novel, Salt Creek, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and awarded a number of other prizes, including the Dobbie Award.' (Introduction)
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The Best Books of 2019 for Your Summer Reading List
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , December 2019;'Whether you're poolside balancing a book with an icy beverage, stealing moments between waves at the beach or catching up on the couch after Christmas, this list of favourites from ABC RN's book experts has got you covered.' (Introduction)
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Climate-crisis Dystopia Is a Story of Now
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21 September 2019; (p. 18)
— Review of Wolfe Island 2019 single work novel'It’s a truism among climate fiction writers that at some point soon all contemporary fiction will become climate fiction. Already, a range of topics demands that the author is awake to the changes taking place. Could anyone seriously write about the Arctic without mention of ice loss? Or bushfires without mention of drought?' (Introduction)
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Do Not Turn
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 414 2019; (p. 38)
— Review of Wolfe Island 2019 single work novel'With Wolfe Island, Lucy Treloar joins a growing number of novelists whose fiction is marked by anthropogenic catastrophe. Her latest offering confronts two urgent global crises: the climate emergency, and the plight of refugees. Treloar reveals startling connections between the two through the shared thread of displacement in a work that is more than powerful: it’s transformative.' (Introduction)
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Do Not Turn
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 414 2019; (p. 38)
— Review of Wolfe Island 2019 single work novel'With Wolfe Island, Lucy Treloar joins a growing number of novelists whose fiction is marked by anthropogenic catastrophe. Her latest offering confronts two urgent global crises: the climate emergency, and the plight of refugees. Treloar reveals startling connections between the two through the shared thread of displacement in a work that is more than powerful: it’s transformative.' (Introduction)
-
Climate-crisis Dystopia Is a Story of Now
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21 September 2019; (p. 18)
— Review of Wolfe Island 2019 single work novel'It’s a truism among climate fiction writers that at some point soon all contemporary fiction will become climate fiction. Already, a range of topics demands that the author is awake to the changes taking place. Could anyone seriously write about the Arctic without mention of ice loss? Or bushfires without mention of drought?' (Introduction)
-
y
Review : Wolfe Island
Melbourne
:
Bad Producer Productions
,
2019
23464737
2019
single work
review
— Review of Wolfe Island 2019 single work novel'Lucy Treloar’s debut novel, Salt Creek, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and awarded a number of other prizes, including the Dobbie Award.' (Introduction)
-
The Best Books of 2019 for Your Summer Reading List
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , December 2019;'Whether you're poolside balancing a book with an icy beverage, stealing moments between waves at the beach or catching up on the couch after Christmas, this list of favourites from ABC RN's book experts has got you covered.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2020 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Fiction
- 2020 winner Barbara Jefferis Award
- 2020 longlisted Voss Literary Prize
- 2020 longlisted Booksellers Choice Award — Adult Fiction Book of the Year
- 2020 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
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