Tracey A. Forbes Tracey A. Forbes i(A54 works by) (a.k.a. Tracey-Anne Forbes)
Born: Established: Brisbane, Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Incandescence Tracey A. Forbes , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2023 26938876 2023 selected work short story 'Light a fire of fear. A young woman stalked and raped by a police officer in a country town. Light a fire of anger. A journalist incensed by injustice on a journey to hunt down a fugitive. Light a fire of desire. One woman’s quest to reconnect with a flame from the past. Incandescence.' 

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1 y separately published work icon Dangerous Places Tracey A. Forbes , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2021 23325522 2021 single work novel

'Often in the gap between our thoughts and dreams and the reality of our daily lives there exist haunting memories. These memories can be dangerous places. Alternating between the sunlit and moonlit dreamscapes of island life and the stark interiors of suburban family existence, Dangerous Places delves the depths of a struggle between desire and duty, between dreams and domesticity - and the myths we sometimes use to make meaning of our lives.' (Publication summary)

1 Give Me Olive Trees i "It's been one hundred years since Renoir died", Tracey A. Forbes , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: I Protest! Poems of Dissent 2020; (p. 93)
1 Lastours, France i "Mist in the dawn swathes the Montagne Noire", Tracey A. Forbes , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mountain Secrets 2019; (p. 23)
1 Sanctuary i "They have returned again, these two", Tracey A. Forbes , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Wild 2018; (p. 109)
1 Honour Tracey A. Forbes , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: First Refuge : Poems on Social Justice 2016; (p. 95)
1 y separately published work icon Saving Ginia Tracey A. Forbes , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2015 7547879 2015 single work novel

'Who would you choose: your lover or your sister? This is the dilemma Jen confronts in this intriguing verse novel, which lyrically and unpredictably interweaves storytelling and poetry. 'Saving Ginia tests and extends the boundaries of the novel in verse in ways that are original, ambiguous, elliptical. The surface shimmers and tantalises with secrets fleetingly glimpsed, possibilities obliquely revealed.' - Jena Woodhouse Praise for Crushed Sugar: 'What makes these stories rise high and hit home is the lyricism of the language, and the sheer poetry of her insights.' - Venero Armanno Tracey-Anne Forbes has had numerous stories and poems published in Australian literary magazines and anthologies, including Award Winning Australian Writing 2012 and One Book Many Brisbanes 6. She has written four novels, and a collection of her stories, Crushed Sugar, was published by Ginninderra Press in 2007. Saving Ginia is her first verse novel. ' (Publication summary)

1 Joint Effort Tracey A. Forbes , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: One Book Many Brisbanes : Sixth Anthology of Brisbane Stories 2011; (p. 138-147) Award Winning Australian Writing 2012 2012; (p. 198-204)

At a Joint Effort gig in 1978 at Queensland Uni, latent antagonism between two young women explodes into dangerous life like the punk music of the scene – igniting, as the music could, a lash of life-changing clarity. (One Book Many Brisbanes 6: 138)

1 Menage a Deux Tracey A. Forbes , 2008 single work short story crime
— Appears in: The Seventh Book of Sins 2008; (p. 25-33)
1 y separately published work icon Crushed Sugar Tracey A. Forbes , Charnwood : Ginninderra Press , 2007 Z1451768 2007 selected work short story poetry
1 Flesh and Blood Tracey A. Forbes , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: Hidden Desires 2006; (p. 123-124) Crushed Sugar 2007; (p. 122-123) The Sky Falls Down : An Anthology of Loss 2019; (p. 168-169)
1 First Appearances Tracey A. Forbes , 2006 single work short story crime
— Appears in: Ticket To Trouble 2006; (p. 37-48) Crushed Sugar 2007; (p. 61-71)
1 Cat Catch Tracey A. Forbes , 2006 single work short story crime
— Appears in: Ticket To Trouble 2006; (p. 3-10) Crushed Sugar 2007; (p. 16-23)
1 Great Expectations Tracey A. Forbes , 2001 single work short story
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 3 2001; (p. 16-21) Crushed Sugar 2007; (p. 128-134)
1 New Year's Day 2000: Sunshine Beach, Noosa i "The first day of the Century", Tracey A. Forbes , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 2 2001; (p. 94) Crushed Sugar 2007; (p. 127)
1 The Mistral (from The Sandcastle Thieves a Novel-in-Progress) Tracey A. Forbes , 1999 extract
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 11 no. 1 1999; (p. 2-8) Crushed Sugar 2007; (p. 24-32)
1 Hair Tracey A. Forbes , 1998 single work short story
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Autumn vol. 10 no. 1 1998; (p. 74-78) Crushed Sugar 2007; (p. 10-15)
1 Rites of Passage i "How can she own such things?--", Tracey A. Forbes , 1997 single work poetry
— Appears in: Redoubt , no. 25 1997; (p. 58)
1 Huntress i "She's out there", Tracey A. Forbes , 1997 single work poetry
— Appears in: Muse , April no. 160 1997; (p. 15)
1 Return Trip (Couchiemudlo Island) i "Sand seersucked like a tablecloth", Tracey A. Forbes , 1996 single work poetry
— Appears in: Redoubt , no. 23 1996; (p. 73)
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