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Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 Hating Alison Ashley
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Classmates Erica Yurgen and Alison Ashley vie with each other to become the undisputed star of their class.

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Hating Alison Ashley Christine Madafferi , Chris Anastassiades , ( dir. Geoff Bennett ) 2005 Australia : HAA Films , 2005 Z1220999 2005 single work film/TV humour young adult

'Erica Yurken, certain of her glittering career on the stage and her place in the world, is upstaged and forced to come to grips with her own reality when Alison Ashley arrives at the school. A comedy about the trials and tribulations of schoolyard rivalries, embarrassing family situations and the awkwardness of teenage years.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 4/12/2013)

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Chinese translation.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1984 .
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      Extent: 182p.
      Reprinted: 1985 , 1995 , 1998 , 2000
      ISBN: 0140316728
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Puffin ,
      1985 .
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      Extent: 182p.
      ISBN: 0140316728 (pbk.)
    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2005 .
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      Extent: 180p.
      ISBN: 0143301942
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2013 .
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      Extent: 204p.
      Note/s:
      • Published:20/03/2013
      ISBN: 9780670076833 (hbk.) :
      Series: y separately published work icon Penguin Australian Children's Classics Melbourne : Penguin , 2012- 6153702 2012 series - publisher children's fiction
Alternative title: Ich hasse Alison Ashley
    • Stuttgart,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Spectrum ,
      1987 .
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Other Formats

  • Braille.
  • Sound recording.

Works about this Work

A Voyage around My Author Jonathan Appleton , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 37 no. 1 2022; (p. 12-15)

— Review of Came Back to Show You I Could Fly Robin Klein , 1989 single work novel ; Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Robin Klein , 1985 single work novel ; Hating Alison Ashley Robin Klein , 1984 single work novel ; People Might Hear You Robin Klein , 1983 single work children's fiction ; Seeing Things Robin Klein , 1993 single work novel ; All in the Blue Unclouded Weather Robin Klein , 1991 single work novel
y separately published work icon Elements of Carnival and the Carnivalesque in Contemporary Australian Children's Literature B. F. Haynes , Sydney : 2009 27495428 2009 single work thesis

'This thesis discusses the influence of elements of Bakhtinian camivalesque in selected contemporary Australian children’s literature. Many of the Bakhtinian ideas are centred on the work of Franqois Rabelais, particularly his five books collectively entitled Gargantua and Pantagruel. Aspects of the complex field of Bakhtinian camivalesque that have been considered include: attitudes to authority, the grotesque body and its working, the importance of feasting and the associated concepts of bodily functioning, customs in relation to food, and ritual and specific language such as the use of curses and oaths. The role of humour and the manifest forms this takes within carnival are intrinsic and are discussed at some length. These central tenets are explored in two ways: first, in relation to their connection and use within the narrative structures of a selection of books short listed (and thus critically acclaimed) by the Australian Children’s Book Council from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, and second, by means of contrast, to the commercially popular but generally less critically acclaimed works of other Australian writers such as Paul Jennings and Andy Griffiths. The thesis concludes by considering the ways in which camivalesque freedom is encouraged through and by new media.'

Source: Abstract.

[Review] Hating Alison Ashley 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 1 2005; (p. 54)

— Review of Hating Alison Ashley Robin Klein , 1984 single work novel
[Review] Dancing in the Anzac Deli [et al] 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 April 1985;

— Review of Dancing in the Anzac Deli Nadia Wheatley , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Me and Jeshua Eleanor Spence , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Something Special Emily Rodda , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Papio Victor Kelleher , 1984 single work novel ; Penny Pollard's Letters Robin Klein , 1984 single work correspondence ; Adrift Allan Baillie , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Hating Alison Ashley Robin Klein , 1984 single work novel
The 1985 Australian Children's Book Awards Margaret Dunkle , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 72 1985; (p. 8-10)

