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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Red Spikes
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Ten stories that take place in worlds not quite our own and yet each one illuminates what it is to be human. Ages 14+. (Source: Trove)

Contents

* Contents derived from the New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,:Knopf , 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Baby Jane, Margo Lanagan , single work short story young adult fantasy (p. 1-18)
Monkey's Paternoster, Margo Lanagan , single work short story young adult fantasy
'Monkey's Paternoster is a story about the sacred monkeys at a temple in India, told from the viewpoint of one of the monkeys.' (Source: January Magazine)
 (p. 19-28)
A Good Heart, Margo Lanagan , single work short story young adult fantasy (p. 29-39)
Winkie, Margo Lanagan , single work short story horror (p. 43-57)
A Feather in the Breast of God, Margo Lanagan , single work short story young adult fantasy (p. 59-75)
Hero Vale, Margo Lanagan , single work short story fantasy (p. 77-96)
Under Hell, Over Heaven, Margo Lanagan , single work short story horror (p. 97-116)
Mouse Maker, Margo Lanagan , single work short story young adult fantasy (p. 117-128)
Forever Upward, Margo Lanagan , single work short story young adult fantasy (p. 129-148)
Daughter of the Clay, Margo Lanagan , single work short story young adult fantasy (p. 149-162)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2006 .
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      Extent: 198p.
      ISBN: 1741146577
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Knopf ,       ca. 2007 .
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      Extent: 167p.
      ISBN: 9780375843204
    • Oxford, Oxfordshire,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       David Fickling Books ,       2008 .
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      Extent: 164p.
      ISBN: 9780385613224; 0385613229
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Knopf ,       ca. 2009 .
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      Extent: 167p.
      Edition info: First trade paperback edition.
      ISBN: 9780375843044
      Series: Borzoi Pocket Books Knopf (publisher), 1920-1929 series - publisher
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Definitions ,       2015 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781909531567, 1909531561
Alternative title: Crveni bocki
Language: Macedonian
    • Skopje,
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      Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic),
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      Ex Yugoslavia,
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      Eastern Europe, Europe,      :       Vermilion ,       2009 .
      Extent: 134p.p.
      ISBN: 9789989268922, 9989268924
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Works about this Work

Crossover Fiction and the Adolescent Economy of Writing in the Works of Margo Lanagan Katharina Boehm , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: Textual Practice , August vol. 33 no. 6 2019; (p. 1005-1023) 'Recent years have seen the rise of crossover fiction that is marketed as young adult literature but also attracts a large adult audience. While critics have addressed this phenomenon as a symptom of the demise of traditional understandings of adulthood, they have not yet given sufficient attention to the innovative ways in which authors have responded to the crossover phenomenon by radically recasting adolescence. This article places Julia Kristeva’s work on the adolescent economy of writing in dialogue with the major works of Margo Lanagan, who is often described as the quintessential crossover writer. I show that Lanagan divorces adolescence from its traditional association with individualism and reimagines it as an age-independent psychological phenomenon that is characterised by an opening of the self to (non)human others and to the realm of the social. This notion of adolescence is not only the dominant theme in Lanagan’s writings, it also emerges as a style and disposition of her texts, generating new narrative possibilities in the management of plot, focalisation and voice. Reading Lanagan alongside Kristeva reveals the centrality of the aesthetic in Kristeva’s view of adolescence, while also allowing us to see possibilities in the adolescent economy of writing that remain underexplored in Kristeva’s work.' (Publication abstract)
[Review] Red Spikes Marlene Dullard , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 21 no. 1 2007; (p. 26)
— Review of Red Spikes Margo Lanagan , 2006 selected work short story
CBC Awards - Acceptance Speeches 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 51 no. 4 2007; (p. 3-6)
Speculative Fiction Rewarded Ernie Tucker , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 42 no. 2 2007; (p. 89-90)
— Review of The Arrival Shaun Tan , 2006 single work graphic novel ; Foundling David Cornish , 2006 single work children's fiction ; Ichabod Hart and the Lighthouse Mystery James Roy , 2003 single work children's fiction ; Red Spikes Margo Lanagan , 2006 selected work short story ; Loop Brian Caswell , 2006 selected work short story ; Ravens Rising Kerry Greenwood , 2006 single work novel ; The Birthmark Beth Montgomery , 2006 single work novel
Goths and Vandals Lucy Sussex , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 189 2007; (p. 80-81)
— Review of The Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction 2007 anthology short story extract ; The Ghost Writer John Harwood , 2004 single work novel ; Red Spikes Margo Lanagan , 2006 selected work short story
Passionate Worlds Kathy Kozlowski , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 285 2006; (p. 58-60)
— Review of Monica Bloom Nick Earls , 2006 single work novel ; Ten Things I Hate about Me Randa Abdel-Fattah , 2006 single work novel ; The Birthmark Beth Montgomery , 2006 single work novel ; Will Maria Boyd , 2006 single work novel ; The Secret Life of Maeve Lee Kwong Kirsty Murray , 2006 single work children's fiction ; The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie Jaclyn Moriarty , 2006 single work novel ; On the Jellicoe Road Melina Marchetta , 2006 single work novel ; Red Spikes Margo Lanagan , 2006 selected work short story ; One Whole and Perfect Day Judith Clarke , 2006 single work novel ; Notes from the Teenage Underground Simmone Howell , 2006 single work novel
[Review] Red Spikes Blair Mahoney , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 86 no. 3 2006; (p. 22)
— Review of Red Spikes Margo Lanagan , 2006 selected work short story
Journeys of Identity in a Mix of Unusual Paths Ronni Phillips , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 November 2006; (p. 17)
— Review of The Secret Life of Maeve Lee Kwong Kirsty Murray , 2006 single work children's fiction ; Loop Brian Caswell , 2006 selected work short story ; Red Spikes Margo Lanagan , 2006 selected work short story
A Test for Your Grip on Reality Terry Dowling , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 December 2006; (p. 9)
— Review of Red Spikes Margo Lanagan , 2006 selected work short story
Teen Fiction Katharine England , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 30 December 2006; (p. 10)
— Review of Red Spikes Margo Lanagan , 2006 selected work short story
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2007 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 51 no. 3 2007; (p. 5-12)
CBC Awards - Acceptance Speeches 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 51 no. 4 2007; (p. 3-6)
Crossover Fiction and the Adolescent Economy of Writing in the Works of Margo Lanagan Katharina Boehm , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: Textual Practice , August vol. 33 no. 6 2019; (p. 1005-1023) 'Recent years have seen the rise of crossover fiction that is marketed as young adult literature but also attracts a large adult audience. While critics have addressed this phenomenon as a symptom of the demise of traditional understandings of adulthood, they have not yet given sufficient attention to the innovative ways in which authors have responded to the crossover phenomenon by radically recasting adolescence. This article places Julia Kristeva’s work on the adolescent economy of writing in dialogue with the major works of Margo Lanagan, who is often described as the quintessential crossover writer. I show that Lanagan divorces adolescence from its traditional association with individualism and reimagines it as an age-independent psychological phenomenon that is characterised by an opening of the self to (non)human others and to the realm of the social. This notion of adolescence is not only the dominant theme in Lanagan’s writings, it also emerges as a style and disposition of her texts, generating new narrative possibilities in the management of plot, focalisation and voice. Reading Lanagan alongside Kristeva reveals the centrality of the aesthetic in Kristeva’s view of adolescence, while also allowing us to see possibilities in the adolescent economy of writing that remain underexplored in Kristeva’s work.' (Publication abstract)
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