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The best Australian stories 2017 / Best Australian stories two thousand and seventeen edited by Maxine Beneba Clarke. - Carlton, Vic. : Black Inc., an imprint of Schwartz Publishing Pty Ltd, 2017. - viii, 179 pages ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-175)

Sissy / Barren Ground / Miracles / Trampoline / Dreamers / Perry Feral /Allee Richards -- The Wall / Slut Trouble / Help Me Harden My Heart / The Encyclopaedia of Wild Things / The Boat / Nose Bleed / The Telephone / Growth / Numb / Polly Stepford / A United Front / One's Company / By Proxy / Sis Better / Tony Birch -- Verity Borthwick -- Jennifer Mills -- Joe Rubbo -- Melissa Lucashenko -- Julie Koh -- Beejay Silcox Dominic amarna -- Madeline Bailey -- Josephine Rowe -- David Oberg -- John Kinsella -- Mirandi Riwoe -- Myfanwy McDonald -- Ryan O'Neill -- Raelee Chapman -- Elizabeth Flux -- Cassie Hainer -- Ellen van Neerven.

In The Best Australian Stories, acclaimed writer Maxine Beneba Clarke brings together our country's leading literary talents. An award-winning short-story writer herself, Clarke selects exceptional stories that resonate with experience and truth, and celebrate the art of storytelling. Previous contributors include Fiona McFarlane, Kate Grenville, Tony Birch, David Malouf, Kirsten Tranter, Anna Krien, Georgia Blain, Peter Goldsworthy, Elizabeth Harrower, Ryan O'Neill and Romy Ash.

ISBN: 9781863959612 1863959610

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Australian fiction--21st century.
Short stories, Australian--21st century.
Short stories, Australian--21st century--Collections.
Anthologies.
Australian fiction.
Short stories, Australian.
Australian fiction.
Anthologies.
Short stories, Australian.

Subjects--Index Terms: Australian

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Australian fiction.
Short stories.
Short stories.
Short stories--Print --Adult fiction
Short stories.
Australian fiction.
Short stories.
Short stories.

Dewey Class. No.: A823.4