Born: Established: 1961 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Notes
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In addition to the works individually indexed on AustLit, Gillian Polack has also written the following. Most of these works are outside AustLit's scope; some (noted as such) are unsighted.
- History and Fiction: Writers, Their Research, Worlds and Stories, Peter Lang, 2016.
- 'Australian Speculative Fiction and the Land: Culture and Ownership' (conference paper), Holdfast, 2015.
- 'Grim to Grimdark,' in Fantasy and Science Fiction Medievalisms: From Isaac Asimov to A Game of Thrones ed. Helen Young. Cambria University Press, 2015.
- (with Katrina Kania) The Middle Ages Unlocked: A Guide to Life in Medieval England, 1050-1300 (Amberley Books, 2015).
- 'Dialogue and Doomsday: Comedy and Conviction in Connie Willis and Oscar Wilde', Vector, 2013. (Periodical details untraced.)
- 'Edith, Gussie and Linzertorte', Storied Dishes, ed. Linda Berzok, Greenwood Press, 2010.
- 'Red Paper' (short story), Conflux, 2009 (unsighted).
- 'The Middle Ages' (chapter), in Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy: volume 1, ed. R. A. Reid, Greenwood Press, 2008.
- 'Geoff Ryman's Realities,' Steam Engine Time no.9 (2008).
- two entries in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Love, Courtship, and Sexuality through History (W.E. Burns, 2008).
- 'How Fiction Writers use the Middle Ages' (unsighted), AntiTHESIS forum, 2005.
- 'An Exploration of Jewish Fairytales' (unsighted), Fables & Reflections no.7 (2005).
- A Medieval French Rosh Hashanah (Kosher Consumers' Association, 2003).
- Once and Future: Medieval and Modern Arthurian Literature (Occasional Papers 1, Arthurian Association of Australia, 2000).
- 'William of Orange' in Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs (ABC-CLIO, 2000).
- 'A Brief Introduction to Medieval Jewish Arthurian Literature', GrailQuest '99 Conference Proceedings, 2000.
- 'Modern Feminism and the Medieval Arthurian Romance: A Reflection', Once and Future: Medieval and Modern Arthurian Literature, Arthurian Association of Australia, 2000, pp.14-20.
- 'Immersed in a Sea of Perplexed Thoughts: Some Ideas on a Medieval Text', Once and Future: Medieval and Modern Arthurian Literature, Arthurian Association of Australia, 2000, pp.47-48
- 'International Folk Dance in Canberra, Australia', Newfolk: New Directions in Folklore, no.4 (2000).
- 'Words' (short story), Emu Literary Magazine, Spring-summer 1985 (unsighted).
- 'Twilight' (short story), Yddgrasil, 1982 (unsighted).
- 'The Performance' (short story), The Journal, 1982 (unsighted). This story also won a Victorian Government Ministry for the Arts Award.
- ' A New Life', Kivin, 1981.
Personal Awards
- 2020 winner A. Bertram Chandler Award
- 2017 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — William Atheling Jr Award For History and Fiction: Writers, their Research, Worlds and Stories.
Awards for Works
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