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Impressions and Review of Safdar Ahmed’s Graphic Novel Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System
by Angela Agelopoulou I decided to analyze Safdar Ahmed’s Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System for the class “Migration in Visual Narratives”, which deals with the migration journey portrayed in various types of visual narratives. Introduction As I … Continue reading
Voyeuristic Curiosity: Thoughts on Safdar Ahmed’s “Villawood”
Safdar Ahmed’s Villawood: Notes from an Immigration Detention Center depicts the treatment of immigrants in Australian detention center, Villawood. Through his webcomic, Ahmed shares the stories of several refugees while also showcasing the center’s cruel conditions and unfair treatment of … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Nonfiction, Book Review, Graphic Novel, Migration in Visual Narratives, Safdar Ahmed, Villawood: Notes from an Immigration Detention Center
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My Impressions and Review of Trung Le Nguyen’s The Magic Fish
by Anne Schulzki I decided to read Trung Le Nguyen’s The Magic Fish for week 5 of the class ‘Migration in Visual Narratives’, in which we talked about Migration in Digital Narratives / Vietnamese Refugee Tales in Graphic Novels. Impressions … Continue reading
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Book Review: Cousins by Patricia Grace
The novel Cousins by Patricia Grace was first published by Penguin New Zealand in 1992. It is about the lives of three cousins and how they grow up under different circumstances. The first protagonist and the oldest cousin Mata is … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, Cousins, Family, Maori Literature, Novel, Roots and Routes
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Is the novel The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke by Tina Makereti really a must-read?
Anonymous review posted on behalf of one of the students Note: The reviewer briefly discusses the novel’s ending. The New Zealand writer Tina Makereti published her second novel, The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke, in 2018. It is about a … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, historical fiction, Māori literature, Roots and Routes
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The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke
A review of Tina Makereti’s latest novel, a book which focuses on the experiences of a Māori orphan *Warning: contains spoilers* The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke, written by Tina Makereti, narrates the live of Hemi/James, who showcases his experiences … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, Indigenous Literature, Maori Literature, Orphan, Roots and Routes, The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke, Tina Makereti
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Book Review of Patricia Grace’s Cousins
Cousins by New Zealand author Patricia Grace tells a story of three cousins growing up after the Second World War in New Zealand. At that time, many Maori had difficulties retaining their cultural identity as they migrated from the rural areas to the cities. … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, Family, Māori literature, Novel, Roots and Routes
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The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke – Book Review
“You only have one life in your possession, James. Why not make it of your most magnificent imagining?“ How do you go on when you’ve got no family member left and don’t know where you even belong? When you desperately … Continue reading
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Tagged Aotearoa New Zealand, Book Review, historical fiction, Indigenous Literature, London, Maori Literature
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Book Review: “Captive Prince” Trilogy
CONTAINS SPOILERS ‘Love Conquers All’ I am sure most people are familiar with that expression. While it may sound cheesy and a bit worn out, in my opinion it describes the plot of Australian writer C.S. Pacat’s trilogy Captive Prince … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Speculative Fiction, Book Recommendation, Book Review, C.S. Pacat, Captive Prince Trilogy, Queerness, Speculative Australia
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A lifetime of poetry – Why you should read “The Black Flamingo”
How can a seemingly simple story of a boy coming of age and coming to terms with his identity be transformed into a visual journey, a tale telling of its time? In Dean Atta’s The Black Flamingo (2019), this is … Continue reading