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'Amanda Lohrey’s seventh novel, The Labyrinth, won the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award and is well regarded by readers and critics alike. Julieanne Lamond’s 2022 Lohrey alerts us to the longevity of Lohrey’s career and how her “newfound” popularity has been a long time coming. Lamond’s Lohrey is part of Miegunyah’s Contemporary Australian Writers series. The book is set out thematically and mainly discusses Lohrey’s seven novels, The Morality of Gentlemen (1984), The Reading Group (1988), Camille’s Bread (1995), The Philosopher’s Doll (2004), Vertigo: A Pastoral (2009), A Short History of Richard Kline (2015) and The Labyrinth (2020), but she also touches on Lohrey’s collection of short stories: Reading Madame Bovary (2010). Lamond reflects on Lohrey’s 40-year career as an author and finds the diversity of Lohrey’s writing has enabled her to remain relevant but at the same time has made her difficult to market and promote: “Hers is a deeply independent approach to fiction, often out of step with prevailing trends” (24).' (Introduction)          

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    y separately published work icon Journal of Australian Studies vol. 47 no. 4 2023 27236946 2023 periodical issue

    'We write this editorial in the wake of the Australian referendum to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament. The “no” outcome brings a momentous and emotional end to the year. It signals ongoing turbulence in our national space and a continued deferral of the truth-telling process this country so sorely needs. It suggests, however, that there is meaningful work to be done by scholars of Australian studies, to reckon with the referendum and its many wide-ranging implications.' (Brigid Magner and Emily Potter : Editorial introduction)

    2023
    pg. 796-797
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