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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... June 2020 of The Newtown Review of Books est. 2012- The Newtown Review of Books
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* Contents derived from the 2020 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Tanya Heaslip : An Alice Girl, Ann Skea , single work review
— Review of An Alice Girl Tanya Heaslip , 2020 single work autobiography ;

'Tanya Heaslip is ‘An Alice Girl’ and she reveals what life was like growing up on a remote property north of Alice Springs.'

How to Be Australian : Extract, Ashley Kalagian Blunt , extract autobiography
Extract : Field of Poppies, Carmel Bird , extract novel

'We’re thrilled to continue this series of extracts from recent Australian books with an extract from award-winning author Carmel Bird’s latest novel Field of Poppies.' 

Extract : Hitch, Kathryn Hind , extract novel

'This week’s extract is from two-time prize-winner Hitch, the debut novel from Australian author Kathryn Hind.

'Hitch was the inaugural winner of the Penguin Literary Prize and published last year.

'Last week it collected another prize, winning the £10,000 Betty Trask Prize for a first novel by a writer under 35, as part of the UK’s Society of Authors’ Awards.

'Elanor Dymott, Betty Trask judge, said: ‘An extraordinary take on the picaresque, Kathryn Hind’s Hitch is 100% a winner. At times I found the book so intense I had to pause to catch my breath. Moving at a pace that’s relentless, the controlled, crafted storytelling provides an elegant masterclass in how to write a novel.’

'Hitch is the story of Amelia, a young woman hitchhiking with her dog Lucy along the highways of outback Australia. Is she in more danger from what she has left behind than she is from relying on the kindness – or otherwise – of strangers on the road?

'In this extract, Amelia and Lucy are looking for a lift at a service station in Glendambo on a remote stretch of the Stuart Highway when they come across Ron and his wife. The couple’s car is pointing in the right direction, and after a distressing experience in the town that morning, Amelia is keen to leave.

'Extract courtesy of Penguin Random House'

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