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Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 Shudders and Shakes : Ghostly Tales from Australia
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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Collins ,       1974 .
      Extent: 157 p.p.
      ISBN: 0006707971
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The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950 James Doig , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 112-127) According to James Doig the horror genre 'was overlooked by the popular circulating libraries in Australia.' In this chapter he observes that this 'marginalization of horror reflects both the trepidation felt by the conservative library system towards 'penny dreadfuls,' and the fact that horror had limited popular appeal with the British (and Australian) reading public.' Doig concludes that there is 'no Australian author of horror novels with the same commercial cachet' as authors of fantasy or science fiction. He proposes that if Australian horror fiction wants to compete successfully 'in the long-term it needs to develop a flourishing and vibrant small press contingent prepared to nurture new talent' like the USA and UK small presses.' (Editor's foreword xii)
Untitled Walter McVitty , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 48 1973; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Shudders and Shakes : Ghostly Tales from Australia 1974 anthology children's fiction extract
Untitled Walter McVitty , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 48 1973; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Shudders and Shakes : Ghostly Tales from Australia 1974 anthology children's fiction extract
The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950 James Doig , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 112-127) According to James Doig the horror genre 'was overlooked by the popular circulating libraries in Australia.' In this chapter he observes that this 'marginalization of horror reflects both the trepidation felt by the conservative library system towards 'penny dreadfuls,' and the fact that horror had limited popular appeal with the British (and Australian) reading public.' Doig concludes that there is 'no Australian author of horror novels with the same commercial cachet' as authors of fantasy or science fiction. He proposes that if Australian horror fiction wants to compete successfully 'in the long-term it needs to develop a flourishing and vibrant small press contingent prepared to nurture new talent' like the USA and UK small presses.' (Editor's foreword xii)
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