The author states in her Acknowledgements that earlier version of some chapters have appeared in literary journals: "Joseph Furphy (Southerly), Katharine Susannah Prichard (Australian and New Zealand Studies in Canada), Christina Stead (SPAN), and Patrick White (Australian Literary Studies). A version of the interlude on David Foster and Sam Watson appeared in Irmtraud Petersson and Martin Duwell (eds.) 'And What Books Do You Read?' New Studies in Australian Literature" (1996).