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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
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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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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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Antisemitism in the Melusine stories
by Adesua Atamah, Ben Königsfeld, Kathleen Reiswich & Lisa-Marie Richter Gillian Polack is an Australian writer and medievalist who was born in Melbourne. She has been nominated for numerous awards throughout her career as an author and won the Ditmar … Continue reading
Tagged Antisemitism, Australian Speculative Fiction, Gillian Polack, Jewishness, Speculative Australia, Time of the Ghosts
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The Gothic Origins of Kat’s Nightmare in “The Time of the Ghosts”
When you go to bed at night, you know that once you fall asleep anything can happen. There is a good chance that you are about to go on a great adventure. Indeed, dreams tend to be larger than life. … Continue reading
Strong Women in Gillian Polack’s The Time Of The Ghosts – Kat in Chapter Six [p.96-99]
Anyone that has read at least a few pages of the novel can tell that the four main protagonists; Lili, Ann, Mabel and Kat; could not be more different from one another, yet they complete each other perfectly. Three grandmas … Continue reading
Tagged Australian Speculative Fiction, Gillian Polack, Speculative Australia, The Time of the Ghosts
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“The time of the ghosts”: a diverse ghost story? (Review)
What happens when three old ladies take in a 15-year-old runaway? And what happens when these three old ladies are not just your regular neighbourhood grandmas but hunt ghosts as a hobby? These questions and many more such as ‘How … Continue reading
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Traces of Jean d’Arras’ Melusine in Gillian Polack’s “The Time of the Ghosts”
Not Like Other Sirens – The Melusine’s Craving for a Human Soul Tales of water-associated women, resembling a dragon, fish, or snake, have made appearances in one way or another all over the world. Mentions of sirens, mermaids, figures like … Continue reading
Tagged Australian Speculative Fiction, Gillian Polack, Jean d’Arras, Melusine, Speculative Australia, Time of the Ghosts
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Interpretative Approaches to Women in “Time of the Ghosts” – Academic Musings
by Benedikt von Laufenberg This blog post is concerned with the way female characters are presented in Gillian Pollack’s The Time of the Ghost. Before the interpretation of the novel can be started, it is necessary to justify the chosen … Continue reading
Tagged Gillian Polack, Interpretative Approaches, Speculative Australia, Susan Sontag, Time of the Ghosts, Women
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Narrative(s) and Structure in Gillian Polack’s “The Time of the Ghosts”
Something that immediately caught my eye while reading is that Gillian Polack’s novel The Time of the Ghosts consists of three different narratives: the main story, Kat’s blog and the ‘Tales of Melusine’. All three narratives have their own content, … Continue reading
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