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Works about this Work
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A Place Where the Poets Grow on Trees
1998
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 1 March 1998; (p. 22) -
Waking Up Dead
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 198 1998; (p. 44-45)
— Review of Deadset 1997 single work novel -
Tale of Life and Afterlife
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 4 March 1998; (p. 24)
— Review of Deadset 1997 single work novel -
Death's in the Mail
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 May 1998; (p. 14)
— Review of Chain Letter 1997 single work novel ; Deadset 1997 single work novel ; Now You See Me 1997 single work novel -
1998 : The Best Young Australian Novelists : Emma Tom
1998
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 May 1998; (p. 9)
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Death's in the Mail
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 May 1998; (p. 14)
— Review of Chain Letter 1997 single work novel ; Deadset 1997 single work novel ; Now You See Me 1997 single work novel -
My Life as a Ghost
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 December 1997; (p. 15)
— Review of The Illustrated Family Doctor 1997 single work novel ; Deadset 1997 single work novel -
Books in Brief
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , November vol. 2 no. 10 1997; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Deadset 1997 single work novel -
Tale of Life and Afterlife
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 4 March 1998; (p. 24)
— Review of Deadset 1997 single work novel -
Waking Up Dead
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 198 1998; (p. 44-45)
— Review of Deadset 1997 single work novel -
A Place Where the Poets Grow on Trees
1998
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 1 March 1998; (p. 22) -
1998 : The Best Young Australian Novelists : Emma Tom
1998
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 May 1998; (p. 9)
Awards
- 1998 joint runner-up Kathleen Mitchell Literary Award With Tegan Bennett, 'Bombora' and Ben Winch, 'My Boyfriend's Father'.
- 1998 winner Commonwealth Writers Prize — South-East Asia and South Pacific Region — Best First Book Award
- 1997 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
- 1997 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Horror Division — Best Novel
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