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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Dark Dreams : Australian Refugee Stories
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'Dark Dreams: Australian refugee stories is a unique anthology of essays, interviews, and stories written by children and young adults. The stories are the finest of hundreds collected through a nationwide schools competition in 2002. The essays and stories represent many different countries and themes. Some focus on survival, some on horrors, some on the experiences and alienation of a new world. This book will have a a key role to play in schools across Australia. Eva Sallis's first novel Hiam won The Australian Vogel and the Dobbie Literary Awards. She is co-founder of Australians Against Racism and is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide. 'Stories to melt the hardest heart.' - Helen Garner 'We have not been allowed to know the (recent) refugees as human beings ...These stories change all that and force a personal response from the reader.' - Phillip Adams' (Publication summary)

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Notes

  • Stories by young writers aged 11-20 years.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,:Wakefield Press , 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
What Does Australia Want?, Lucy McBride , single work essay
The author interviews teenage boys about their experiences as refugees.
 (p. 9-14)
Experience as Refugee, Mohammad Riyadh Ali , single work autobiography (p. 15-17)
Lucie's Story : Love and Danger Interview with an Australian Refugee : Lucie Pollak-Langford, Gabriel M. Courtney , single work biography (p. 18-21)
Note: With title: Lucie's Story : Love and Danger
Broken Hearts, Ariel Smith , single work essay
'Imagine you've got no nationality, nowhere to live, no money, no country wants you and ... you've got no family.' The author tells the story of illegal refugee Michael.
 (p. 22-24)
Far from Home : Thinh's Journey to Safety, Tita Tran , single work biography (p. 25-34)
Five Months, Katie Petrie , single work essay
The story of a refugee from Aeritrea.
 (p. 35-37)
Waleed Alkhazrajy : Perserverance Personified, Yasmin Aleem , single work biography (p. 41-46)
The Waves to Freedom : The Story of Nga-Huynh Diep, Gracia Diep , single work biography (p. 47-52)
To Be Someone, Bojana Bokan , single work autobiography (p. 53-56)
An Interview with Ali, Sarah-Jane Bryson , single work essay (p. 57-59)
Blackbirding : The Loss of an Idyllic Lifestyle, Tshala Jenkins , single work essay

The author talks about her Islander ancestors who were taken as slaves to Queensland.

 (p. 60-61)
From a Small Detention Centre I am Now in a Bigger Detention Centre : The Story of an Afghan Refugee, Zac Darab , single work biography (p. 62-67)
Untitled, Nooria Wazefadost , single work autobiography (p. 71-75)
The Place Where God Died, Melanie Poole , single work essay
The experiences of a Kosovo Albanian family in the Port Hedland Detention Centre.
 (p. 76-82)
A Refugee, Mohammad Zia , single work autobiography (p. 83-91)
A Story of a Life, Nitya Devi Dambiec , single work biography (p. 92-94)
Taha's Story : Adam's Version, Adam Bennett , single work essay (p. 95-97)
Taha's Story : Chelsea's Version, Chelsea June , single work essay (p. 98-100)
The Scar, Alexandra Drakulic , single work essay (p. 101-103)
The Blue Eyes that Grieve, Zara Al-Hosany Al-Shara , single work essay
The story of a family drowned in an attempt to reach Australia and safety told through the eyes of the only survivor, a young girl.
 (p. 104-107)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Wakefield Press , 2004 .
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      Extent: 213p.
      Note/s:

      • Foreword by Eva Sallis

        Published 28 September 2004

      ISBN: 1862546290
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Related Works

y separately published work icon AIR!, Australia Is Refugees : Winning Essays and Stories 2002 Eva Sallis (editor), Heather Millar (editor), Fitzroy North : Australians Against Racism , 2002 Z1149809 2002 anthology autobiography biography column essay Winning essays and stories from the Australians Against Racism Young Writers Competition, 2002. Includes judges' reports and a complete list of the winning and highly commended writers.
y separately published work icon No Place Like Home : Australian Stories by Young Writers Aged 8-21 Years Sonja Dechian (editor), Jenni Devereaux (editor), Heather Millar (editor), Eva Sallis (editor), Kent Town : Wakefield Press , 2005 Z1247220 2005 anthology biography short story autobiography essay

'These stories were collected through two nationwide writing competitions in 2002 and 2004 by Australians Against Racism Inc, a creative grassroots human rights and social justice organisation that was formed in 2001. Both competitions asked young people to use an interview or direct personal experience of displacement as their starting point, and then left them free to choose whether to write their story as fiction or essay. [...]

