Untapped : The Australian Literary Heritage Project

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  • Poetry

  • —. Jordie Albiston

  • The Hanging of Jean Lee

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    An acclaimed verse novel of the life of Jean Lee, the last woman to be hanged in Australia.

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    'Prize-winning poet Jordie Albiston’s third book is dramatic. It spotlights the crunch times in the life of Jean Lee 1919-1951 from adventurous girl to hanged woman. It captures the times, the completion of the Harbour Bridge, the youth culture of the milk bars, the 'overpaid, oversexed, over here’ American servicemen during the War, the invasion of petty crims for the 1949 Melbourne Cup won by Faxzami. Above all, it understands. Jean's last God-troubled speeches raise her mean life to suburban tragedy.

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  • —. David Campbell

  • Collected Poems

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    Poetry from Patrick White Award-winning Canberra poet.

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    'This collected edition includes all the poems from David Campbell's individual volumes from 1949 to 1979, with the exception of the translations, Moscow Trefoil (1975) and Seven Russian Poets (1979). I have rearranged them in strict chronological order of first publication, so far as this can be established.'

    Source: Introduction.

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  • —. Rosemary Dobson

  • The Three Fates and Other Poems

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    Joint winner of the C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry.

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    Award-winning poetry collection from Rosemary Dobson.

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  • —. Michael Dransfield

  • Michael Dransfield : A Retrospective

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    A wide-ranging collection from Michael Dransfield, described as one of Australia’s most influential poets.

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    'This is the first publication of Michael Dransfield selected poems, gathered from every book in his relatively considerable output. They were chosen by poet and critic John Kinsella, whose lively Introduction positions this indelible Australian poet at an international level.

    'Always controversial, poet Michael Dransfield's life story has tended to obscure his talent and achievement. Tales of drugs, sexual ambiguity and mythical and ancestral kingdoms have become iconic in the story of Michael Dransfield.

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  • —. Anita Heiss

  • I'm Not Racist, But ...

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    An award-winning collection of poetry and prose from acclaimed Indigenous writer and advocate Anita Heiss.

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    I'm Not Racist, but ... is a collection of social observations, thoughts and conversations that will challenge the reader to consider issues of imposed and real Aboriginal identity, the process of reconciliation and issues around saying 'sorry', notions of 'truth' and integrity, biculturalism and invisible whiteness, entrenched racism and political correctness.' Source: Publisher's blurb. (...more)
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  • —. Philip Hodgins

  • Selected Poems

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    The perfect introduction to this acclaimed, award-winning poet.

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    A selection of poems from the work of one of Australia's finest poets, this collection includes work from Hodgins' previously published poetry collections, which include "Blood and Bone", "Down the Lake with Half a Chook", "Animal Warmth" and "Disposessed". (...more)
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  • —. Dorothy Porter

  • Crete

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    A wide-ranging collection from award-winning poet Dorothy Porter.

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    'The follow-up to the international bestselling The Monkey’s Mask, Dorothy Porter’s Crete is an astonishing collection that traverses Greek myth and Russian poets, the memory of cigarettes and the wild abandon of love.

    'Crete is a heady mix of dark humour, archaeology, breathtaking eroticism, risk-taking and effortless economy. It is a book by a writer at the peak of her highly original powers.

    'This collection includes 81 poems in six cycles'.

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  • Driving Too Fast

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    A vital collection from award-winning poet Dorothy Porter

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    'Dorothy Porter's fourth poetry collection is an exhilarating ride through passions found, imagined and richly lived.

    'From a modern, petrol-headed Carmen and Don José to pairs of polar explorers and silent twins, an intersection of birds and asylums, reflections on vanished love and new desire, Driving Too Fast bursts with vitality, a horsepower rhythm and language that turns on a dime.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

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  • Other Worlds

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    Vivid poems from the award-winning Dorothy Porter.

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    'Dorothy Porter’s sixth poetry collection (1997–2001) travels the solar system for comets, distant moons and other heavenly bodies before returning to South America and the Northern Territory and finishing with a selection of commissioned works—including one for the 2000 Sydney Olympics and one for the collection Dick for a Day.

    'This collection sees a number of emerging themes and images that Dorothy Porter would further explore in later works such as her verse novel Wild Surmise—which was short-listed for the Miles Franklin Award in 2003 and won the Adelaide Festival Award in 2004.

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  • What a Piece of Work

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    A dark story of sex, death and psychology from award-winning poet Dorothy Porter.

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    'As the new Superintendent at Callan Park Psychiatric Hospital, Dr Peter Cyren must perform medical alchemy - turn diseased minds into healthy ones. But in the case of his own soul, this sacred process works irrevocably in reverse.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

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  • Wild Surmise

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    A mesmerising novel in verse from award-winning poet Dorothy Porter.

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    'Alex Leefson is astronomy's glamour girl, in love with the satellite Europa and the equally unreachable Phoebe. Meanwhile, her husband Daniel mourns the demise of his marriage and his life. Full of Dorothy Porter's customary bite and sensuality, Wild Surmise is an engrossing duet between two passionately estranged voices. An intensely moving verse novel of passions and vulnerabilities, love and death.' (Publication summary)

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  • —. Matt Rubenstein

  • Solstice

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    Shorlisted for the Vogel Award for 1993.

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    A verse novel of Adelaide.

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    Solstice is a novel in verse set over the twenty-four hours of the longest day of the year, in Adelaide. It is a story of love and exploration told in the sonnet form, one verse for each few minutes of the day. (From Rubinstein's website) (...more)
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  • —. John Scott

  • St Clair : Three Narratives

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    Winner of the C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry.

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    An award-winning collection of prose poems.

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  • —. Vivian Smith

  • Selected Poems

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    The perfect introduction to this acclaimed, award-winning poet.

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    Collection of poems divided into six sections: the first five sections include previously published work, and the final section includes works that appear for the first time in this collection. (...more)
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  • —. Dimitris Tsaloumas

  • The Observatory

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    Winner of the National Book Council Award for Australian Literature in 1983.

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    Award-winning collection from an under appreciated Greek-Australian poet.

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    Author's first selection of his poetry in English (parallel text in Greek) and winner of the 1983 NBC Award. (...more)
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  • Plays

  • —. Alexander Buzo

  • Rooted

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    A classic satire from an award-winning playwright.

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    Bentley has always been lucky.  He won a chook at the pub once.
    Gary’s a delightful raconteur and is in great demand as an after dinner speaker. 
    Diane goes off her brain.  She’s going on surfari next week.
    Sandy’s always on the move.  It’s a mad whirl.  
    Richard’s got some incredibly tactile friends in the underground.  

    'Bentley’s just won the doubles tennis with Gary, he’s hit the jackpot by marrying a top bird like Sandy, his new stereo set has got Richard’s tick of approval and the house warming party was a real turn.

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  • —. Louis Nowra

  • The Temple

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    Winner of the ALS Gold Medal in 1994.

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    A multi-award-winning satire on that most perennial of topics: greed.

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    'Three-act play that satirises the excesses of the 1980s in Australia. It presents a cruelly funny portrait of an entrepreneurial operator, Laurie, the rags-to-riches takeover king of the decade. Includes a postscript and the program for the first production, held at Melbourne's Playbox Theatre in July 1993.'

    Source: Currency Press ed.

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