Ben Rice (International) assertion Ben Rice i(A41454 works by)
Born: Established: 1972 Tiverton, Devon (County),
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
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Rice studied English at the British universities of Newcastle and Oxford before undertaking a Creative Writing course at the University of East Anglia. He travelled to Australia on a writing scholarship in 1998 and visited Lightning Ridge, the opal mining community in the far north of New South Wales where his girlfriend had grown up. The experience resulted in his novella, Pobby and Dingan, which he wrote back in London. Prior to his visit to Australia, Rice published Remote Control : Poems (1991).

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y separately published work icon Pobby and Dingan Milsons Point : Random House , 2000 Z669019 2000 single work children's fiction children's

'This enchanting tale is at once a beautifully rendered narrative of childhood loss and a powerfully simple fable about the necessity of imagination.

'Pobby and Dingan are Kellyanne Williamson’s best friends, maybe her only friends, and only she can see them. Kellyanne’s brother, Ashmol, can’t see them and doesn’t believe they exist anywhere but in Kellyanne’s immature imagination. Only when Pobby and Dingan disappear and Kellyanne becomes heartsick over their loss does Ashmol realize that not only must he believe in Pobby and Dingan, he must convince others to believe in them, too.' (Publication summary)
2000 winner Somerset Maugham Award Also shortlisted for the Mail on Sunday / John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, 2001.
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