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1 Flaming Dolls John Potts , 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , March 2021;
1 The Escalator John Potts , 2017 single work
— Appears in: Tincture Journal , Summer no. 20 2017; (p. 74-78)
1 Words in Place : Mapping Australian Literature Toby Davidson , John Potts , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: E-rea Revue Électronique D’études Sur Le Monde Anglophone , vol. 14 no. 2 2017;

'This article considers literary mapping as an instance of the contemporary construction of space through digital networked technology. Digital cartography – mapping with the means of digital technology, internet and GPS technologies – represents space as a virtual layering of information. The digital cartography project Words in Space is discussed as a case study of digital literary mapping. Analysis of the data contained in this literary map reveals significant aspects of literary commemoration in Australia.' (Publication abstract)

1 Subterranean John Potts , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Seizure [Online] , March 2017;
1 Concorde John Potts , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Seizure [Online] , October 2015;
1 Davey, Jack (1907-59) John Potts , 2014 single work companion entry
— Appears in: A Companion to the Australian Media : D 2014; (p. 131)
1 Rough Justice and Buried Country : Australian Ghosts John Potts , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Postcolonial Ghosts 2010; (p. 113-124)
'This paper examines the cultural significance of Australian ghost stories, with particular reference to the nineteenth century. The paper considers the specific qualities of these stories in the context of the colonial experience of Australia. The foundation of the penal colony and the dispossession of the Aborigines are proposed as significant contributing factors to any specificity relating to Australian ghost stories. The narrative theme of 'buried country' coming to the surfaces is a feature of late nineteenth century ghost stories, told from the colonisers' perspective, concerning encounters with Aboriginal burial grounds or massacre sites. the uniqueness of the Australian landscape is also considered as a contributing factor to ghost stories or alleged hauntings occurring in the Australian interior.' (p. 469-470)
1 Untitled John Potts , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society , December vol. 96 no. 2 2010; (p. 221-222)

— Review of Changing Stations : The Story of Australian Commercial Radio Bridget Griffen-Foley , 2009 single work criticism
1 Book Doomsday : The March of Progress and the Fate of the Book John Potts , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 69 no. 3 2010; (p. 125-131)
'Objects made of paper and ink, your time is up. If you were animals, you'd be put down in acts of mercy. If you were characters in a film, you'd be described as 'washed up', 'has beens', grizzled, overweight, self-indulgent and far from pretty: much like Orson Welles' character in Touch of Evil, his 'future all used up'. The last newspaper, it has been predicted, will stagger of the presses in 2043, and many observers consider that a generous assessment. There is a gloating website - the Newspaper Death Watch - counting the newspaper corpses and willing on the death of the species. And if the newspaper is not long for this mediasphere, then the book must also be under threat. Why should the plant-matter codex survive, when its successor - environmentally friendly, convenient, opening to a vast digital immaterial library - is already here?' (p. 125)
1 y separately published work icon RealTime Virginia Baxter (editor), Keith Gallasch (editor), Gregory Harvey (editor), Annemarie Jonson (editor), Catharine Lumby (editor), John Potts (editor), Michael Smith (editor), Linda Wallace (editor), 1994 Rushcutters Bay : Open City Inc , 1994- Z1376257 1994 periodical (10 issues) 'RealTime is Australia's critical guide to international contemporary arts. Our focus is on innovation in performance (live art, experimental theatre, dance, music, sound), photomedia, film, video, interactive media and hybrid arts.' Source: www.realtimearts.net/ (Sighted 17/08/2010).
1 y separately published work icon Communism on the Air Helen Macallan , John Potts , Broadway : New South Wales Institute of Technology , 1982 9030276 1982 single work criticism
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