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Emma Ashmere

Emma Ashmere

Emma Ashmere has a PhD in English from La Trobe University investigating the use of history in fiction, and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Adelaide. Her short stories have appeared in Etchings 9, Sleepers Almanac no. 6, Griffith Review 28, The Age and the University of Canberra’s Monitor. She lives in northern New South Wales.

Emma Ashmere reviews 'The Raven's Heart' by Jesse Blackadder

March 2011, no. 329 14 April 2011
Mary Queen of Scots, widow of the youthful French king, returns from her long exile in France to a country bereft of pageantry. A young messenger, Robert, gallops through the deserted streets of Edinburgh announcing her contentious return. When Robert’s horse is offered as royal transport to the palace, the flame-haired Mary rejects the side saddle, saying, ‘In France a queen rides astride.’ ... (read more)