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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Footprints on Paper : An Anthology of Australian Writing in English and Chinese
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Notes

  • An anthology bringing together work by people writing in Chinese and in English in Australia, with each work translated and published in both languages.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Robyn Ianssen Productions , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Tienanmen Squarei"Security moves us on from flowers", John Bennett , Zhang Lizhong (translator) single work poetry (p. 14-15, 17)
The Eternal Questioni"You pluck a hair", Colleen Burke , Ruby Hong (translator) single work poetry (p. 18-19, 21)
Returning from Adelaide at High Noon Returning to Adelaide at High Nooni"After many years away,", Heather Cam , Songping Jin (translator) single work poetry (p. 22-23, 25)
Reef Notes (Long Reef Preferential) (Northern Beaches, Sydney) : Part I : the Sea's Menagerie : Wobbygong Songi"So long, wobbeygong -", Paul Cliff , Songping Jin (translator) single work poetry (p. 26-27, 29)
Timing Chaini"I was holding a child on a pony,", Charlotte Clutterbuck , Songping Jin (translator) single work poetry (p. 30-31, 33)
A Star on Canvasi"I'm going to show them how brave I am", Jennifer Compton , Wei Ling Yeung (translator) single work poetry (p. 34-35, 37)
Her Career, Stephanie Dowrick , Yu Ouyang (translator) single work short story (p. 38-39, 41)
Saturday Morning in Ashfieldi"Fifteen minutes at the autobank, waiting for money", Jill Jones , Yu Ouyang (translator) single work poetry (p. 42-43, 45)
Tsimshatsui Hong Kongi"Money makes the codpiece", Christopher Kelen , Joel Dehe (translator) single work poetry (p. 46-47, 49)
Chinese Garden, Darling Harbouri"Walk here, with a wall around", Shane McCauley , 千波 (translator) single work poetry (p. 50-51)
Monaro Landscapei"Mine is the blue ghosts of gums; long necked, unlaughing, cocking", Rodney Milgate , Naikan Tao (translator) single work poetry (p. 54-55, 57)
Uncalled-Fori"When he came home from Vietnam, that war", Ba Phillipps , Songping Jin (translator) single work poetry (p. 58-59, 61)
My Fifty Fourth Birthday Poem (Canton, China, February 1990)i"There are three positions", Glen Phillips , Yong Zhong (translator) single work poetry (p. 62-63, 65)
S.U.P.E.R.M.A.R.K.E.T.W.A.Y.i"A woman", Elizabeth Stead , Yu Ouyang (translator) single work poetry (p. 66-67, 69)
Midnight Swimi"Canned laughter echoed round the mangrove stilts in a Cairns backwater.", Louise Wakeling , Tzu-yu Lai (translator) Tong Man (translator) single work poetry (p. 70-71, 73)
The Age-Old Mountain Pathi"My father followed my grandfather", Fang Langzhou , Zhang Lizhong (translator) single work poetry (p. 74-75, 77)
The Clown - A Sketchi"A face smeared with white powder,", Feng Hai-Shan , Mabel Lee (translator) single work poetry (p. 78-79, 81)
Chinatowni"A harbour", Willing Hwang , John Minford (translator) Chan Hung-Chong (translator) single work poetry (p. 82-83, 85)
Along the Railway Tracki"Along the railway track", Siby Jia , Simon Patton (translator) single work poetry (p. 86-87, 89)
The Culture of Love, Francis Lee , single work short story (p. 90-91, 93)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

The Year the Dragon Came : Post-Tiananmen Stories Nicholas Jose , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 444-451)
Altered Images Neil James , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , April vol. 2 no. 3 1997; (p. 11-12,30)

— Review of Bitter Peaches and Plums : Two Chinese Novellas on the Recent Chinese Student Experience in Australia Guande Liu , Jun Huangfu , 1995 selected work novella ; Moon Over Melbourne : Poems Yu Ouyang , 1995 selected work poetry ; Footprints on Paper : An Anthology of Australian Writing in English and Chinese 1996 anthology poetry short story
Lillian Ng on a Musical on a Musical Reading from `Footprints on Paper' Lillian Ng , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Newswrite : The Newsletter of the New South Wales Writers' Centre , June no. 50 1996; (p. 7-8)
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