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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 The Difference to Me : Prize Winning Stories
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'A collection of award-winning short stories by Garry Disher spanning the continents of Australia, Africa and Europe, the extremes of loneliness and connection, and all the relationships between people and places.

'Stories in this collection have won the National Short Story Award, the Alan Marshall Award and the Henry Lawson Award, and have been published and broadcast across Australia and in the UK, Canada and Denmark.'

Source : publisher's blurb (Ligature)

Exhibitions

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Tap, Garry Disher , single work short story (p. 1-14)
The Difference to Me, Garry Disher , single work short story young adult (p. 15-24)
Now When It Rains, Garry Disher , single work short story (p. 25-33)
Amateur Hour, Garry Disher , single work short story (p. 35-45)
Gently, Gently, Sideways, Garry Disher , single work short story (p. 47-53)
Stinkadora, Garry Disher , single work short story (p. 55-63)
Exchangei"I took away her maidenhead", David Martin , single work poetry (p. 65-75)
Blessed, Garry Disher , single work short story (p. 77-85)
Restoration, Garry Disher , single work short story (p. 87-93)
Rudi, Garry Disher , single work short story (p. 95-103)
Chain, Garry Disher , single work short story (p. 105-121)
The Boundary Man, Garry Disher , single work short story (p. 122-132)
Another Word for It, Garry Disher , single work short story (p. 133-140)
Poor Reception, Garry Disher , single work short story young adult horror
'A young Melbourne driver picks up a girl hitch-hiker en route to Cairns. When she is later murdered in Cairns her ghost leads him back to the murder scene, but only for a horrible twist of fate to occur' (Colin Steele, SF Commentary No 77, p.55).

(p. 141-149)
Dead Eye, Garry Disher , single work short story (p. 151-156)
Something to Show for My Miserable Life, Garry Disher , single work short story (p. 157-163)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Balmain, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,: Ligature , 2019 .
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      Extent: 153p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 24th March 2019.
      ISBN: 9781925883138
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Untapped , 2021 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781922730350
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Brio Books ; Untapped , 2022 .
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      Extent: 160p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 30 August 2022.
      ISBN: 9781761281150

Works about this Work

y separately published work icon [Review] The Difference to Me Lolo Houbein , Adelaide : Radio 5UV , 1989 Z963207 1989 single work review
— Review of The Difference to Me : Prize Winning Stories Garry Disher , 1988 selected work short story
Untitled Helen Daniel , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 62-63)

— Review of The Difference to Me : Prize Winning Stories Garry Disher , 1988 selected work short story
Through a Frozen Sea to Reality Helen Daniel , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 September 1988; (p. 14)

— Review of The Difference to Me : Prize Winning Stories Garry Disher , 1988 selected work short story ; The Revolt of the Coats Grant Caldwell , 1988 selected work short story
A Little Cream but Mostly Curds John MacGregor , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 27-28 August 1988; (p. 15)

— Review of The Difference to Me : Prize Winning Stories Garry Disher , 1988 selected work short story ; Stopping Over Ian Kennedy Williams , 1988 single work novel ; The Revolt of the Coats Grant Caldwell , 1988 selected work short story
The Latest in Paperbacks Graham Clark , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 July 1988; (p. 7)

— Review of The Difference to Me : Prize Winning Stories Garry Disher , 1988 selected work short story ; The Revolt of the Coats Grant Caldwell , 1988 selected work short story
Mixed Bag Jill Blewett , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , August no. 54 1988; (p. 25-26)

— Review of The Difference to Me : Prize Winning Stories Garry Disher , 1988 selected work short story ; The Enduring Disguise: Three Novellas Alan Gould , 1988 selected work novella
Short Stories : A Selection John Hanrahan , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 104 1988; (p. 35-37)

— Review of The Difference to Me : Prize Winning Stories Garry Disher , 1988 selected work short story ; Sunday Evening : Stories Neilma Sidney , 1988 selected work short story ; The Revolt of the Coats Grant Caldwell , 1988 selected work short story ; Ride a Cock Horse Gillian Mears , 1988 selected work short story
The Latest in Paperbacks Graham Clark , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 July 1988; (p. 7)

— Review of The Difference to Me : Prize Winning Stories Garry Disher , 1988 selected work short story ; The Revolt of the Coats Grant Caldwell , 1988 selected work short story
A Little Cream but Mostly Curds John MacGregor , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 27-28 August 1988; (p. 15)

— Review of The Difference to Me : Prize Winning Stories Garry Disher , 1988 selected work short story ; Stopping Over Ian Kennedy Williams , 1988 single work novel ; The Revolt of the Coats Grant Caldwell , 1988 selected work short story
Through a Frozen Sea to Reality Helen Daniel , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 September 1988; (p. 14)

— Review of The Difference to Me : Prize Winning Stories Garry Disher , 1988 selected work short story ; The Revolt of the Coats Grant Caldwell , 1988 selected work short story

Awards

1988 shortlisted Warana Writers' Awards Steele Rudd Award
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