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Gillian Polack Gillian Polack i(A74888 works by) (a.k.a. Gillian S. Polack; G. S. Polack)
Born: Established: 1961 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Gillian Polack Gillian Polack , Z1139655 website
1 y separately published work icon Enchanted Australia Gillian Polack , Australia : Blurb , 2021 22897396 2021 series - author novel
1 y separately published work icon The Green Children Help Out Gillian Polack , Austin : Aggadah Try It , 2021 22897255 2021 single work novel fantasy

'In an old tunnel under France, a door leads to a tiny pocket universe called Tsarfat. If you survive the passage through that door, you will become an Envoy to an Earth that’s just a bit different from ours. Earth2 not only has many kinds of magic, it has government offices to regulate that magic.

'Once you’re through the door, people will call you a Green Child, or a superhero. So many of your dreams will come true.

'Something is very wrong on Earth2. The Green Children are dying. Pits full of fire and brimstone are opening in churches. Doors into a Nazi-ruled universe are appearing.

'The Green Children and their friends at the Offices of the Non-Natural Environment have two new tasks: to save themselves … and the world.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 Barbara Baynton and the Horror of Women's Lives Gillian Polack , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 135 2020;
1 Writing on the Wall Gillian Polack , 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: Oz Is Burning 2020;
1 Ernest Favenc : Racism, Literary Games and a Touch of the Speculative Gillian Polack , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 133 2020;
1 y separately published work icon Borderlanders Gillian Polack , Fyshwick : Odyssey Books , 2020 20022169 2020 single work novel fantasy

'Some keys open doors to strange worlds…

'It’s the dream of many an artist to win a fellowship to a country house retreat. The three who do are old schoolfriends. But neither the house nor their friendship is what they think. Both are at risk of destruction, for the house is magic and too many people want to own it.'

Source: publisher's blurb
1 True Gothic: The Case of the Demon Bushranger Gillian Polack , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 130 2020;
1 An Introduction to Australian Timeslip Novels Gillian Polack , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 128 2020;
1 y separately published work icon Poison and Light Gillian Polack , Canberra : Shooting Star Press , 2020 18983176 2020 single work novel science fiction

'Renowned artist Grania, famed as a painter of light, arrives in a sleek space ship from Lost Earth, ready to embrace New Ceres and its New Enlightenment in its entirety – its 18th century set up, its coffee houses, its gossipy salons, and its obsession with a low-level approach to tech . . . But is she really ready for its cutthroat society, its strange food issues or for Livia? Livia who toys with lives on a whim, and will stop at nothing to realize her dream society.

'When Grania marries Dal and sets up her own political salons, the stage is set for a battle of wills and poisonous chaos ensues.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 'If you are under eighteen years old, close this book' : Henrietta Dugdale, the Suffrage and Science Fiction Gillian Polack , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 126 2019;
1 Naggah, naggah, oom-moo-hah : G Firth Scott and Lemuria Gillian Polack , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 124 2019;
1 Rosa Praed, Fugitive Anne, A Romance of the Unexplored Bush, Including the Unexpected Wrath of Kan Gillian Polack , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 122 2019;
1 1 y separately published work icon The Year of the Fruit Cake Gillian Polack , Victoria : IFWG Publishing Inc , 2019 16751051 2019 single work novel fantasy

'The Year of the Fruitcake tells of the Earth-based life of a mostly-mindwiped alien anthropologist inhabiting a human perimenopausal body instead of her own more rational body with its capacity to change gender. This alien has definitely shaken a great intergalactic empire by sitting in cafés with her new best friends. Chocolate may or may not have played a part. Will humanity survive?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 Where Do Writers Get Their Ideas From? Mr Cole and His Funny Picture Books Gillian Polack , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 120 2019;
1 John Lang and the Hidden Gillian Polack , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 118 2019;
1 y separately published work icon Mountains of the Mind Gillian Polack , Canberra : Shooting Star Press , 2018 16785827 2018 selected work short story

'Mountains of the Mind – A Polack Retrospective contains never before published early work from Dr Polack, prizewinning published pieces and brand new short stories written especially for this book. It will surprise and delight fans of her previous 6 novels and non fiction publications, and introduce new readers to the complexities and subtleties of Dr Polack’s short stories. Traversing the mountains and valleys, and following the twists and turns in time and place you will return again and again to the stories in this book. The paths to the top of these mountains are many, and the views from there are spectacular.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 What We Take for Granted : The Australian Fantastical Imagination and Ida Rentoul Outhwaite Gillian Polack , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 115 2018; (p. 32-35)
1 The Gothic Trail : The Guardian's Place in Australian Gothic Tradition Gillian Polack , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 114 2018; (p. 41-45)
1 The Guardian : A Tale by an Australian Gillian Polack , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 112 2018; (p. 33-37)
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