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'During the winter of 1922, the Exploration Vessel Raven became trapped in the Antarctic icepack, entombing 28 men aboard it through the dark, polar night. Into White Silence tells their story - a story of a lost past, of a tragic future, of ice, ambition and madness. It captures the terrible, fascinating beauty of Antarctica, both as it was then and is today, and is a journey into the mind of every person who has ever set foot upon those ice-bound shores.' (From the publisher's website.)
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The (Im)possibility of Objectivity : Narrating the Past in Young Adult Historiographic Metafiction
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The ALAN Review , vol. 42 no. 3 (p. 12-21)In this article Amy Cross draws upon two Australian historiographic metafictive texts, Into White Silence and The Lace Maker's Daughter, to demonstrate how particular narrative strategies destablise the relationship between history and fiction and the past and the present, and can invite readers to consider their own roles as meaning makers - of history and of their individual selves.
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Creating a Story Arc
2011
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— Appears in: Writing Queensland , February no. 204 2011; (p. 10-11) -
Making to Unmask - The Creation of and Reaction to Into White Silence
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 14 no. 2 2010; 'This practice-led research paper considers, from a writer's point of view, the linked notions of masking and unmasking as they apply to creative practice in the field of writing fiction. It examines these notions within the framework of existing theory relating to the construction of 'Children's' and 'young adult' literature' drawn from scholars including Nodelman, Hunt, Rose and Immel. Taking as a starting point the question of whether 'unmasking' in fiction is truly possible, the paper considers both the creative process behind and critical reaction to, the author's 2008 young adult novel Into White Silence, and measures both process and response against the impact of masking and unmasking in the making of that particular work.' (Author's abstract) -
Children and Young Adult Speculative Fiction
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 42 2009; (p. 139-142)
— Review of Wolf Kingdom 2008 series - author children's fiction ; The Sorcerer's Tower 2008 series - author children's fiction ; Sunken Kingdom 2006 series - author children's fiction ; Variant X 2008 single work children's fiction ; Into White Silence 2008 single work novel - y Engaging With Liminal Spaces : Historiographic Metafiction in Young Adult Literature Sydney : 2009 Z1774173 2009 single work thesis The study takes as its focus four recent young adult texts that incorporate the mode of historiographic metafiction both implicitly and explicitly through a variety of narrative strategies. The historiographic metafictive texts selected for this study problematise history and fiction in a range of ways. The mode functions as a device for examining the ideologies and tropes of young adult fiction, and specifically the discursive representation of history within this genre. Further, it allows an exploration of the fluidity of meaning by incorporating and problematising discourses of history and fiction, truth and reality, adolescence and adulthood. The analysis demonstrates that historiographic metafiction in young adult literature both strengthens and destabilises tenets of humanism, which results in an emphasis on liminal spaces.
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[Review] Into White Silence
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 88 no. 2 2008; (p. 24)
— Review of Into White Silence 2008 single work novel -
Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 October 2008; (p. 30)
— Review of Into White Silence 2008 single work novel -
In Pursuit of What Has Been Hidden
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , December vol. 3 no. 11 2008; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Devil's Eye 2008 single work novel ; Deception 2008 single work novel ; Into White Silence 2008 single work novel ; The Sinkings 2008 single work novel -
[Review] Into White Silence
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 23 no. 4 2008; (p. 39)
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[Review] Into White Silence
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: InCite , December vol. 29 no. 12 2008; (p. 19)
— Review of Into White Silence 2008 single work novel -
Dark Insignificance in an Isolated World
2008
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 November 2008; (p. 13) -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges Report 2009
2009
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 53 no. 3 2009; (p. 4-10) -
Making to Unmask - The Creation of and Reaction to Into White Silence
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 14 no. 2 2010; 'This practice-led research paper considers, from a writer's point of view, the linked notions of masking and unmasking as they apply to creative practice in the field of writing fiction. It examines these notions within the framework of existing theory relating to the construction of 'Children's' and 'young adult' literature' drawn from scholars including Nodelman, Hunt, Rose and Immel. Taking as a starting point the question of whether 'unmasking' in fiction is truly possible, the paper considers both the creative process behind and critical reaction to, the author's 2008 young adult novel Into White Silence, and measures both process and response against the impact of masking and unmasking in the making of that particular work.' (Author's abstract) -
Creating a Story Arc
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , February no. 204 2011; (p. 10-11) - y Engaging With Liminal Spaces : Historiographic Metafiction in Young Adult Literature Sydney : 2009 Z1774173 2009 single work thesis The study takes as its focus four recent young adult texts that incorporate the mode of historiographic metafiction both implicitly and explicitly through a variety of narrative strategies. The historiographic metafictive texts selected for this study problematise history and fiction in a range of ways. The mode functions as a device for examining the ideologies and tropes of young adult fiction, and specifically the discursive representation of history within this genre. Further, it allows an exploration of the fluidity of meaning by incorporating and problematising discourses of history and fiction, truth and reality, adolescence and adulthood. The analysis demonstrates that historiographic metafiction in young adult literature both strengthens and destabilises tenets of humanism, which results in an emphasis on liminal spaces.
Awards
- 2009 longlisted Inky Awards — Gold Inky
- 2009 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Young Adult Book
- 2009 honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers
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