'Following the competition in 2002, we edited the hugely successful anthology Dark Dreams: Australian Refugee Stories by Young Writers Aged 11-20 Years [...]. No Place Like Home is both the second anthology in what we hope will be a series, and unique. [...]

'This volume includes stories of hatred and tolerance; rejection and love; acceptance and alienation; war, aftermath and resolution; fear and hope; great suffering and great heroism; small journeys and unimaginably huge journeys' (pp. 1 & 2). (Publication summary)
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Works about this Work

Detention, Displacement and Dissent in Recent Australian Life Writing Michael Jacklin , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , December vol. 8 no. 4 2011; (p. 375-385) Narratives of persecution, imprisonment, displacement and exile have been a fundamental aspect of Australian literature: from the convict narratives of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to writing by refugees and migrants to Australia following World War II, to the narratives of those displaced by more recent conflicts. This paper will focus on two texts published in Australia in the past few years which deal with experiences of persecution and displacement from Afghanistan. Mahboba's Promise (2005) and The Rugmaker of Mazar-e- Sharif (2008) are texts that have to some extent bypassed the quarantining that Gillian Whitlock has argued works to locate potentially disruptive discourse at a safe distance from mainstream consumption. The publications discussed here demonstrate that refugee narratives can negotiate their way into the public sphere and public consciousness. In this process, however, representations of dissent almost necessarily give way to conciliation and integration as former refugee subjects attempt to realign their lives in terms that will provide the best outcomes for themselves, their families and their communities.
Dialogue and Decentralisation in Australian Asylum Anthologies Emma Cox , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , December vol. 7 no. 3 2010; (p. 285-302) 'In Australia, the field of contemporary creative representation of asylum is enriched by diverse non-professional and community-based work, including self-narratives by asylum seekers and refugees. This essay situates three Australian asylum anthologies as products of heterogeneous community engagements and dialogues...In each anthology, a range of subject types - men, women and children from different ethnic, cultural, religious and educational backgrounds - coalesces so that a diversity of voices is presented within the privileged space of the book. Drawing lines of rhizomatic connection between autonomous sections of society, the texts map the grassroots structures of support, advocacy and community within which relations between asylum seekers, refugees and Australians operate. In each, writers engage in acts of speaking across the borders of language, culture, education and power, claiming a subaltern stake in cosmopolitan conversation.' (Author's abstract p. 285)
Children in Detention : Juvenile Authors Recollect Refugee Stories Sissy Helff , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 17 no. 2 2007; (p. 67-74) Helff notes the growing trend in children's fiction and autobiographical writing 'of stories about young people who are deprived of their homes and ambivalently caught between cultures' (67) She analyzes two short stories from the collection Dark Dreams: Australian Refugee Stories by Young Writers aged 11-20 Years and argues that Dark Dreams 'invites readers to follow the juvenile writers to re-think and challenge the construction of Australian national identity, belonging and history' (67). She points out that 'storytellers, writers and readers participate in and contribute in a life-shaping act that includes the sharing of trauma and guilt' in ways that make it possible for new reflections upon the self in Australian history' (72). As such, she claims the project 'Australia IS refugees! and the short stories collected in Dark Dreams contribute to a critical egagement with Australian national identity, questions of belonging and Australian history making' (72).
Of Murmels and Snigs : Detention-Centre Narratives in Australian Literature for Children and Young Adults Debra Dudek , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 185 2006; (p. 38-42)
