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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Knitting and Other Stories : Margaret River Short Story Competition 2013
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'Twenty-four stories were selected from 260 entries submitted to the Margaret River Short Story Writing Competition.

These are stories about men, women - and children - who stand aside from the mainstream world, and see it, as Emily Dickinson would say, 'aslant'.

'In Barry Divola's winning story, Knitting, the narrator is a perceptive, no-nonsense, subversive figure who is as hard on herself as she is on the world around her. She is a 'guerilla knitter' who by the end of the story is beginning to warm to her circumstances, the people around her, and, most importantly, herself. The second prize winning story Laps, by Sally Naylor-Hampson, is focused on the ocean and adolescent sexual experience, at Belongil, seventeen years earlier. In this case between an older woman, the wife of the swimming coach, and a fifteen-year old boy, Jasper. The South West Prize winning story by Vahri McKenzie, I Shine, Not Burn, is about family and family history. The underlying issue is the extent to which knowledge of the past may be destructive to following generations.

'This is a collection of tightly written, graceful stories exploring the familiar and the strange by both emerging and established writers.' (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Witchcliffe, Margaret River area, Busselton - Augusta area, Far Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia,:Margaret River Press , 2013 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Richard Rossiter , single work short story (p. 9-18)
Knitting, Barry Divola , single work short story (p. 19-30)
Off the Map, Dorothy Simmons , single work short story (p. 31-44)
Solomon's Baby, Kristen Levitzke , single work short story (p. 45-52)
The Bitter End, Jacqueline Winn , single work short story (p. 53-66)
My Mother and the Robber, Jacqueline Wright , single work short story (p. 67-78)
Walking Home, Gemma Nisbet , single work short story (p. 79-92)
I Shine, Not Burn, Vahri McKenzie , single work short story (p. 93-102)
The Cushion Phase, Hilary Hewitt , single work short story (p. 103-116)
Playing with Ramirez, Paulette Gittins , single work short story (p. 117-132)
That Summer at Manly, John Jenkins , single work short story (p. 133-148)
Laps, Sally Naylor-Hampson , single work short story (p. 149-158)
A Bend in the Road, Kathy George , single work short story (p. 159-172)
Father Figure, Margaret Everingham , single work short story (p. 173-184)
A Visit to Malcolm's Father, Judy O'Connor , single work short story (p. 185-192)
Down on the Farm, Louise D'Arcy , single work short story (p. 193-204)
The Girl on the Train, Amanda Clarke , single work short story (p. 205-218)
Kissing Tracks, Alyssa Davies , single work short story (p. 219-226)
Focus, J.S. Scholz , single work short story (p. 227-236)
I Am Alien, Barbara Knight , single work short story (p. 237-248)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Witchcliffe, Margaret River area, Busselton - Augusta area, Far Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia,: Margaret River Press , 2013 .
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      Extent: 319p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: April 2013
      ISBN: 9780987218087 (paperback) :

Works about this Work

The Year’s Work in Fiction Robyn Mundy , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 59 no. 1 2014; (p. 124-143)

— Review of Elephants in the Bush and Other Yamatji Yarns Clarrie Cameron , 2013 single work prose life story ; An Elegant Young Man Luke Carman , 2013 selected work short story ; The Incredible Here and Now Felicity Castagna , 2013 single work novel ; Elemental Amanda Curtin , 2013 single work novel ; Now Showing Ron Elliott , 2013 selected work short story ; The Heaven I Swallowed Rachel Hennessy , 2013 single work novel ; Stella's Sea Sally-Ann Jones , 2013 single work novel ; The Young Desire It : A Novel Seaforth MacKenzie , 1937 single work novel ; Inland Gerald Murnane , 1988 single work novel ; White Light Mark O'Flynn , 2013 selected work short story ; Knitting and Other Stories : Margaret River Short Story Competition 2013 2013 selected work short story ; The Best Australian Stories 2013 2013 selected work short story ; The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion , 2013 single work novel ; Lives of the Dead Jane Skelton , 2013 selected work short story ; The Double (And Other Stories) Maria Takolander , 2013 selected work short story ; Harmless Julienne Van Loon , 2013 single work novel ; Letters to the End of Love Yvette Walker , 2013 single work novel ; Eyrie Tim Winton , 2013 single work novel ; The Swan Book Alexis Wright , 2013 single work novel
Short Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 June 2013; (p. 34)

— Review of The Asylum John Harwood , 2013 single work novel ; Knitting and Other Stories : Margaret River Short Story Competition 2013 2013 selected work short story
Knitting and Other Stories William Yeoman , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 28 May 2013; (p. 7)
Short Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 June 2013; (p. 34)

— Review of The Asylum John Harwood , 2013 single work novel ; Knitting and Other Stories : Margaret River Short Story Competition 2013 2013 selected work short story
The Year’s Work in Fiction Robyn Mundy , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 59 no. 1 2014; (p. 124-143)

— Review of Elephants in the Bush and Other Yamatji Yarns Clarrie Cameron , 2013 single work prose life story ; An Elegant Young Man Luke Carman , 2013 selected work short story ; The Incredible Here and Now Felicity Castagna , 2013 single work novel ; Elemental Amanda Curtin , 2013 single work novel ; Now Showing Ron Elliott , 2013 selected work short story ; The Heaven I Swallowed Rachel Hennessy , 2013 single work novel ; Stella's Sea Sally-Ann Jones , 2013 single work novel ; The Young Desire It : A Novel Seaforth MacKenzie , 1937 single work novel ; Inland Gerald Murnane , 1988 single work novel ; White Light Mark O'Flynn , 2013 selected work short story ; Knitting and Other Stories : Margaret River Short Story Competition 2013 2013 selected work short story ; The Best Australian Stories 2013 2013 selected work short story ; The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion , 2013 single work novel ; Lives of the Dead Jane Skelton , 2013 selected work short story ; The Double (And Other Stories) Maria Takolander , 2013 selected work short story ; Harmless Julienne Van Loon , 2013 single work novel ; Letters to the End of Love Yvette Walker , 2013 single work novel ; Eyrie Tim Winton , 2013 single work novel ; The Swan Book Alexis Wright , 2013 single work novel
Knitting and Other Stories William Yeoman , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 28 May 2013; (p. 7)
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