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Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Wolfe Island
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'Kitty Hawke, the last inhabitant of a dying island sinking into the wind-lashed Chesapeake Bay, has resigned herself to annihilation...

'Until one night her granddaughter blows ashore in the midst of a storm, desperate, begging for sanctuary. For years, Kitty has kept herself to herself - with only the company of her wolfdog, Girl - unconcerned by the world outside, or perhaps avoiding its worst excesses. But blood cannot be turned away in times like these. And when trouble comes following her granddaughter, no one is more surprised than Kitty to find she will fight to save her as fiercely as her name suggests...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Dedication: for David
  • Epigraph: The island is sinking. The isles fled away and the mountains were not found. -Revelation 16:20

    The strangest thing after living alone for so long: some young people have come to stay and everything has changed. -Kitty Hawke, Notebook of Wolfe Island

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan Macmillan Australia , 2019 .
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      Extent: 400p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 27 August 2019.
      ISBN: 9781760553159, 1760553158
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Picador , 2023 .
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      Extent: 389p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date 26 September 2023
      ISBN: 9781760986124

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar Nicola Heath , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , September 2019;

— Review of Wolfe Island Lucy Treloar , 2019 single work novel

'Australian writer Lucy Treloar creates a credible dystopia in her second novel, Wolfe Island.'

y separately published work icon Review : Wolfe Island Caroline Arnoul , Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2019 23464737 2019 single work review
— Review of Wolfe Island Lucy Treloar , 2019 single work novel

'Lucy Treloar’s debut novel, Salt Creek, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and awarded a number of other prizes, including the Dobbie Award.' (Introduction)

The Best Books of 2019 for Your Summer Reading List Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Kate Evans , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , December 2019;

'Whether you're poolside balancing a book with an icy beverage, stealing moments between waves at the beach or catching up on the couch after Christmas, this list of favourites from ABC RN's book experts has got you covered.' (Introduction)

Climate-crisis Dystopia Is a Story of Now Rohan Wilson , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21 September 2019; (p. 18)

— Review of Wolfe Island Lucy Treloar , 2019 single work novel

'It’s a truism among climate fiction writers that at some point soon all contemporary fiction will become climate fiction. Already, a range of topics demands that the author is awake to the changes taking place. Could anyone seriously write about the Arctic without mention of ice loss? Or bushfires without mention of drought?' (Introduction)

Do Not Turn Naama Grey-Smith , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 414 2019; (p. 38)

— Review of Wolfe Island Lucy Treloar , 2019 single work novel

'With Wolfe Island, Lucy Treloar joins a growing number of novelists whose fiction is marked by anthropogenic catastrophe. Her latest offering confronts two urgent global crises: the climate emergency, and the plight of refugees. Treloar reveals startling connections between the two through the shared thread of displacement in a work that is more than powerful: it’s transformative.'  (Introduction)

Do Not Turn Naama Grey-Smith , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 414 2019; (p. 38)

— Review of Wolfe Island Lucy Treloar , 2019 single work novel

'With Wolfe Island, Lucy Treloar joins a growing number of novelists whose fiction is marked by anthropogenic catastrophe. Her latest offering confronts two urgent global crises: the climate emergency, and the plight of refugees. Treloar reveals startling connections between the two through the shared thread of displacement in a work that is more than powerful: it’s transformative.'  (Introduction)

Climate-crisis Dystopia Is a Story of Now Rohan Wilson , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21 September 2019; (p. 18)

— Review of Wolfe Island Lucy Treloar , 2019 single work novel

'It’s a truism among climate fiction writers that at some point soon all contemporary fiction will become climate fiction. Already, a range of topics demands that the author is awake to the changes taking place. Could anyone seriously write about the Arctic without mention of ice loss? Or bushfires without mention of drought?' (Introduction)

y separately published work icon Review : Wolfe Island Caroline Arnoul , Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2019 23464737 2019 single work review
— Review of Wolfe Island Lucy Treloar , 2019 single work novel

'Lucy Treloar’s debut novel, Salt Creek, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and awarded a number of other prizes, including the Dobbie Award.' (Introduction)

Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar Nicola Heath , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , September 2019;

— Review of Wolfe Island Lucy Treloar , 2019 single work novel

'Australian writer Lucy Treloar creates a credible dystopia in her second novel, Wolfe Island.'

The Best Books of 2019 for Your Summer Reading List Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Kate Evans , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , December 2019;

'Whether you're poolside balancing a book with an icy beverage, stealing moments between waves at the beach or catching up on the couch after Christmas, this list of favourites from ABC RN's book experts has got you covered.' (Introduction)

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