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y separately published work icon Anchor Point single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Anchor Point
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'When her mother disappears into the bush, ten-year-old Laura makes an impulsive decision that will haunt her for decades. Despite her anger and grief, she sets about running the house, taking care of her younger sister, and helping her father clear their wild acreage to carve out a farm.

'But gradually they realise that while they may own the land, they cannot tame it – nor can they escape their past.

'Anchor Point is an eloquent and arresting Australian novel no reader will easily forget.' (Publication summary)

Exhibitions

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Notes

  • Dedication: For Dan, Etta and Arturo

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Affirm Press , 2015 .
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      Extent: 263p.
      Note/s:
      • Published March 2015
      ISBN: 9781922213617 (pbk.)

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording; large print

Works about this Work

What I’m Reading Enza Gandolfo , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2019;
Motherhood : Where Science Meets Fiction Alice Robinson , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , April 2019;

'For the first time in history, this past Australian summer has registered temperatures in excess of two degrees above long-term averages. You don’t need to be well versed in climate science to know that this is not good news – and you don’t need to look very hard to glean this information.'  (Introduction)

Could Cli-fi Help Inspire Real Climate Change Action? Monique Ross , Julie Street , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , July 2018;

'Climate fiction novels catapult readers into a future ravaged by the catastrophic effects of global warming.'  (Introduction)

Writing for Good in the Contemporary Novel of Purpose Alice Robinson , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 29 September 2015;
Books : Secrets and Lies Valerie Krips , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , August / September no. 137 2015; (p. 48)

— Review of Anchor Point Alice Robinson , 2015 single work novel
Review : Anchor Point Veronica Sullivan , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , vol. 94 no. 3 2015; (p. 19)

— Review of Anchor Point Alice Robinson , 2015 single work novel
A Subtle Take on the Impact of Change Owen Richardson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 March 2015; (p. 30) The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 March 2015; (p. 34)

— Review of Anchor Point Alice Robinson , 2015 single work novel
Sorrow at the Heart of Ambitious Debuts Gillian Dooley , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 April 2015; (p. 20-21)

— Review of Anchor Point Alice Robinson , 2015 single work novel ; The Ash Burner Kári Gíslason , 2015 single work novel
Anchor Point Claire Sutherland , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 April 2015; (p. 23)

— Review of Anchor Point Alice Robinson , 2015 single work novel
'There's been a wave of talented Australian women releasing novels about strong female characters in a rural setting...'
Books : Secrets and Lies Valerie Krips , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , August / September no. 137 2015; (p. 48)

— Review of Anchor Point Alice Robinson , 2015 single work novel
Writing for Good in the Contemporary Novel of Purpose Alice Robinson , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 29 September 2015;
Could Cli-fi Help Inspire Real Climate Change Action? Monique Ross , Julie Street , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , July 2018;

'Climate fiction novels catapult readers into a future ravaged by the catastrophic effects of global warming.'  (Introduction)

Motherhood : Where Science Meets Fiction Alice Robinson , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , April 2019;

'For the first time in history, this past Australian summer has registered temperatures in excess of two degrees above long-term averages. You don’t need to be well versed in climate science to know that this is not good news – and you don’t need to look very hard to glean this information.'  (Introduction)

What I’m Reading Enza Gandolfo , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2019;
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