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Philomena Van Rijswijk Philomena Van Rijswijk i(A4896 works by) (a.k.a. Philomena Van Rijswick)
Gender: Female
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1 2 y separately published work icon House of the Flight-helpers Philomena Van Rijswijk , Leyburn : Tartarus Press , 2019 18469267 2019 single work novel fantasy

'‘The people of Incognita have walled themselves in…’

'House of the Flight-helpers by Tasmanian author Philomena van Rijswijk is a strange and satirical narrative, a mythological mosaic of horrors, feather phobias, dead saints, clay flutes, terrible birds, Border Monkeys, forbidden zones and unsettling forebodings. It casts the reader into the future, a future left trammelled by the glacial passage of xenophobia and exclusion. It is a parable of sorts, and considers the biggest questions and insecurities of our age, one of the most poignant of which is: when we exclude the outsider, are we, in fact, imprisoning and impoverishing ourselves?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 Nearer My God to Thee Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sky Falls Down : An Anthology of Loss 2019; (p. 287-292)
1 Ngawi Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 77 no. 2 2017; (p. 122-131)
1 The Five Sorrowful Mysteries Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 75 no. 1 2016; (p. 116-123)
1 The Boy Who Couldn't See Colours Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 74 no. 2 2014; (p. 159-170)
1 Book Launch Speech : Kathryn Lomer's Night Writing, Hobart 27th February 2014 Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2014 single work prose
— Appears in: Communion Literary Magazine , June no. 1 2014;
1 y separately published work icon Bread of the Lost Philomena Van Rijswijk , North Hobart : Walleah Press , 2012 Z1916817 2012 selected work poetry
1 The Cull i "My dearest,", Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 37 no. 1 2011; (p. 175)
1 My Longing is a Camp Dog i "All I long for now", Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 37 no. 1 2011; (p. 174)
1 Wandering Womb i "My belly is a bruised melon;", Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 36 no. 1 & 2 2010; (p. 163)
1 The Upside-Down Sweetness Inside i "Five o'clock morning rain,", Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 116 2009; (p. 99-100)
1 The Frogs Sang Me Back i "Today I let the music in, and remembered", Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 33 no. 2 2007; (p. 138-139)
1 Blue Lake Beans and Others i "When you look close enough,", Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 33 no. 2 2007; (p. 135-137)
1 Nostos : A Return Home i "You see a crisply folded grasshopper", Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blue Giraffe , Mid-Year vol. 3 no. 2006; (p. 36-37)
1 Siberian Sleep Berries i "Three o'clock in the torpid hours and a mug of chamomile tea -", Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blue Giraffe , Mid-Year vol. 3 no. 2006; (p. 33-35)
1 Cold Climate Martyrdom i "And the gully becomes an impatient child", Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blue Giraffe , Mid-Year vol. 3 no. 2006; (p. 30-32)
1 Fiction Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 106 2006; (p. 53-55)
— Review of Cleanskin Gay Lynch , 2006 single work novel
1 Household Gods Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2005 single work short story
— Appears in: Reid's Magazine : The Short Fiction and Poetry Magazine , March vol. 1 no. 1 2005; (p. 5-14)
1 Sky View Road Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2005 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 64 no. 1-2 2005; (p. 85-94)
1 My Beautiful Whitewashed Skin i "When you wake in the night", Philomena Van Rijswijk , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 30 no. 1 2004; The Best Australian Poetry 2005 2005; (p. 110-111)
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