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Ian Irvine Ian Irvine i(A27944 works by)
Also writes as: Ian Hobson
Born: Established: 1964
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
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1 The Orpheus Plague Ian Irvine , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Painted Words 2016 2016; (p. 233-249)
1 The Glaciers Retreat Ian Irvine , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Painted Words 2016 2016; (p. 110-111)
1 y separately published work icon Painted Words 2016 Ian Irvine (editor), Peter Wiseman (editor), Tru S. Dowling (editor), Tom McWilliam (editor), Bendigo : Bendigo Institute of TAFE , 2016 10880323 2016 anthology poetry short story

An anthology of writing by Bendigo TAFE professional writing and editing students.
1 y separately published work icon The City of Quartz Ian Irvine , Australia : Zoetics Institute , 2016 10880129 2016 single work novel fantasy science fiction

'Rowan Sweeney is a thirty-three year old perpetual student with relationship and vocational issues. Out of desperation he takes a job with Douglass Green - a Doctor of 'something or other', publisher of 'curios', and New Age therapist living in Central Victoria. Rowan soon discovers Green has a hidden agenda involving Neo-Druidism, Alchemy, cricket, music, obscure languages, and a quantum computer. Asked to write a biography about Abraham Isles, 'an important 19th Century convict-mystic', Rowan quickly realises he's in over his head ... literally.

'The novel is partially set in an Alternative Australia where the European colonisation of the continent took a different path early in the 1830s. The novel explores themes related to: the place of creativity in life and society, the impact of colonisation on indigenous peoples, New Science notions of self-identity, creativity and physical reality, and the age old conflict between Materialism and sacred views of the cosmos. It is also a story about love and assuming adult responsibilities in our complex post-modern world.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Songs of the Interstitium : A Transmedia Project Set in Multiple Worlds Ian Irvine , 2016- 10281529 2016 website

'Songs of the Interstitium will unfold as a multi-platform project. The first novel in the series, ‘The City of Quartz’, is set in an alternative central Victoria and explores both alternative reality and alternative selves tropes. Other novels in the series – The Isle of Ruins, Library of the Marvellous Hybrids, The Orpheus Plague and Convergence: Blood Economy – will be released sequentially over the next few years.

'This site will act as a hub for a range of entrance points (both old media and new media) to core narratives of the novels. The project will unfold via the five novels, as well as several poetry collections, numerous talks/podcasts/articles, various songs by a parallel reality band called ‘Interstitium’, and online courses on various imaginative topics appearing in the books, etc.'

Source: About 'Songs of the Interstitium'.
1 A Lyrical Realist Ian Irvine , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , April-May no. 135 2015; (p. 47-48)
— Review of Second Thoughts B. N. Oakman , 2014 selected work poetry
1 The Great Library Ian Irvine , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Painted Words 2015 2015; (p. 276-280)
1 Thoth Mediates on Imperial Hubris Ian Irvine , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Painted Words 2015 2015; (p. 274-275)
1 The Ghost Narrates Ian Irvine , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Painted Words 2015 2015; (p. 272-273)
1 y separately published work icon Painted Words 2015 Ian Irvine (editor), Peter Wiseman (editor), Tru S. Dowling (editor), Bendigo : Bendigo Institute of TAFE , 2015 10880563 2015 anthology poetry short story
1 The Glacier Serpent i "Cold creature, wending the full", Ian Irvine , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Platform , Summer no. 15 2015; (p. 35)
1 A Poem Is a Useless Thing i "A poem is a fragile thing", Ian Irvine , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Platform , Summer no. 15 2015; (p. 34)
1 The Diety as Thunder God i "Gigantic fibreglass Jesus", Ian Irvine , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Platform , Summer no. 15 2015; (p. 34)
1 The Witch Goddess of Snowdonia i "On the way down–", Ian Irvine , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Painted Words 2014 2014; (p. 151-152)
1 The Birds of Rhiannon i "Your gifts: songs that never really entertained,", Ian Irvine , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Painted Words 2014 2014; (p. 149-150)
1 y separately published work icon Painted Words 2014 Ian Irvine (editor), Peter Wiseman (editor), Tru S. Dowling (editor), Bendigo : Bendigo Institute of TAFE , 2014 10249857 2014 anthology poetry non-fiction short story extract
1 y separately published work icon Painted Words 2013 Ian Irvine (editor), Tru S. Dowling (editor), Tom McWilliam (editor), Peter Wiseman (editor), Bendigo : Bendigo Institute of TAFE , 2013 10249692 2013 anthology single work poetry short story non-fiction criticism
1 y separately published work icon Painted Words 2012 : An Anthology of Work by Students of Professional Writing & Editing at Bendigo TAFE Peter Wiseman (editor), Ian Irvine (editor), Tom McWilliam (editor), Tru S. Dowling (editor), Bendigo : Bendigo Institute of TAFE , 2012 Z1910786 2012 anthology poetry short story
1 Hiroshima Dance (Butoh) i "The dance of the holocaust century", Ian Irvine , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Scintillae 2012 2012; (p. 158)
1 y separately published work icon Scintillae 2012 Ian Irvine (editor), Tru S. Dowling (editor), Tom McWilliam (editor), Peter Wiseman (editor), Bendigo : Bendigo Institute of TAFE , 2012 10178624 2012 anthology poetry short story prose criticism

Includes short stories, poetry, creative non-fiction, and academic non-fiction.
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