Simon Castles Simon Castles i(A20162 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 Parliament Simon Castles , 2023 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 253 2023-2024; (p. 66-71)
1 y separately published work icon Mixtape : Stories and Essays about the 1980s Simon Castles , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2023 26007963 2023 selected work short story autobiography 'In the 1980s there was a kind of magic to the mixtape. They could be anything its creator wanted. The mixtape was like a letter, but it was also a personal soundtrack. You wanted it to say something about you – to express in some abstract way how you felt about the world, life, hopes, dreams and love. This book is like a mixtape because it is a mixture of things, all of them touching in one way or another on life in the 1980s and music. Through a series of funny, heart-warming and incisive memoir pieces, stories and essays, the 1980s are brought back to life – the last decade before personal computers, the internet and mobile phones came along and changed everything. So hit rewind and then press play…'(Publication summary)
1 The High Tower Simon Castles , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: The Big Issue , August no. 593 2019; (p. 8-11)
1 Beyond the Boundary : Where Are the Australian Cricket Novels? Simon Castles , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings , January no. 20 2015; (p. 173-182)
1 On the Road : The Road Behind Simon Castles , 2012 single work prose travel
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 29 December 2012; (p. 12-14)
1 Minutes to Midnight Simon Castles , 2012 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 71 no. 2 2012; (p. 152-160)
1 A Snapshot of National Sentiment Simon Castles , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 January 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay
1 Review of the Week Simon Castles , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 2 August 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of The Death of Bunny Munro Nick Cave , 2009 single work novel
1 Book of the Week Simon Castles , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 27 July 2008; (p. 26)
— Review of Life in Seven Mistakes Susan Johnson , 2008 single work novel
1 The Panel Beaters Simon Castles , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 September 2007; (p. 18)
1 A Change is as Good as a Holiday Simon Castles , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 November 2005; (p. 22-23)
1 Vincent Van Chop Simon Castles , 2003 single work biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 July vol. 121 no. 6383 2003; (p. 8)
1 Post Colonial Literature : Language and Themes of Difference Simon Castles , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Redoubt , no. 20 1995; (p. 118-121)
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