Ann Shead Ann Shead i(A27351 works by) (a.k.a. Isobel Ann Shead; Isobel Ann Zwar; Isobel Emmeline Shead; Mrs Charles Zwar; I. A. Shead)
Born: Established: 23 Apr 1906 Adelaide, South Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 14 Mar 1985 Sussex,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Female
Departed from Australia: 1936
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1 Books and Debate About the Australian Government's Policies Towards Asylum Seekers Ann Shead , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Republics of Letters : Literary Communities in Australia 2012; (p. 53-68) 'The power of book publishing on the wider Australian polity in the twenty-first century is the subject of Jan Zwar's chapter. She uses 'empirical mapping' - data from Nielsen BookScan, Factiva and parliamentary records - to examine the impact of books on the asylum-seeker debate of the 2000s. Patterns of reviews, media mentions, academic citations and references in parliament can indicate in what ways books, and those who write and publish them, remain 'actively part of the democratic process.'' (Kirkpatrick, Peter and Dixon, Robert: Introduction xiii-xvi)
1 y separately published work icon The Canary Jacket Ann Shead , London : Collins , 1968 Z186675 1968 single work children's fiction historical fiction children's To a fourteen-year-old Cornish lad in the 1830's there seemed no harm in assisting his father and brother to smuggle brandy ashore. But when the gang is surprised by preventives, he is captured and sentenced to fourteen years' transportation in the penal colony in New South Wales. (Publisher's blurb inside front cover). The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1993): 387 comments: 'The Canary Jacket (1968) tells the story of the first Richard Jago, caught smuggling, who endures the hardships of life in the colonies.' It is related to The Jago Secret (1966) which describes the Australian Jagos searching for their ancestors in Cornwall.
1 y separately published work icon The Jago Secret Ann Shead , London : Faber , 1966 Z871001 1966 single work children's fiction children's mystery An Australian family on holiday in England search for the Cornish farm from which their ancestors came. (Marcie Muir Australian Children's Books : a bibliography : volume one 1774-1972 (1992): 372)..
1 y separately published work icon To See the Queen Ann Shead , London : Faber , 1953 Z870998 1953 single work children's fiction children's The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1993): 387 comments: 'Class distinctions are made very clear in To See the Queen (1953). Patsy, Cherry, Roger and Christine are from families where wrist-watches, ponies and large properties are the order of the day, while the Fords live in a wretched shack, which they do not seem able to keep tidy. Fortunately, breeding wins through, and the girls soon straighten things up.'
1 y separately published work icon The Godmother Ann Shead , London : T.V. Boardman , 1951 Z186886 1951 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon They Sailed by Night Ann Shead , London : Faber , 1943 Z870995 1943 single work children's fiction children's The story of three English children, left homeless by an air raid, who are taken care of in Australia for the duration of the war.
1 y separately published work icon The Flying Kangaroo Ann Shead , London : Hutchinson , 1940 Z186462 1940 single work children's fiction children's The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1993): 387 comments: 'The Flying Kangaroo (1940) is another boys' adventure story. Chips Warner is trained as an intelligence officer, flies the plane Flying Kangaroo to Maralinga, and is able to shoot down German spies in an aerial dogfight.'
1 1 y separately published work icon Kooborr the Koala Ann Shead , Charles Barrett , London : Oxford University Press , 1940 Z871004 1940 single work prose children's
1 y separately published work icon This Way Please! Ann Shead , London : Hutchinson , 1939 Z870992 1939 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Off the Chain : Telling the Exciting Adventures of Beetle When He Ran Away Ann Shead , London : Hutchinson , 1938 Z870989 1938 single work children's fiction children's The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (1993): 387 comments that this work 'is set in London. Beetle the cocker spaniel puppy leaves his happy life with Elizabeth and David, tramps the streets, and returns.'
1 1 y separately published work icon Clancy Ann Shead , London : Hutchinson , 1937 Z870986 1937 single work children's fiction children's The story of a lame boy living in the Mallee. (Marcie Muir Australian Children's Books : a bibliography : volume one 1774-1972 (1992): 372). The Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature (1993): 367 describes it thus: 'Clancy Collins leaves the Mallee and joins Bunny Shepherd in Melbourne. They have a series of adventures, and Clancy's lameness is cured after a car accident.'
1 1 y separately published work icon Mike Ann Shead , London : Hutchinson , 1936 Z870983 1936 single work children's fiction children's The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1993): 387 comments: 'Mike makes his career in radios.'
1 The House on the Plain Ann Shead , 1936 single work children's fiction novel
1 Mystery at Maralinga Ann Shead , 1936 single work novella children's
1 1 y separately published work icon Sandy Ann Shead , London : Hutchinson , 1935 Z834829 1935 single work children's fiction children's The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1993): 387 comments: 'In Sandy (1935), originally a radio serial, Sandy Rainer runs away from a harsh father and becomes a cadet journalist.'
1 The Bushranger's Lair Ann Shead , 1934 single work novella children's
1 Penzel and the Witch Ann Shead , 1930 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Blossom in 'The Land of Sunshine' : Gift Book 1930; (p. 39-45)
1 The Kookburra Ann Shead , 1930 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Blossom in 'The Land of Sunshine' : Gift Book 1930; (p. 3-7)
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