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'This January is different. School is over for Alex Delaney and he's waiting for his university offer - only seventeen days away. The waiting is killing him. He's not expecting much from January.
'So he's not ready for the girl who cuts past him on a wave. Not at all prepared for her perfect balance, compelling green eyes and gold skin. January is about to change.' (From the publisher's website.)
Adaptations
- y After January Sydney Brisbane : Currency Press La Boite Theatre , 2000 Z861034 2000 single work drama young adult Alex has eighteen days until he finds out if he got into Arts Law, a week in Caloundra to sleep, swim and watch the cricket, and a mother with a keen interest in his sex life. Fortuna keeps bees, has a nose- ring, and a father who likes to do pottery in the nude. When this unlikely pair meet, the results are both hilarious and heart-warming.
Notes
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Included in the 1997 White Raven's Catalogue compiled by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany. Special mention.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Before January
Juliet,
single work
short story
young adult
A teenage boy is fascinated by a fellow actor in a school play.Note: Appears with the title 'Before January' as a prequel to the 2009 edition of the novel.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Ten Great Australian Beach Reads Set at the Beach
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 28 December 2018;
— Review of Floundering 2012 single work novel ; Puberty Blues 1979 single work novel ; Time's Long Ruin : A Novel 2008 single work novel ; Breath 2008 single work novel ; The Empty Beach 1983 single work novel ; The True Colour of the Sea 2018 selected work short story ; Atomic City 2013 single work novel ; Not Meeting Mr Right 2007 single work novel ; After January 1996 single work novel ; Bluebottle 2018 single work novel -
The Write Stuff
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 June 2014; (p. 4-5) 'Nick Earls returns to his comedic roots in a nostalgic novel that mines the angst of living in the 21st century...' -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 18 no. 2 2010; (p. 38)
— Review of After January 1996 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 2 2010; (p. 61)
— Review of After January 1996 single work novel -
Lyn Linning Interviews Nick Earls
Lyn Linning
(interviewer),
2010
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 25 no. 1 2010; (p. 12-14) Lyn Linning interviews Nick Earls on the release of a new edition of his young adult novel After January
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Untitled
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 40 no. 4 1996; (p. 37)
— Review of After January 1996 single work novel -
Untitled
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 11 no. 2 1996; (p. 47)
— Review of After January 1996 single work novel -
Teen Angst Doesn't Change
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 - 15 April 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of After January 1996 single work novel -
Kids' Lit
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 January 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of After January 1996 single work novel -
Fiction Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 - 21 March 2010; (p. 22)
— Review of After January 1996 single work novel -
Books for Young Men - My (Not So) Short List
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 12 no. 2 2004; (p. 5-6) -
More Novels After January
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: Westside News , 27 January 2010; (p. 9) -
Lyn Linning Interviews Nick Earls
Lyn Linning
(interviewer),
2010
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 25 no. 1 2010; (p. 12-14) Lyn Linning interviews Nick Earls on the release of a new edition of his young adult novel After January -
Doctor's Novel a Great Success
1996
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 May 1996; (p. 20) -
Are Endings Really Necessary?
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 5 no. 2 1997; (p. 12) A brief discussion of open-ended conclusions to novels as opposed to the use of set 'formulas'. Earls recognises the legitimacy of both types, but declares his preference for the former in his own writing. Brief reference is made the conclusion of Earl's novel After January.
Awards
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Settings:
- Sunshine Coast, South East Queensland, Queensland,
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