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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Patterns of Being : A Verse Novel
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'Patterns of Being is a fictional narrative in open verse. The story is told by Annie, who recalls her childhood trauma and imagines the remembrances of Lilly, her aunt and Aril, a nymph-like girl who moves through dimensions of time and space. The poetry conjures the landscape of South Australia; its beaches, small country towns and mallee scrubland. Annie constructs a unique world view for survival.'

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  • A novel in verse form.

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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Heather Sladdin , 2015 .
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      Extent: 181p.p.
      ISBN: 9780987417527
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Works about this Work

Patterns of Being by Heather Sladdin Doris Pushpam , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Teesta Review : A Journal of Poetry , November vol. 1 no. 2 2018;
— Review of Patterns of Being : A Verse Novel Heather Sladdin , 2015 single work novel 'Patterns of Being by Heather Sladdin is a story of innocence in a world where humanity's maliciousness is not discriminated. Heather Sladdin with a PhD in creative writing from University of Adelaide was briefly into teaching before turning into a mentor for writers, editing ,and a poet. Her other published works comprise of two collections of poetry, Rooms of Discovery and The Grammar of Grapes.' (Introduction)
Three Poetry Books Nicholas Birns , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 9 no. 2 2017; 'Michael Sharkey has long been known as one of Australia’s most congenial, collegial, and agile poets and literary critics. One might have expected this anthology to be an assemblage of various tribute and assessments, all done with the urbanity and goodwill long known to be Sharkey’s hallmark. What a surprise, then, to realise that this collection, though indeed various, generous, and informative, tinged throughout with what Gordon Collier, in his preface to the book, calls Sharkey’s ‘evanescently ironical’ but not ‘acidulous’ personality (ix), is really dedicated to one theme: the shared cultural practices of Australia and New Zealand.' (Introduction)
Patterns of Being by Heather Sladdin Doris Pushpam , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Teesta Review : A Journal of Poetry , November vol. 1 no. 2 2018;
— Review of Patterns of Being : A Verse Novel Heather Sladdin , 2015 single work novel 'Patterns of Being by Heather Sladdin is a story of innocence in a world where humanity's maliciousness is not discriminated. Heather Sladdin with a PhD in creative writing from University of Adelaide was briefly into teaching before turning into a mentor for writers, editing ,and a poet. Her other published works comprise of two collections of poetry, Rooms of Discovery and The Grammar of Grapes.' (Introduction)
Three Poetry Books Nicholas Birns , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 9 no. 2 2017; 'Michael Sharkey has long been known as one of Australia’s most congenial, collegial, and agile poets and literary critics. One might have expected this anthology to be an assemblage of various tribute and assessments, all done with the urbanity and goodwill long known to be Sharkey’s hallmark. What a surprise, then, to realise that this collection, though indeed various, generous, and informative, tinged throughout with what Gordon Collier, in his preface to the book, calls Sharkey’s ‘evanescently ironical’ but not ‘acidulous’ personality (ix), is really dedicated to one theme: the shared cultural practices of Australia and New Zealand.' (Introduction)
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