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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 A Little Rain on Thursday
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Jack lives in a world of words. When he finds a fragile manuscript in the crypt of an old Sydney church, he is immediately fascinated. The language is like nothing he has ever seen. But are the manuscript's deepening secret's to be trusted? - from back cover

Affiliation Notes

  • Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work contains an Indian character.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2001
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2007 .
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      Extent: 305p.
      ISBN: 9781921145728
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Quercus ,
      2007 .
      Alternative title: Vellum
      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 4 June 2007
      ISBN: 9781847241627, 184724162X
Alternative title: Ein leichter Regen am Donnerstag
Language: German
    • Munich,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Goldmann ,
      2010 .
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      Extent: 349p.
      ISBN: 9783442467945

Works about this Work

'I'm a Giant Fraud. I Thought I Should Come Clean on That' Kelsey Munro , 2007 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 July 2007; (p. 4-5)
Take Three Ian McFarlane , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 15 July 2007; (p. 21)

— Review of A Little Rain on Thursday Matt Rubinstein , 2001 single work novel
A Love Affair with Language Ian Barry , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 - 8 July 2007; (p. 22)

— Review of A Little Rain on Thursday Matt Rubinstein , 2001 single work novel
Clever Tales from the Crypt David Messer , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 July 2007; (p. 35)

— Review of A Little Rain on Thursday Matt Rubinstein , 2001 single work novel
Thursday's Book is Slow on Pace Thuy On , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 July 2007; (p. 22)

— Review of A Little Rain on Thursday Matt Rubinstein , 2001 single work novel
Alchemical Wonder Brian McFarlane , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 292 2007; (p. 48)

— Review of A Little Rain on Thursday Matt Rubinstein , 2001 single work novel
Its a Mad, Mad World Patrick Allington , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 June 2007; (p. 10)

— Review of Callisto Torsten Krol , 2007 single work novel ; A Little Rain on Thursday Matt Rubinstein , 2001 single work novel
Thursday's Book is Slow on Pace Thuy On , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 July 2007; (p. 22)

— Review of A Little Rain on Thursday Matt Rubinstein , 2001 single work novel
Clever Tales from the Crypt David Messer , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 July 2007; (p. 35)

— Review of A Little Rain on Thursday Matt Rubinstein , 2001 single work novel
A Love Affair with Language Ian Barry , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 - 8 July 2007; (p. 22)

— Review of A Little Rain on Thursday Matt Rubinstein , 2001 single work novel
Rainy Days Just Fine Patrick Allington , 2007 single work biography
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 June 2007; (p. 11)
Tale From the Crypt Andrew Stephens , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 8 July 2007; (p. 32)
'I'm a Giant Fraud. I Thought I Should Come Clean on That' Kelsey Munro , 2007 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 July 2007; (p. 4-5)

Awards

2008 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) International Success Award
2001 runner-up The Australian / Vogel National Literary Award (for an unpublished manuscript) Awarded for an earlier version of A Little Rain on Thursday, under the title 'Vellum'.
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