Gender Fellowship
'Picnic at Hanging Rock fifty years on' by Marguerite Johnson
Marguerite Johnson
Friday, 24 November 2017
Far from being a flimsy, frilly story for women full of antique charm and middle-class manners, Joan Lindsay’s Picnic at Hanging Rock is a novel of sharp social observations and nuanced critique; subtle and sometimes latent sensuality; and layered, intricate allegory. The ‘shimmering summer morning warm and still’ brings the opposite to what it promises ...
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Published in
December 2017, no. 397
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Published in
April 2017, no. 390
News from the Editor's Desk - January-February 2017
Wednesday, 23 November 2016The ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize – one of the country’s major short story prizes – is once again open. Generous support from ABR Patron Ian Dickson has ...
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Published in
January–February 2017, no. 388