— Review of Home in the Sky Jeannie Baker , 1984 single work picture book ; Ayu and the Perfect Moon David Cox , 1984 single work picture book ; Arthur Amanda Graham , 1984 single work picture book ; The Angel with a Mouth-Organ Christobel Mattingley , 1984 single work picture book ; The Inch Boy Helen Smith (translator), 1984 single work picture book ; There's a Sea in My Bedroom Margaret Wild , 1984 single work picture book ; The Tree Witches Gwenda Turner , 1983 single work picture book ; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge Mem Fox , 1984 single work picture book ; The True Story of Lilli Stubeck James Aldridge , 1984 single work novel ; Adrift Allan Baillie , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Eleanor, Elizabeth Libby Gleeson , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Papio Victor Kelleher , 1984 single work novel ; Penny Pollard's Letters Robin Klein , 1984 single work correspondence ; Something Special Emily Rodda , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Me and Jeshua Eleanor Spence , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Dancing in the Anzac Deli Nadia Wheatley , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Hating Alison Ashley Robin Klein , 1984 single work novel
[Review] Hating Alison Ashley Maxine Walker , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Centre Broadsheet , September - October vol. 3 no. 5 1984; (p. 3)

— Review of Hating Alison Ashley Robin Klein , 1984 single work novel
[Review] Hating Alison Ashley 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 1 2005; (p. 54)

— Review of Hating Alison Ashley Robin Klein , 1984 single work novel
The 1985 Australian Children's Book Awards Margaret Dunkle , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 72 1985; (p. 8-10)

— Review of Home in the Sky Jeannie Baker , 1984 single work picture book ; Ayu and the Perfect Moon David Cox , 1984 single work picture book ; Arthur Amanda Graham , 1984 single work picture book ; The Angel with a Mouth-Organ Christobel Mattingley , 1984 single work picture book ; The Inch Boy Helen Smith (translator), 1984 single work picture book ; There's a Sea in My Bedroom Margaret Wild , 1984 single work picture book ; The Tree Witches Gwenda Turner , 1983 single work picture book ; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge Mem Fox , 1984 single work picture book ; The True Story of Lilli Stubeck James Aldridge , 1984 single work novel ; Adrift Allan Baillie , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Eleanor, Elizabeth Libby Gleeson , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Papio Victor Kelleher , 1984 single work novel ; Penny Pollard's Letters Robin Klein , 1984 single work correspondence ; Something Special Emily Rodda , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Me and Jeshua Eleanor Spence , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Dancing in the Anzac Deli Nadia Wheatley , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Hating Alison Ashley Robin Klein , 1984 single work novel
[Review] Dancing in the Anzac Deli [et al] 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 April 1985;

— Review of Dancing in the Anzac Deli Nadia Wheatley , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Me and Jeshua Eleanor Spence , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Something Special Emily Rodda , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Papio Victor Kelleher , 1984 single work novel ; Penny Pollard's Letters Robin Klein , 1984 single work correspondence ; Adrift Allan Baillie , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Hating Alison Ashley Robin Klein , 1984 single work novel
A Voyage around My Author Jonathan Appleton , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 37 no. 1 2022; (p. 12-15)

— Review of Came Back to Show You I Could Fly Robin Klein , 1989 single work novel ; Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Robin Klein , 1985 single work novel ; Hating Alison Ashley Robin Klein , 1984 single work novel ; People Might Hear You Robin Klein , 1983 single work children's fiction ; Seeing Things Robin Klein , 1993 single work novel ; All in the Blue Unclouded Weather Robin Klein , 1991 single work novel
y separately published work icon Elements of Carnival and the Carnivalesque in Contemporary Australian Children's Literature B. F. Haynes , Sydney : 2009 27495428 2009 single work thesis

'This thesis discusses the influence of elements of Bakhtinian camivalesque in selected contemporary Australian children’s literature. Many of the Bakhtinian ideas are centred on the work of Franqois Rabelais, particularly his five books collectively entitled Gargantua and Pantagruel. Aspects of the complex field of Bakhtinian camivalesque that have been considered include: attitudes to authority, the grotesque body and its working, the importance of feasting and the associated concepts of bodily functioning, customs in relation to food, and ritual and specific language such as the use of curses and oaths. The role of humour and the manifest forms this takes within carnival are intrinsic and are discussed at some length. These central tenets are explored in two ways: first, in relation to their connection and use within the narrative structures of a selection of books short listed (and thus critically acclaimed) by the Australian Children’s Book Council from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, and second, by means of contrast, to the commercially popular but generally less critically acclaimed works of other Australian writers such as Paul Jennings and Andy Griffiths. The thesis concludes by considering the ways in which camivalesque freedom is encouraged through and by new media.'

Source: Abstract.

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