Ananda Braxton-Smith Ananda Braxton-Smith i(A34760 works by)
Born: Established: 1961 ;
Gender: Female
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1 1 y separately published work icon Backyard Ananda Braxton-Smith , Lizzy Newcomb (illustrator), Glebe : Black Dog Books , 2018 13958862 2018 single work picture book children's

'White gum rustle, tawny frog mouths still as wood, dragonflies swoop. Banjo frog calls the secret – watch the world carefully, your backyard is home to animals other than you! A child stands on her back step at dusk and surveys her backyard. The backyard is teeming with life - birds, possum, native rat, bats, insects and bugs.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 3 y separately published work icon Plenty : A Place to Call Home Ananda Braxton-Smith , Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2014 7329602 2014 single work single work children's fiction children's

'Maddy Frank has always lived in Jermyn Street. Always. But now her mum and dad are making her move from the city, far away to some place called Plenty. How will Maddy survive without everything and everyone she knows? Nobody understands. But what about her mysterious new classmate, Grace Wek, who was born in a refugee camp? Could Grace actually understand how Maddy feels? ' (Publication summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon Ghostheart Ananda Braxton-Smith , Melbourne - Northeast : Black Dog Books , 2013 6081475 2013 single work novel young adult fantasy

'In Carrick things are changing and Mally needs to change too. Her brothers and sisters are fearless, light as scuds, quick as hoppers. Not Mally. She knows too many secrets. Mally is frightened - frozen at the edge of the shore. Out of nowhere comes Dolyn Craig - a sneak and a bully. But that's not the worst of it. He wants something from Mally. But what?' (Publisher's blurb)

1 On Writing Dark Matter Ananda Braxton-Smith , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: ACTWrite , July vol. 17 no. 6 2011; (p. 4-5)
Ananda Braxton-Smith discusses her approach to the inclusion of so-called 'dark' subjects in her novels.
1 5 y separately published work icon Tantony Ananda Braxton-Smith , Fitzroy : Black Dog Books , 2011 Z1773726 2011 single work novel young adult 'Fermion Quirk's twin brother Boson Quirk is dead, head down in the bog of stars and circled by his angel-birds.

'Now everybody looks sideways at Fermion, and wonders if she'll go the way of her cursed twin. Pa talks about everything but Boson, and Moo won't talk at all. Then the new voice begins rising inside Fermion, telling her she's the only one who can save her family.

'But, is it safe - is it even right - to do what the voices tell you?' (From the publisher's website.)
1 All U Can Eat Ananda Braxton-Smith , 2010 single work short story children's
— Appears in: Short and Scary 2010; (p. 47-51)
1 y separately published work icon Secrets of Carrick Ananda Braxton-Smith , 2010 Fitzroy : Black Dog Books , 2010- Z1851432 2010 series - author novel young adult
1 On Being a Young Person Ananda Braxton-Smith , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 12-13)
1 8 y separately published work icon Merrow Ananda Braxton-Smith , Fitzroy : Black Dog Books , 2010 Z1699338 2010 single work novel young adult

'The people of Carrick have been whispering behind Neen's back for most of her life; ever since her father drowned and her mother disappeared.

'The townspeople say her mother was a merrow who has returned to her real home in the ocean. Neen wonders if perhaps the villagers are right. But if her mother is a merrow then what does this make Neen?

'This pitiless summer all the talk will end in trouble.

'All Neen wants is the truth.' (From the publisher's website.)

1 Terrorism i "Where stricken trees have ever knelt", Ananda Braxton-Smith , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verandah , vol. 3 no. 1988; (p. 48)
1 Sheer Sherbert i "Sheer Sherbert", Ananda Braxton-Smith , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Up From Below : Poems of the 1980s 1987; (p. 25)
1 Moon in Man i "What's terrifying is", Ananda Braxton-Smith , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Up From Below : Poems of the 1980s 1987; (p. 24-25)
1 Nice i "Nice to be a theologian", Ananda Braxton-Smith , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: Up From Below : Poems of the 1980s 1987; (p. 24)
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