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'"People are wrong about the South Pole being at the bottom of the world," said Holmann Schuyler. "If I drew you a map, it would look like the face of this clock, with the South Pole at the centre…"
'The people of Whalers Gate, on the Antipodean island of Esmania, claim that nothing has been the same since the turn of the century. They say that the wing of an Archangel has been seen over town, and young Sister Clemence has been beset by visions. It's been a hard winter, the women have gone sun-crazy, and the watercolour teacher, Lavinia Chomsky, has run off to sea with Captain Schuyler. Borne on a strange odyssey through mythical lands, they discover a world where time and place are distorted, so that what has been marginalised becomes central, what was once on the bottom now sits on top.
'The World as a Clockface is a captivating and poetic telling of a magical, wide-ranging story, from an exciting new voice in Australian fiction.'
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Untitled
2001-2002
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , December-January no. 4 2001-2002;
— Review of The World as a Clockface 2001 single work novel -
Finding Your Place
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 86 2001; (p. 110-112)
— Review of The World as a Clockface 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , June no. 23 2001; (p. 66-67)
— Review of The World as a Clockface 2001 single work novel -
A Novel Born in a Tent -- and a Caravan Called Enid
2001
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biography
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 May 2001; (p. 13) -
CoverNotes
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 27 May 2001; (p. 11)
— Review of The World as a Clockface 2001 single work novel ; Leaving No Footprints 2001 single work children's fiction
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Fantasy Island
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-15 April 2001; (p. 5)
— Review of The World as a Clockface 2001 single work novel -
Wannabes etc in Manhattan
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 April 2001; (p. 15)
— Review of Two Shanes 2001 single work novel ; The World as a Clockface 2001 single work novel -
Far Horizons
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 May vol. 119 no. 6274 2001; (p. 72-74)
— Review of What Falls Away 2001 single work novel ; Beyond Duck River 2001 single work novel ; The Dream Life of Harry Moon : A Novel 2001 single work novel ; Two Shanes 2001 single work novel ; Days Like These 2001 single work novel ; The World as a Clockface 2001 single work novel ; Film 2001 single work novel -
Brilliant Bits and Glimpses of Reality
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 May 2001; (p. 7)
— Review of The World as a Clockface 2001 single work novel -
CoverNotes
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 27 May 2001; (p. 11)
— Review of The World as a Clockface 2001 single work novel ; Leaving No Footprints 2001 single work children's fiction -
Author's Caravan of Dreams
2001
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 14 April 2001; (p. 10) -
Magic moments flowing gently
2001
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criticism
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 6 May 2001; (p. 56) -
A Novel Born in a Tent -- and a Caravan Called Enid
2001
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 May 2001; (p. 13)
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