The Best Australian Stories 2007
Contributors: Edited by Robert Drewe
Publisher: Black Inc.
Published: November, 2007
Place of publication: Melbourne, Victoria
ISBN-13: 9781863954181
Subjects: Australia; Short Stories
Genres: Fiction
First sentence: As I write this, I'm surrounded by short stories.
Description: From Black Inc's website: "In this seductively diverse collection, Robert Drewe has assembled the country's best short fiction of the past year. Here are sparkling stories from established favourites, alongside exciting new work from a younger generation. Some are whimsical, some wry, and some devastatingly realistic; there is love, grief, murder, tenderness and revenge. Drawn from all over the country and spanning a remarkable range of styles, Best Australian Stories showcases Australia's most vibrant contemporary writing. As Robert Drewe says, ‘Don't let anyone tell you the Australian short story is dead. It's thriving.'"
Table of contents: title: Introduction by Robert Drewe
pagenum: ix; title: Tender by Cate Kennedy
pagenum: 1; title: Mrs Porter and the Rock by David Malouf
pagenum: 12; title: Letter to A by Alice Pung
pagenum: 44; title: The Concern by Roger McDonald
pagenum: 49; title: Endgame by Louise Swinn
pagenum: 58; title: Humble Pie by Kate Grenville
pagenum: 63; title: Mac Attack by Sally Breen
pagenum: 70; title: Floating above the Village by Lee Kofman
pagenum: 77; title: Repossession by Michael Meehan
pagenum: 86; title: Slowly Last Summer by Peter Goldsworthy
pagenum: 90; title: From the Wreck by Robert Williams
pagenum: 95; title: The Bodyguard by Tom Cho
pagenum: 103; title: Her Voice Was Full Of Money - and They Were Careless People by Carmel Bird
pagenum: 109; title: Ploughing by Sophie Cunningham
pagenum: 115; title: Lorraine Bracco by Frank Moorhouse
pagenum: 120; title: Speak to Me by Paddy O'Reilly
pagenum: 131; title: To Ghengis Khan, Oblivion and Holy Russia by James Halford
pagenum: 140; title: Hemingway's Elephants by John Holton
pagenum: 148; title: Bag Lady by Marele Day
pagenum: 150; title: Uncle Jeremy Has Turned into a Tree by Patrick Lenton
pagenum: 158; title: Collective Silences by Sunil Badami
pagenum: 161; title: Albatross by Geoff Lemon
pagenum: 167; title: Reason by Jennifer Mills
pagenum: 168; title: July the Firsts by Ryan O'Neill
pagenum: 175; title: Nothing to Fear by Melissa Beit
pagenum: 180; title: People Whose Names Bob Dylan Ought To Know by Tim Richards
pagenum: 188; title: Some Kind of Fruit by Karen Hitchcock
pagenum: 191; title: Pre-emptive Strike by Will Elliott
pagenum: 199; title: Hanging On by Michael Wilding
pagenum: 204; title: Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice by Nam Le
pagenum: 213; title: I See Red by Shane Maloney
pagenum: 235; title: 9.7 Milligrams of Heaven by Barry Cooper
pagenum: 238; title: Passion Fruit by Vivienne Kelly
pagenum: 242; title: Suckered into a Perfect Line by Bill Collopy
pagenum: 253; title: Désincarné / Disembodied by Meera Atkinson
pagenum: 261; title: A Chinese Affair by Isabelle Li
pagenum: 277; title: The Seventh Letter by Sean Williams
pagenum: 285; title: Venetian Glass by Amy T. Matthews
pagenum: 294; title: Reading the Signs by Laurie Clancy
pagenum: 299; title: The White Peacock by Marion Halligan
pagenum: 305; title: The Easy Way Out by Patrick Cullen
pagenum: 314; title: In That Crowded Minute, That's Where It Began by Davina Bell
pagenum: 319; title: Gulag by Shane Strange
pagenum: 327; title: I Am So Sweet and Truthful and Once I Was Betrayed by Maree Dawes
pagenum: 333; title: When You Hold Me ... (The Bra Monologues) by Beth Spencer
pagenum: 335; title: Purchase by John Kinsella
pagenum: 339; title: The Plumber by Tracy Crisp
pagenum: 347; title: Publication Details
pagenum: 355; title: Notes on Contributors
pagenum: 359