Joyful Strains
Making Australia Home
$24.99
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2013
Summary
JOYFUL STRAINS collects twenty-seven memoirs from writers describing their expatriation to Australia. These are stories about what they found, who they became and what they now think of Australia - stories that provide entertainment, perspective and cause to celebrate our increasingly diverse nation. This is an insightful, compelling and sometimes confronting collection for all Australians.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780987308535 |
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| ISBN-10: | 098730853X |
| Author: | Kent MacCarter, Ali Lemer |
| Publisher: | Affirm Press |
| Imprint: | Affirm Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2013 |
| Weight: | 251g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 131mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
‘From the affectionate to the bitter to the hilariously funny to the probingly intelligent, this is a collection not to be missed.’ - JM Coetzee
Kent MacCarter
Ali Lemer was born and raised in New York City and arrived in Melbourne in 2005. After finishing a post-grad degree in editing at the University of Melbourne, she worked as an editor and writer for Lonely Planet for five years. Ali is the author of three travel guidebooks for Thomas Cook and has also had her work published in Meanjin, Eureka Street and the University of Melbourne Postgraduate Review.
Kent MacCarter is a writer and editor in Melbourne. He’s the author of two poetry collections - In the Hungry Middle of Here (Transit Lounge, 2009) and Ribosome Spreadsheet (Picaro, 2011). MacCarter sits on the board of The Small Press Network and is active in Melbourne PEN. He is Managing Editor of Cordite Poetry Review.
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