Mel Pearce Mel Pearce i(A143356 works by)
Gender: Female
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
3 y separately published work icon No! Never! Libby Hathorn , Lisa Hathorn-Jarman , Mel Pearce (illustrator), Sydney : Lothian , 2020 18579923 2020 single work picture book children's

'There was a child,

'The sweetest ever,

'Until she learned these words:

'NO! NEVER!'

'Georgie is a sweet little girl who always makes her parents happy... until she discovers one powerful phrase: No! Never!

'It suddenly becomes her answer to every request, from tidying up her toys to going to bed. Her parents are at their wits end, but what happens when they decide to try saying No! Never! themselves?'

'A lovely, lively look at the Terrible Twos (or Threes, or Fours, or Fives...) from mother-daughter team Libby Hathorn and Lisa Hathorn-Jarman, with debut illustrator Mel Pearce. Perfect for any parent dealing with tantrums, defiant behaviour or communication issues.' (Publication summary)

1 Mansplaining Abortion in Alexis Lateef’s ‘Procedure’ Jessica Durham , Mel Pearce (illustrator), 2017 single work essay criticism
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May vol. 80 no. 2017;

'Alexis Lateef’s ‘Procedure’ draws on the conventions of Confessional poetry by women in English – particularly on the influential work of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton – to make a creative statement resisting the masculinist imposition of clinical discourses to the raw subjective experience at the centre of this poem: the speaker’s abortion, and its visceral consequences for her rage, guilt, hurt, and defiance.' (Introduction)

1 'He and His Thoughts' Erin Pearce , Mel Pearce , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Dotdotdash , Autumn no. 3 2010; (p. 10)
X