Jonathan O’Brien Jonathan O’Brien i(8872651 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 All the Boys She Ever Loved Jonathan O’Brien , 2023 single work
— Appears in: Griffith Review , 1 August no. 81 2023;
1 Issues Jonathan O’Brien , 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: Voiceworks , January no. 122 2021; (p. 88-93)
1 Femi i "You and I", Jonathan O’Brien , Grace Taylor (illustrator), 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Autumn no. 111 2018; (p. 70-71)
1 Every Idea I Had For My Australian Literature Short Story Collection Jonathan O’Brien , 2017 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: State Library of Queensland Young Writers Award Website 1998-;
1 - And Anyway, We Promised You a Story, Didn't We - Jonathan O’Brien , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Winter no. 104 2016; (p. 49-55) '- so we might as well get on with it. Pass me my drink, would you -... (Publication abstract)
1 Vinyl Jonathan O’Brien , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2015 2015; (p. 190-198)
1 Stingos Jonathan O’Brien , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Summer no. 102 2015-2016; (p. 44-49)

'The kids followed Hunter out to sea and watched his perfect strokes in and across the water from the perches of their kayaks. 

'Cleanest air you'll ever find out here, Hunter said. And the city kids, who'd never been out from the land further than they could touch their feet flat on the sand, believed him. They didn't question him even when he paddled away from the school-shirt blue waters and into the shadows of seaweed and kelp. They didn't ask him if it was safe; he went first and they followed. And it was mostly safe...'  (Publication abstract)
1 The Sound Will Still Ring Jonathan O’Brien , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Spring no. 101 2015; (p. 103-108) ' I went to the mountains during one of the lower points in my life. It's strange, looking back, how little of that time I remember. Or rather, it's what I don't remember that confuses me most. For instance the name of that small town, the one shrouded in mist halfway up a peak on the colder side of the state, eludes me now. The highways and dirt roads I took to get there - I can see the signage but the words are a haze against the sky...'

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