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'During the winter of 1922, the Exploration Vessel Raven became trapped in the Antarctic icepack, entombing 28 men aboard it through the dark, polar night. Into White Silence tells their story - a story of a lost past, of a tragic future, of ice, ambition and madness. It captures the terrible, fascinating beauty of Antarctica, both as it was then and is today, and is a journey into the mind of every person who has ever set foot upon those ice-bound shores.' (From the publisher's website.)

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    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House Australia , 2008 .
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      Extent: 393p.
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      • Publication date: September 2008.
      ISBN: 9781741663259 (pbk.)
    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House Australia , 2011 .
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      Extent: 416p.
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      • Published December 1st 2011
      ISBN: 9781742752549
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The (Im)possibility of Objectivity : Narrating the Past in Young Adult Historiographic Metafiction Amy Cross , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: The ALAN Review , vol. 42 no. 3 (p. 12-21)

In this article Amy Cross draws upon two Australian historiographic metafictive texts, Into White Silence and The Lace Maker's Daughter, to demonstrate how particular narrative strategies destablise the relationship between history and fiction and the past and the present, and can invite readers to consider their own roles as meaning makers - of history and of their individual selves.
Creating a Story Arc Christine Bongers , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , February no. 204 2011; (p. 10-11)
Making to Unmask - The Creation of and Reaction to Into White Silence Anthony Eaton , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 14 no. 2 2010; 'This practice-led research paper considers, from a writer's point of view, the linked notions of masking and unmasking as they apply to creative practice in the field of writing fiction. It examines these notions within the framework of existing theory relating to the construction of 'Children's' and 'young adult' literature' drawn from scholars including Nodelman, Hunt, Rose and Immel. Taking as a starting point the question of whether 'unmasking' in fiction is truly possible, the paper considers both the creative process behind and critical reaction to, the author's 2008 young adult novel Into White Silence, and measures both process and response against the impact of masking and unmasking in the making of that particular work.' (Author's abstract)
Children and Young Adult Speculative Fiction Keith Stevenson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 42 2009; (p. 139-142)
— Review of Wolf Kingdom Richard Harland , 2008 series - author children's fiction ; The Sorcerer's Tower Ian Irvine , 2008 series - author children's fiction ; Sunken Kingdom Kim Wilkins , 2006 series - author children's fiction ; Variant X Sue Robinson , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Into White Silence Anthony Eaton , 2008 single work novel
y separately published work icon Engaging With Liminal Spaces : Historiographic Metafiction in Young Adult Literature Amy Cross , Sydney : 2009 Z1774173 2009 single work thesis The study takes as its focus four recent young adult texts that incorporate the mode of historiographic metafiction both implicitly and explicitly through a variety of narrative strategies. The historiographic metafictive texts selected for this study problematise history and fiction in a range of ways. The mode functions as a device for examining the ideologies and tropes of young adult fiction, and specifically the discursive representation of history within this genre. Further, it allows an exploration of the fluidity of meaning by incorporating and problematising discourses of history and fiction, truth and reality, adolescence and adulthood. The analysis demonstrates that historiographic metafiction in young adult literature both strengthens and destabilises tenets of humanism, which results in an emphasis on liminal spaces.
[Review] Into White Silence Sue Page , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 88 no. 2 2008; (p. 24)
— Review of Into White Silence Anthony Eaton , 2008 single work novel
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 October 2008; (p. 30)
— Review of Into White Silence Anthony Eaton , 2008 single work novel
In Pursuit of What Has Been Hidden Jennifer Moran , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , December vol. 3 no. 11 2008; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Devil's Eye Ian Townsend , 2008 single work novel ; Deception Michael Meehan , 2008 single work novel ; Into White Silence Anthony Eaton , 2008 single work novel ; The Sinkings Amanda Curtin , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Into White Silence Lyn Linning , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 23 no. 4 2008; (p. 39)
— Review of Into White Silence Anthony Eaton , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Into White Silence Fiona Edwards , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: InCite , December vol. 29 no. 12 2008; (p. 19)
— Review of Into White Silence Anthony Eaton , 2008 single work novel
Dark Insignificance in an Isolated World Sarina Talip , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 November 2008; (p. 13)
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges Report 2009 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 53 no. 3 2009; (p. 4-10)
Making to Unmask - The Creation of and Reaction to Into White Silence Anthony Eaton , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 14 no. 2 2010; 'This practice-led research paper considers, from a writer's point of view, the linked notions of masking and unmasking as they apply to creative practice in the field of writing fiction. It examines these notions within the framework of existing theory relating to the construction of 'Children's' and 'young adult' literature' drawn from scholars including Nodelman, Hunt, Rose and Immel. Taking as a starting point the question of whether 'unmasking' in fiction is truly possible, the paper considers both the creative process behind and critical reaction to, the author's 2008 young adult novel Into White Silence, and measures both process and response against the impact of masking and unmasking in the making of that particular work.' (Author's abstract)
Creating a Story Arc Christine Bongers , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , February no. 204 2011; (p. 10-11)
y separately published work icon Engaging With Liminal Spaces : Historiographic Metafiction in Young Adult Literature Amy Cross , Sydney : 2009 Z1774173 2009 single work thesis The study takes as its focus four recent young adult texts that incorporate the mode of historiographic metafiction both implicitly and explicitly through a variety of narrative strategies. The historiographic metafictive texts selected for this study problematise history and fiction in a range of ways. The mode functions as a device for examining the ideologies and tropes of young adult fiction, and specifically the discursive representation of history within this genre. Further, it allows an exploration of the fluidity of meaning by incorporating and problematising discourses of history and fiction, truth and reality, adolescence and adulthood. The analysis demonstrates that historiographic metafiction in young adult literature both strengthens and destabilises tenets of humanism, which results in an emphasis on liminal spaces.
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