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Monthly Archives: January 2022
Lucy Sussex, Sonia Lovecraft, and Women’s Voices in Literature
Literature is a key tool to connect people from all places with other cultures, stories, and histories. Thus, the popularity that American and English writers and stories have had in the last centuries has been undeniably successful in their sales … Continue reading
Posted in Gothic & Horror
Tagged australian authors, female voices, Lucy Sussex, short story, sonia lovecraft, Speculative Australia
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Wife to Mr. Lovecraft – Sonia’s postcards, a mirror of their relationship
Short stories are a diverse way of storytelling that can appear in numerous different forms. When taking a look at the story ‘Wife to Mr. Lovecraft’ the reader is immediately introduced to a unique way of storytelling and a form … Continue reading
“Two Somebodies Go Hunting” – Apocalyptic Australia and Disability Representation
by Theodora Charalambous Intro In this blog post I will be giving you a brief overview of the trope of apocalyptic Australia and then discuss the short apocalyptic story “Two Somebodies Go Hunting” by Rivqa Rafael as well as how … Continue reading
Tagged Speculative Australia
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How Suspense is Created in Grace Chan’s “Of Hunger and Fury” (2020)
by Benedikt von Laufenberg In this blog post, I want to discuss Grace Chan’s short story “Of Hunger and Fury“ (2020) by focussing on three different aspects. First, it should be illustrated how the village in which the mysterious incidents … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy
Tagged Australian Speculative Fiction, close reading, ghost story, Grace Chan, Malaysia, Of Hunger and Fury, short story, Speculative Australia
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Dichotomy in “The Fall of the Jade Sword” and the reflection of hybrid identity experiences
Introductory notes Hybrid identities often live in worlds full of dualities, worlds full of contrasts and opposites. Stephanie Lai’s short story The Fall of the Jade Sword (2017) tells the story of young Mok- Seung who spent her childhood in China but … Continue reading
Jewish Australian Speculative Fiction Event
by Sevgi Osman After reading The Time of The Ghosts by Gillian Polack, I decided to participate in an event organized by my lecturers, where Jewish Australian authors gathered and talked about speculative fiction, specifically Jewish Australian speculative fiction. Since … Continue reading
Tagged event, Gillian Polack, Jack Dann, Jason Franks, Jewish Australian Speculative Fiction, personal perspective, Rivqa Rafael, Speculative Australia
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10 Questions with Gillian Polack on The Time of the Ghosts – and one bonus!
Before we move onto the second phase of our student blogging, let’s end our series of blog posts about Gillian Polack’s The Time of the Ghosts with an interview with Gillian herself! 1. Why is the novel entitled The Time … Continue reading
Tagged 10 questions, Australian Speculative Fiction, Gillian Polack, Interview, Speculative Australia, Speculative Fiction, Time of the Ghosts
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“The rest of the world is spinning” – Trauma Theory in “Summer Bird Blue”
Summer Bird Blue Akemi Dawn Bowman’s novel Summer Bird Blue follows the young girl Rumi who deals with the aftermath of a car accident in which she lost her younger sister Lea. Therefore, a large part of the novel deals … Continue reading
Review Pet (2019) by Akwaeke Emezi
When I picked up the novel Pet by Akwaeke Emezi, published in 2019, for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the novel in general – especially the protagonist – since I usually just cannot bring myself to neither … Continue reading
Judging a Book By its Covers: The Time of the Ghosts
by Theodora Charalambous Everyone knows the age-old saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover”, and although most of us try to implement it in our daily lives, when it comes to the book buying experience things seem to be … Continue reading
Tagged Australian Speculative Fiction, Covers, Gillian Polack, Paratext, Speculative Australia, Time of the Ghosts
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