Polly Simons Polly Simons i(20923829 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 Secrets and Broken Hearts : Three New Novels of Friendship Polly Simons , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January–February no. 439 2022; (p. 37-38)

— Review of The Golden Book Kate Ryan , 2021 single work novel ; The Beautiful Words Vanessa McCausland , 2021 single work novel ; The Wingmaker Mette Jakobsen , 2021 single work novel
1 Fertile Ground : A Collection of Writings on Writing Polly Simons , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 431 2021; (p. 47-48)

— Review of Reading Like an Australian Writer 2021 anthology criticism

'‘When I first began reading Nam Le’s Love and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice, I was sceptical: a story about a writer writing a story? A writer at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, no less? Isn’t this a little self-indulgent? Hasn’t this been done before?’' (Introduction)

1 In Beatie's Footsteps : A New Adaptation of Ruth Park's Classic Polly Simons , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 430 2021; (p. 66)

— Review of Playing Beatie Bow Kate Mulvany , 2021 single work drama

'Ruth Park’s novels were as much about Sydney as the people who live there. In Park’s famous The Harp in the South trilogy, the slums of Surry Hills are almost as lively and characterful as the Darcy family, whose story it relates. In Playing Beatie Bow, the changing face of The Rocks underpins every part of the narrative.' (Introduction)

1 ‘Still and Still Moving’ : Anna MacDonald’s Painterly Eye Polly Simons , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January–February no. 428 2021; (p. 43)

— Review of A Jealous Tide Anna MacDonald , 2020 single work novel
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