Sue Saliba Sue Saliba i(A14913 works by) (a.k.a. Susan Saliba)
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
1 y separately published work icon Once, at the Edge of the Sea Sue Saliba , Australia : Sue Saliba , 2021 21735323 2021 single work novel young adult

'Alice’s heart has been captured by something special.

'But one day she inadvertently betrays that special thing.

'And desperate to forget, to begin again, to be the person she thinks she should be, she leaves her island home.

'Clinging to a mysterious wooden box, Alice starts a new life in Melbourne…

'A captivating and poetic novel about friendship and creativity, about losing what you treasure, and then finding it again in the most unexpected way.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 2 y separately published work icon For the Forest of a Bird Sue Saliba , Melbourne : Penguin , 2015 6911999 2015 single work children's fiction children's

'A novel about love and the things you can and can't change, from the winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for young adult fiction, Sue Saliba.

'Nella closed her hand in the pocket of her dress, and she felt the feather against her fingers. 'I want to tell you something,' she said, and it did not matter that there was no reply. 'I want to tell you that he's coming home. . . and it's going to be like it was before he went away, before everything broke apart.'

'Nella waits for the swallows by the creek each spring. It's a secret vigil she's followed ever since her father left.

'This year she's going to take him with her . . . but can we ever return to the way things were?' (Publication summary)

1 6 y separately published work icon Alaska Sue Saliba , Camberwell : Penguin , 2011 Z1788154 2011 single work novel young adult 'When Mia follows her sister halfway across the world to Alaska, she discovers that love can be found in the most unexpected and beautiful of places. But can Mia find the courage to follow her heart in Alaska? And what if the one you love is not all that you wish them to be?' (Trove record)
1 4 y separately published work icon Something in the World Called Love Sue Saliba , Camberwell : Penguin , 2008 Z1561033 2008 single work novel young adult

'When Esma moves into 22 Starling Street, a share house, to begin her university life, she knows she's come to the right place. A place to forget the disappointments of her past. A place to become someone new. A place to belong. After all, her housemate Kara - with her perfect room and her perfect life - will show her the way.

As their friendship deepens, Esma believes she would do anything for Kara. But when Kara turns against their other housemate, Simon, Esma is set on a path on which she must decide where her true loyalties lie.' (From publisher's website)

1 Sue Saliba : The Books That Changed Me Sue Saliba , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 21 September 2008; (p. 10-11)
Sue Saliba nominated five books that changed her.
1 'Ena's Heart Made a Sound that No One Heard' Sue Saliba , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 32 no. 1 2006; (p. 194-195)
1 y separately published work icon Imago : a novella Sue Saliba , 2002 Z1403230 2002 single work thesis An exploration of the construction of narrative in relation to desire and loss.
1 y separately published work icon The Skin of a Star Sue Saliba , Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998 Z1891437 1998 single work children's fiction children's 'Sair has moved to a small town in Thailand where her mother has a job. Things are so different there. Sair misses her best friend, Miranda. She misses Australia. Then she meets Sukanya. They don't speak each other's language so they have to somehow create their own. It isn't English and it isn't Thai. It is special talk. It is a special friendship' (Source: author's website).
1 2 y separately published work icon Watching Seagulls Sue Saliba , Melbourne : Longman , 1997 Z192340 1997 single work novel young adult Sisters Leamy and Em support each other as their family disintegrates round them, but eventually each has to find her own salvation. (Source: SLWA catalogue) 1998 CBC Notable Book
1 If My Life Were a Movie Sue Saliba , 1995 single work short story
— Appears in: Scarp , October no. 27 1995; (p. 42-44)
1 Boxed Emotion i "because you cannot box emotion", Sue Saliba , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 21 no. 2 1995; (p. 60)
1 Poppy i "Poppy", Sue Saliba , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: Scarp , October no. 23 1993; (p. 31)
X