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1 Fig, Actually : A Romance for the COVID Age Melanie Tait , 2020 single work prose
— Appears in: Corona Tales : Part One 2020;
1 A Broadcast Coup Melanie Tait , 2020 single work drama

'Tune into a buzzing new comedy pulling the plug on an antiquated media industry.'

Source: Ensemble Theatre.
1 2 y separately published work icon The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race Melanie Tait , 2019 Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2021 14537278 2019 single work drama

'Appleton is a small country town being forced into the present with a recent influx of wealthy city slickers, treechangers and refugees. Simmering tensions come to a head when new GP Penny Anderson discovers that the famous Appleton Potato Race awards $1000 prize money for the men, and a measly $200 for the women. When Penny decides to take steps to restore gender parity and coax Appleton into the 21st century, little could she have anticipated the spiralling, hilarious culture war that would follow.'

Source: Ensemble Theatre.
1 To the History I'd Like to Rewrite : Melanie Tait Melanie Tait , 2013 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Yours Truly : Cathartic Confessions, Passionate Declarations and Vivid Recollections from Women of Letters 2013; (p. 19-25)
1 How To Write a Lifestyle Book in 25 Years or Less Melanie Tait , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: ACTWrite , December 2010 - January 2011 vol. 16 no. 11 2010; (p. 8-9)
1 Jolly Fat? Oxymoron, Says Woman Who Has Lost 25kg Melanie Tait , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 March 2010; (p. 5)
1 3 y separately published work icon Fat Chance : My Big Fat Gastric Banding Adventure Melanie Tait , Chatswood : New Holland , 2010 Z1676128 2010 single work autobiography

'Written in the form of an extended blog, Fat Chance is a funny and honest account of Melanie Tait's unfolding journey through her fat life, before, during and after lap band surgery. It follows her struggles with being overweight, how she came to have the operation, what the operation feels like, her slow progress to thin and ultimately the challenge of living with a band. It also tells the stories of others who have had the band: those it's worked well for, other's where it hasn't, as well as inside information from doctors and health professionals.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 2 The Vegemite Tales Melanie Tait , 2001 single work drama humour
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