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Claire Scobie Claire Scobie i(A81650 works by)
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1 y separately published work icon Two Ways Strong : Jaz's Story Deadly Mob from Concordia Lutheran College , Claire Scobie , Kristine Ellis , Broadway : Indigenous Literacy Foundation , 2017 11666451 2017 single work children's fiction children's

'Going to boarding school can be a difficult transition for many students, but for Indigenous students from remote communities, it can be quite a culture shock. In Two Ways Strong, Indigenous students from Concordia Lutheran College have combined to tell their experience in a story about Jaz a young girl from Palm Island who goes to boarding school at the age of fourteen. Jaz has many challenges to face, not least having to speak English and make herself understood. 

'Her fellow Indigenous students help to ease the way for her but ultimately it's up to Jaz to make the most of what boarding school has to offer. As she becomes accustomed to school life, has fun with her friends and has academic success, Jaz realises just how much she has gained and grown in the time she's been at school. She's no longer just one way strong like she was on Palm Island, she's now two ways strong and ready to take on the world. ' (Publication summary)
 
1 The Memory Artist Review : Katherine Brabon's Profound Vogel-winning Novel Claire Scobie , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 17 June 2016;
— Review of The Memory Artist Katherine Brabon , 2016 single work novel The Memory Artist opens in 1999 when the narrator, Pasha, a young Russian writer, hears his mother has died. Pasha is a child of dissidents who grew up in Moscow amid secret gatherings as his mother and her friends campaigned for the release of political prisoners during the Brezhnev era. During his childhood the "shiny mint-green Latvian radio" on the kitchen table, with its broadcasts from the BBC or Voice of America, was a beacon in an otherwise grey world. ...'
1 Finding an Artistic Voice After a Life of Oppression Claire Scobie , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 June 2016; (p. 25) The Saturday Age , 18-19 June 2016; (p. 25)
— Review of The Memory Artist Katherine Brabon , 2016 single work novel
1 A Fresh Look at Our Northern Neighbours Claire Scobie , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 22-23 August 2015; (p. 24)
— Review of Griffith Review no. 49 2015 periodical issue
1 A Small Leap in a Northerly Direction Claire Scobie , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 August 2015; (p. 24)
— Review of Griffith Review no. 49 2015 periodical issue
1 A Courageous Story of Shedding Monogamy Shedding a Life of Monogamy Claire Scobie , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 November 2014; (p. 31) The Canberra Times , 29 November 2014; (p. 22) The Age , 29 November 2014; (p. 31)
— Review of The Dangerous Bride Lee Kofman , 2014 single work autobiography
1 Light in the Darkness Claire Scobie , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 July 2014; (p. 33)
— Review of Lost River : Four Albums Simone Lazaroo , 2014 single work novel
1 A Glance in the Rearview Mirror Brings Sharp Focus Claire Scobie , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 May 2014; The Age , 17 May 2014; The Canberra Times , 17 May 2014;
— Review of After Everything Suellen Dainty , 2014 single work novel
1 The Goddess Within Claire Scobie , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 June 2013; (p. 9) Sunday Life , 30 June 2013; (p. 15)
1 Unravelling the Complex Thread of Love and Conflict Claire Scobie , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 Jume 2013; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Bone Ash Sky Katerina Cosgrove , 2013 single work novel
1 5 y separately published work icon The Pagoda Tree Claire Scobie , Melbourne : Penguin , 2013 6098715 2013 single work novel historical fiction

'Maya dances like no other. She becomes the dance . . . Her dance can steal a man's soul.

'Tanjore, 1765. Maya plays among the towering granite temples of this ancient city in the heart of southern India. Like her mother before her, she is destined to become a devadasi, a dancer for the temple. She is instructed in dance, the mystical arts and lovemaking. It is expected she will be chosen as a courtesan for the prince himself.

'But as Maya comes of age, India is on the cusp of change and British dominance has risen to new heights. The prince is losing his power and the city is sliding into war. Maya is forced to flee her ancestral home, and heads to the bustling port city of Madras, where East and West collide.

'Maya captivates all who watch her dance. Thomas Pearce, an ambitious young Englishman who has travelled to India to make his fortune, is entranced from the moment he first sees her. But their love is forbidden, and comes at enormous cost.

'Weaving together the uneasy meeting of two cultures, The Pagoda Tree is a captivating story of love, loss and fate.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Expatriates and Escapees Claire Scobie , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 29 September 2012; (p. 24) The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 September 2012; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Fishing for Tigers Emily Maguire , 2012 single work novel
1 All's Bare in Love and War Claire Scobie , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 March 2012; (p. 36)
— Review of What Remains Denise Leith , 2012 single work novel
1 All Cooped Up and Ready to Break Free Claire Scobie , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 November 2011; (p. 33)
— Review of Animal People Charlotte Wood , 2011 single work novel
1 Desert's Strands of Symbolism Claire Scobie , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 October 2010; (p. 38)
— Review of Notorious Roberta Lowing , 2010 single work novel
1 Enter a World of Temptation Claire Scobie , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 August 2009; (p. 30)
— Review of The Sea Bed Marele Day , 2009 single work novel
1 Just the Place for Poetic Prose Claire Scobie , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 July 2009; (p. 31)
— Review of The Blue Plateau : A Landscape Memoir Mark Tredinnick , 2009 single work prose
1 From the Clever Bee to the Vexatious Rat Claire Scobie , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 December 2008; (p. 39)
— Review of The Finlay Lloyd Book About Animals 2008 anthology essay poetry
1 Count the Ways Numbers Can Rule a Life Claire Scobie , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 February 2008; (p. 32)
— Review of Addition Toni Jordan , 2008 single work novel
1 Hard Reign of the Cattle Queen Claire Scobie , 2007 single work biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 September vol. 125 no. 6588 2007; (p. 30-31)
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