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1 Through Pools of Light to Get to the Dark—Reflections on Batavia : Giving Voice to the Voiceless Amanda Gardiner , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 63 no. 1 2018; (p. 149-156)

'Giving voice to the voiceless implies a sensuality, an embodied-ness that reaches into the skin and sinew of the past. For a voice to speak it must manifest lips, throat, tongue - tactile mouth-feel. It must draw breath in and push it out. It must seize life.' (Introduction)
1 Smoke Amanda Gardiner , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 62 no. 1 2017; (p. 76-90)

'Memory

'My only memory of Aunty Fenella is standing next to her on the warm pavement outside my Mum's beaten-up brown Datsun in Broome. I didn't want to have to sit next to her in the car and I was ashamed of feeling this way. Even though I must have been four or five, I knew I should disguise what I felt and pretend I felt comfortable sitting next to my Aunty. I was fiercely hopeful that Mum wouldn't make me.' (Introduction)
1 Lessons Amanda Gardiner , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Other Voices : A Collection of Short Stories by the Advanced Writers' Group 2013;
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