— Review of From Nothing to Zero : Letters from Refugees in Australia's Detention Centres Janet Austin , 2003 anthology correspondence ; Walk in My Shoes Alwyn Evans , 2004 single work novel ; Dark Dreams : Australian Refugee Stories 2004 anthology autobiography biography essay poetry ; Alyzon Whitestarr Isobelle Carmody , 2006 single work novel ; No Place Like Home : Australian Stories by Young Writers Aged 8-21 Years 2005 anthology biography short story autobiography essay ; Number 8 Anna Fienberg , 2006 single work novel ; Boy Overboard Morris Gleitzman , 2002 single work children's fiction ; Girl Underground Morris Gleitzman , 2004 single work children's fiction ; Soraya the Storyteller Rosanne Hawke , 2004 single work children's fiction ; Ali the Bold Heart Jane Jolly , 2006 single work picture book ; Another Country 2004 anthology poetry autobiography prose diary correspondence ; Refugees David Miller , 2003 single work picture book ; The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B. Hartley (Who Can't Help Flying High and Falling in Deep) Martine Murray , 2005 single work children's fiction ; Dancing the Boom-Cha-Cha Boogie Narelle Oliver , 2005 single work picture book ; Dreaming Australia Steve Tolbert , 2004 single work novel
[Review] Dark Dreams : Australian Refugee Stories Marlene Dullard , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 2 2004; (p. 22)
— Review of Dark Dreams : Australian Refugee Stories 2004 anthology autobiography biography essay poetry
Stories Owen Richardson , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 3 April 2004; (p. 6)
— Review of Dark Dreams : Australian Refugee Stories 2004 anthology autobiography biography essay poetry
[Review] Dark Dreams : Australian Refugee Stories Anne Susskind , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 April vol. 122 no. 6416 2004; (p. 64)
— Review of Dark Dreams : Australian Refugee Stories 2004 anthology autobiography biography essay poetry
Harrowing Tales of Refugees Katharine England , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 April 2004; (p. 8)
— Review of Dark Dreams : Australian Refugee Stories 2004 anthology autobiography biography essay poetry
In Short : Non-Fiction Bruce Elder , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 May 2004; (p. 13)
— Review of Dark Dreams : Australian Refugee Stories 2004 anthology autobiography biography essay poetry
Young Readers Robin Morrow , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 June 2004; (p. 15)
— Review of Dark Dreams : Australian Refugee Stories 2004 anthology autobiography biography essay poetry ; Candles at Dawn Serpil Ural , 1997 single work novel
Harrowing Stories Put Human Face to the Plight of Refugees Daniel Landon , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 March 2004; (p. 14)
Shades of Grey Christopher Thompson , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 12 no. 2 2004; (p. 28-29)
Children in Detention : Juvenile Authors Recollect Refugee Stories Sissy Helff , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 17 no. 2 2007; (p. 67-74) Helff notes the growing trend in children's fiction and autobiographical writing 'of stories about young people who are deprived of their homes and ambivalently caught between cultures' (67) She analyzes two short stories from the collection Dark Dreams: Australian Refugee Stories by Young Writers aged 11-20 Years and argues that Dark Dreams 'invites readers to follow the juvenile writers to re-think and challenge the construction of Australian national identity, belonging and history' (67). She points out that 'storytellers, writers and readers participate in and contribute in a life-shaping act that includes the sharing of trauma and guilt' in ways that make it possible for new reflections upon the self in Australian history' (72). As such, she claims the project 'Australia IS refugees! and the short stories collected in Dark Dreams contribute to a critical egagement with Australian national identity, questions of belonging and Australian history making' (72).
Literary Fair Raghid Nahhas , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of English and Arabic Creative Writing , September no. 19 (English) 2004; (p. 9-15)
Eva Sallis : Creativity in Literature and Politics Raghid Nahhas , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of English and Arabic Creative Writing , June no. 18 (Arabic) 2004; (p. 31-40)
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