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Marguerite Hann Syme Marguerite Hann Syme i(A28941 works by) (a.k.a. Margie Syme; Marguerite Hann Hann; Margie Hann Syme)
Born: Established: 1949 Adelaide, South Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Not like Me Marguerite Hann Syme , London : Walker Books [London] , 2007 23100568 2007 single work children's fiction children's

'Tilly and Lizzie may be identical to look at, but in every other way they are completely different. While Lizzie likes order, Tilly just wants to have fun. As Lizzie makes her lists, Tilly likes to make a mess. Lizzie sets out to prove how similar they really are, while Tilly is determined to prove her wrong. Will they ever reconcile their differences and just get on?' (Publication summary)

1 4 Bushfire Marguerite Hann Syme , 2003 single work drama
1 y separately published work icon Talk to Me Marguerite Hann Syme , Norwood : Omnibus Books , 2002 Z979913 2002 single work children's fiction children's

'Lonely little Anna wants someone to play with - Mum, Dad, Uncle Jeff or Mum's friend Kath - but the adults are always on their mobile phones talking to the air. ' (Publication summary)

1 2 y separately published work icon Velvet Marguerite Hann Syme , Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2001 Z922074 2001 single work children's fiction children's "It's one crisis after another for Hooman and Mina.

They must find other homes for Chickpea's chickens or else...

Velvet, Mina's cat, keeps going missing and when she is finally found it looks very much as if they will never see her again...

And poor Afshin, Hooman and Mina's father, is at his wit's end trying to manage his children, let alone their pets." (Back cover)
1 4 y separately published work icon The Wombat Chronicles Marguerite Hann Syme , Norwood : Omnibus Books , 2001 Z919110 2001 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'Barry may be the son of the most successful wombat couple in Wombat District, but that doesn't impress Portia-Louise. She has eyes only for Lenny the Returned Wombat. At Pottery class, at Dance class, it's just the same. But as Wombat District prepares for its annual fesitval, Barry, with the help of the willing but unreliable emus and the ingenious pelicans, is going to find a way to be noticed.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 5 y separately published work icon Burnt Out Marguerite Hann Syme , Norwood : Omnibus Books , 2001 Z797531 2001 single work children's fiction children's

'On Ash Wednesday, 16 February 1983, much of the Adelaide Hills was destroyed by bushfires. One particular family lost everything they owned and their lives were changed forever. This is a real story, retold as fiction. The writing conveys with agonising immediacy the experience of devastation and loss.' (Publication summary)

1 2 y separately published work icon Bushfire Marguerite Hann Syme , David Cox (illustrator), Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2000 Z668782 2000 single work picture book children's
1 When There's Nothing to Say ... Marguerite Hann Syme , 1999 single work biography
— Appears in: Southern Write , February 1999; (p. 3)
1 1 y separately published work icon Chickpea Marguerite Hann Syme , Sydney : Scholastic Australia , 1997 Z871798 1997 single work children's fiction children's "Hooman is delighted when his father lets him have a chicken, and his sister, Mina, a cat. The two children are being raised by their father since their mother died shortly after they came from Iran to live in Australia." (Back cover)
1 Ability Rules Marguerite Hann Syme , 1997 single work drama
1 First Time Out Marguerite Hann Syme , 1997 single work drama
— Appears in: English in Australia , 19-20 October 1997; (p. 8702222)
1 Silken Horsehair Vs. Cashflow Despair Marguerite Hann Syme , 1997 single work prose biography
— Appears in: S. A. W. C. : Newsletter of the South Australian Writers' Centre , September 1997; (p. 3)
1 Six Bricks Short of a Wall Marguerite Hann Syme , 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: Womentropy 1996; Empire Times , vol. 28 no. 13+2 1996;
1 Wicked Marguerite Hann Syme , 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: ANU Reporter , Aug (?) no. 47 1996;
1 When You Died, Dad Marguerite Hann Syme , 1995 single work short story
— Appears in: dB Magazine , 13-26 September no. 101 1995;
1 Firebreak Belly Ache Marguerite Hann Syme , 1995 single work drama
1 Race for the Gun Marguerite Hann Syme , 1994 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories , no. 48 1994; (p. 31-42)
1 Three Chooks and a Bag of Dope Marguerite Hann Syme , 1993 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories , no. 43 1993; (p. 57-62)
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