Griffith Review 50: Tall Tales Short-The Novella Project III [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

‘I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated, ill-shaven giant (but a giant who’s a genius on his best days). And this child is the means by which many first know our greatest writers…’ Ian McEwan In 2012, Griffith Review 38: The Novella Project relaunched the novella in Australia. It gave Australian and New Zealand authors a platform in the revival of the form in the English language. Griffith Review 46: Forgotten Stories—The Novella Project II was a confronting, moving and provocative collection of five novellas with a historical dimension. Griffith Review 50: Tall Tales Short—The Novella Project III features five novellas selected from a nationwide competition, blind-judged by Cate Kennedy, Jacqueline Blanchard and Brian Johns. Contributors are Tony Davis, Nick Earls, Helen Gildfind, Catherine McKinnon and Madeleine Watts. Griffith Review 50: Tall Tales Short—The Novella Project III promises to be the best collection so far of this exciting form. Julianne Schultz AM FAHA is the founding editor of Griffith Review, the award-winning literary and public affairs quarterly journal. Aviva Tuffield is executive director and co-founder of the Stella Prize, and has worked in publishing for almost twenty years as both a publisher and editor, including at Australian Book Review, Scribe Publications, Affirm Press and now Black Inc. ‘The best literary journal in Australia.’ Sydney Morning Herald ‘As engaging as it is prescient.’ Weekend Australian ‘Fresh and intelligent.’ Australian Book Review