Cirrus@Austlit

'For six decades in the second half of the twentieth century, Ruth Park published her fiction and non-fiction frequently, locally, and internationally. Park’s connections with America were maintained throughout her career as she or her overseas representatives sought the best available outcome for the literary property they had for sale. The story of Ruth Park’s American career is one strand among many stories that can be traced in the complicated field of individuals and institutions that combine to provide the space in which authors reach readers beyond national boundaries through the publication of their work in book form, serialisation, translation or adaptation. Foregrounding the American side of this story illuminates the trajectories that any one Australian work might take before it is found in the hands of American readers, helping us to better understand what we talk about when we talk about Australian books, especially if those books are American ones.'  (Publication abstract)