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'Longtime is a place in the Blue Mountains where Edwin Truelance built a house, Letty, his wife, planted a garden and their five children had a world of rain-forest and bushland to explore. Then more people came.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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A semi-autobiographical novel.
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Also published in braille and sound recording formats.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Books That Changed Me : Susan Holoubek
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 21 July 2013; (p. 12) -
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Days Never Done : The Life and Work of Hesba Fay Brinsmead
Woollahra
:
Unity Press
,
2002
Z978399
2002
single work
biography
'Hesba Brinsmead was one of the pioneeers of Australian children's literature, some saying she virtually invented the teenage novel. She published 23 novels for children and teenagers. She set out to entertain, and her books are full of humour, and are a fusion of 'truth and romantic vision' set in diverse locations, and have been loved by generations of young people.' (Publication summary)
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Children's Book Survey
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 35 1981; (p. 31-33)
— Review of The Man in the Red Turban 1978 single work children's fiction ; A Pet for Mrs Arbuckle 1981 single work picture book ; Rooms of Paradise 1978 anthology short story ; Keith Garvey's Dinkum Little Aussies 1980 selected work poetry ; Knees 1981 single work picture book ; Once There Was a Swagman 1979 single work children's fiction ; Billy, the Most Horrible Boy in the World 1981 single work picture book ; Longtime Passing 1971 single work novel ; Fish and Bird 1981 single work picture book ; Terri 1981 single work children's fiction ; How to Demolish a Monster 1981 single work picture book ; Altar of Shulaani : an exciting science fiction adventure 1981 single work children's fiction ; The Story of a Picture Book 1981 single work criticism ; Magpie Island 1974 single work children's fiction ; There's a Dinosaur in the Park! 1980 single work picture book ; The Further Adventures of Dr A. A. A. McGurk M.D. 1981 selected work children's fiction ; Night of the Muttonbirds 1981 single work children's fiction ; A Tide Flowing 1981 single work children's fiction ; Pine-Cone Possum 1981 single work children's fiction -
Hesba Fay Brinsmead : Truth and Romantic Vision
1981
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 133-157) -
Children's Book Council of Australia 1972 Judges' Report
1972
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 44 1972; (p. 8-10)
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Children's Book Survey
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 35 1981; (p. 31-33)
— Review of The Man in the Red Turban 1978 single work children's fiction ; A Pet for Mrs Arbuckle 1981 single work picture book ; Rooms of Paradise 1978 anthology short story ; Keith Garvey's Dinkum Little Aussies 1980 selected work poetry ; Knees 1981 single work picture book ; Once There Was a Swagman 1979 single work children's fiction ; Billy, the Most Horrible Boy in the World 1981 single work picture book ; Longtime Passing 1971 single work novel ; Fish and Bird 1981 single work picture book ; Terri 1981 single work children's fiction ; How to Demolish a Monster 1981 single work picture book ; Altar of Shulaani : an exciting science fiction adventure 1981 single work children's fiction ; The Story of a Picture Book 1981 single work criticism ; Magpie Island 1974 single work children's fiction ; There's a Dinosaur in the Park! 1980 single work picture book ; The Further Adventures of Dr A. A. A. McGurk M.D. 1981 selected work children's fiction ; Night of the Muttonbirds 1981 single work children's fiction ; A Tide Flowing 1981 single work children's fiction ; Pine-Cone Possum 1981 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , January no. 42 1972; (p. 49-50)
— Review of Longtime Passing 1971 single work novel -
Hesba Fay Brinsmead : Truth and Romantic Vision
1981
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Innocence and Experience : Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers 1981; (p. 133-157) -
Children's Book Council of Australia 1972 Judges' Report
1972
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 44 1972; (p. 8-10) -
Children's Book Council of Australia 1972 Judges' Report
1972
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 44 1972; (p. 8-10) -
y
Days Never Done : The Life and Work of Hesba Fay Brinsmead
Woollahra
:
Unity Press
,
2002
Z978399
2002
single work
biography
'Hesba Brinsmead was one of the pioneeers of Australian children's literature, some saying she virtually invented the teenage novel. She published 23 novels for children and teenagers. She set out to entertain, and her books are full of humour, and are a fusion of 'truth and romantic vision' set in diverse locations, and have been loved by generations of young people.' (Publication summary)
-
Books That Changed Me : Susan Holoubek
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 21 July 2013; (p. 12)
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