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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
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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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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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Solutions to the Mystery of Picnic at Hanging Rock in the “lost” chapter 18
Picnic at Hanging Rock describes an unsolved mystery that people have been fascinated by since it was published. In the author’s note at the beginning of the novel Joan Lindsay claims “Whether Picnic at Hanging Rock is fact or fiction, … Continue reading
Comparing Australian and Non-Australian Speculative Fiction: Uncommon Zombie Narratives in Illuminae and His Dark Materials
Illuminae is an Australian science fiction novel by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, published in 2015. The first novel of the Illuminae Files trilogy focuses on Ezra and Kady, who try to survive the ongoing war over a planet as … Continue reading
Exploring Sexuality and Queerness in Australian Fantasy: Nevernight’s Mia
The Nevernight Chronicle by Australian author Jay Kristoff consists of the three novels Nevernight (2016), Godsgrave (2017), and Darkdawn (2019). The fantasy trilogy (which is very much not YA due to very graphic depictions of sex and violence) follows the … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Australian Fantasy, Jay Kristoff, Nevernight, Queerness, Sexuality, Speculative Australia
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Getting Started
The Initial Idea The idea of creating a student-led blog as part of our Australian Speculative Fiction project came up fairly early on. Requiring students to write blog posts seemed to be an ideal way to encourage them to engage … Continue reading
Tagged Anglophone Literatures, Speculative Australia, Student Blogging
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