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'New Australian Fiction features brilliant writers with distinct experiences, voices and styles from all corners of Australia. Together they showcase the strength and diversity of Australian short fiction at its best.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Contents
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Introduction,
single work
short story
(p. ix-xi)
Last year, as New Australian Fiction 2020 went to print, we were only just beginning to understand the effects COVID-19 would have on Australia and the world at large. Shortly before copies of that anthology arrived in our Melbourne office, Victoria entered what would become an unprecedented 112-day lockdown.
'Now, more than halfway through 2021, civic responses to the pandemic continue to reshape the way we are living across the country. International borders are still closed, with no reopening in sight. We've avoided many of the horrors experienced elsewhere, but our remoteness on the map has never felt more acute. Isolation and loneliness—their literal forms in the shape of lockdowns, travel restrictions, families and friends divided by interstate border closures, as well as the loss of loved ones to the coronavirus and other associated illnesses—have been some of the devastating consequences of this crisis.' (Introduction)
- No French Oyster, single work short story (p. 1-7)
- Flash and Glow, single work short story (p. 9-16)
- Novichok, single work short story (p. 17-27)
- Tunnels, single work short story (p. 29-44)
- Don't Leave Me This Way, single work short story (p. 45-57)
- Resource Management, single work short story (p. 59-70)
- Lavender Weather, single work short story (p. 71-77)
- Morningside, single work short story (p. 79-93)
- Flaring Out, single work short story (p. 95-105)
- Copper Touched to the Tongue, single work short story (p. 107-115)
- Takatāpui, single work short story (p. 117-131)
- Juan, Not Two, Not Three, Not Four, single work short story (p. 133-151)
- Women and Children First, single work short story (p. 153-163)
- Ceasefire, single work short story (p. 165-179)
- Frequencies, single work short story (p. 181-190)
- Departures, single work short story (p. 191-199)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Introduction
2021
single work
short story
— Appears in: New Australian Fiction 2021 2021; (p. ix-xi)Last year, as New Australian Fiction 2020 went to print, we were only just beginning to understand the effects COVID-19 would have on Australia and the world at large. Shortly before copies of that anthology arrived in our Melbourne office, Victoria entered what would become an unprecedented 112-day lockdown.
'Now, more than halfway through 2021, civic responses to the pandemic continue to reshape the way we are living across the country. International borders are still closed, with no reopening in sight. We've avoided many of the horrors experienced elsewhere, but our remoteness on the map has never felt more acute. Isolation and loneliness—their literal forms in the shape of lockdowns, travel restrictions, families and friends divided by interstate border closures, as well as the loss of loved ones to the coronavirus and other associated illnesses—have been some of the devastating consequences of this crisis.' (Introduction)
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Introduction
2021
single work
short story
— Appears in: New Australian Fiction 2021 2021; (p. ix-xi)Last year, as New Australian Fiction 2020 went to print, we were only just beginning to understand the effects COVID-19 would have on Australia and the world at large. Shortly before copies of that anthology arrived in our Melbourne office, Victoria entered what would become an unprecedented 112-day lockdown.
'Now, more than halfway through 2021, civic responses to the pandemic continue to reshape the way we are living across the country. International borders are still closed, with no reopening in sight. We've avoided many of the horrors experienced elsewhere, but our remoteness on the map has never felt more acute. Isolation and loneliness—their literal forms in the shape of lockdowns, travel restrictions, families and friends divided by interstate border closures, as well as the loss of loved ones to the coronavirus and other associated illnesses—have been some of the devastating consequences of this crisis.' (Introduction)
