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Women I Know
''Women I Know'' is a 2022 short story collection by the Australian author Katerina Gibson originally published by Simon and Schuster. It was the winner of the 2023 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction. Contents * "Glitches in the algorithm" * "Meat alternatives for the motherland: a review" * "Orchestra of animals" * "Constellation in the left eye" * "A dog's world" * "Intermission I: all the stories I started but never finished because of the time-restrictive and distracting nature of the gig economy" * "A tight schedule" * "All noise through the fog will be forgiven" * "Women I know" * "The shape of" * "Preparation" * "Intermission II: on the mythology in the room (field notes)" * "Fertile soil" * "Times you let anger slip on your throat" * "Two hundred and one days of forests burning" * "When the river floods our house" * "As the nation still mourns" Critical reception In ''Meanjin'' Matilda Dixon-Smith states that "Gibson is a deft ...
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Simon And Schuster
Simon & Schuster LLC (, ) is an American publishing house owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts since 2023. It was founded in New York City in 1924, by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. Along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, HarperCollins and Macmillan Publishers, Simon & Schuster is considered one of the Big Five (publishers), 'Big Five' English language publishers. , Simon & Schuster was the third largest publisher in the United States, publishing 2,000 titles annually under 35 different Imprint (trade name), imprints. History Early years In 1924, Richard L. Simon, Richard Simon's aunt, a crossword puzzle enthusiast, asked whether there was a book of ''New York World'' crossword puzzles, which were popular at the time. After discovering that none had been published, Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster, Max Schuster decided to launch a company to exploit the opportunity.Frederick Lewis Allen, ''Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s'', p. ...
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New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest literary awards in Australia. Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction. , the Awards are presented by the NSW Government and administered by the State Library of New South Wales in association with Create NSW, with support of Multicultural NSW and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Total prize money in 2019 was up to A$305,000, with eligibility limited to writers, translators and illustrators with Australian citizenship or permanent resident status. History The NSW Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities. If governments treat writers ...
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2022 In Australian Literature
This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2022. Major publications Literary fiction * Robbie Arnott – '' Limberlost'' * Jessica Au – '' Cold Enough for Snow'' * Geraldine Brooks – ''Horse'' * Jane Caro – ''The Mother'' * Steven Carroll – ''Goodnight, Vivienne, Goodnight'' * Shankari Chandran – '' Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens'' (winner, 2023 Miles Franklin Award) * Robert Drewe – ''Nimblefoot'' * Katerina Gibson – ''Women I Know'' (winner, 2023 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction) * Yumna Kassab – ''The Lovers'' * Robert Lukins – ''Loveland'' * Fiona McFarlane – ''The Sun Walks Down'' * Fiona Kelly McGregor – ''Iris'' * Paddy O'Reilly – ''Other Houses'' * Edwina Preston – '' Bad Art Mother'' * Craig Sherborne – ''The Grass Hotel'' * Steve Toltz – ''Here Goes Nothing'' Short story collections * Katerina Gibson – '' Women I Know'' * Mirandi Riwoe – ''The Burnished Sun'' Crime and m ...
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Australian Short Story Collections
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