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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
- Introduction, single work short story (p. 9-18)
- Knitting, single work short story (p. 19-30)
- Off the Map, single work short story (p. 31-44)
- Solomon's Baby, single work short story (p. 45-52)
- The Bitter End, single work short story (p. 53-66)
- My Mother and the Robber, single work short story (p. 67-78)
- Walking Home, single work short story (p. 79-92)
- I Shine, Not Burn, single work short story (p. 93-102)
- The Cushion Phase, single work short story (p. 103-116)
- Playing with Ramirez, single work short story (p. 117-132)
- That Summer at Manly, single work short story (p. 133-148)
- Laps, single work short story (p. 149-158)
- A Bend in the Road, single work short story (p. 159-172)
- Father Figure, single work short story (p. 173-184)
- A Visit to Malcolm's Father, single work short story (p. 185-192)
- Down on the Farm, single work short story (p. 193-204)
- The Girl on the Train, single work short story (p. 205-218)
- Kissing Tracks, single work short story (p. 219-226)
- Focus, single work short story (p. 227-236)
- I Am Alien, single work short story (p. 237-248)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Year’s Work in Fiction
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 2013 single work prose life story ; An Elegant Young Man 2013 selected work short story ; The Incredible Here and Now 2013 single work novel ; Elemental 2013 single work novel ; Now Showing 2013 selected work short story ; The Heaven I Swallowed 2013 single work novel ; Stella's Sea 2013 single work novel ; The Young Desire It : A Novel 1937 single work novel ; Inland 1988 single work novel ; White Light 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 2013 single work novel ; Lives of the Dead 2013 selected work short story ; The Double (And Other Stories) 2013 selected work short story ; Harmless 2013 single work novel ; Letters to the End of Love 2013 single work novel ; Eyrie 2013 single work novel ; The Swan Book 2013 single work novel -
Short Fiction
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 June 2013; (p. 34)
— Review of The Asylum 2013 single work novel ; Knitting and Other Stories : Margaret River Short Story Competition 2013 2013 selected work short story -
Knitting and Other Stories
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 28 May 2013; (p. 7)
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Short Fiction
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 June 2013; (p. 34)
— Review of The Asylum 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
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 2013 single work prose life story ; An Elegant Young Man 2013 selected work short story ; The Incredible Here and Now 2013 single work novel ; Elemental 2013 single work novel ; Now Showing 2013 selected work short story ; The Heaven I Swallowed 2013 single work novel ; Stella's Sea 2013 single work novel ; The Young Desire It : A Novel 1937 single work novel ; Inland 1988 single work novel ; White Light 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 2013 single work novel ; Lives of the Dead 2013 selected work short story ; The Double (And Other Stories) 2013 selected work short story ; Harmless 2013 single work novel ; Letters to the End of Love 2013 single work novel ; Eyrie 2013 single work novel ; The Swan Book 2013 single work novel -
Knitting and Other Stories
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 28 May 2013; (p. 7)