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Australian. Education. University of Melbourne. University of Western Australia ( BA, PhD) Years active. 1982–present. Notable works. Dreams of Speaking, Sixty Lights, The Death of Noah Glass. Gail Jones is an Australian novelist and academic.
Feb 28, 2024 · Gail Jones' novel interweaves the life of the Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad with that of a young Australian student of literature. The novel explores the themes of colonialism, loss, immersion and the transformative potential of reading.
- Sue Kossew
Sep 17, 2021 · Sept. 17, 2021. I knew from the beginning that I would not meet Gayl Jones. Or see a recent photograph of her. Or ask her any questions. What does it feel like, 46 years after the first, to...
- Imani Perry
Dec 30, 2022 · Gail Jones’ latest novel Salonika Burning is a carefully structured act of imagination featuring real-life characters caught in the chaos of the First World War. A rogue conflagration that burns ...
- Kerryn Goldsworthy
Dec 19, 2022 · A review of Gail Jones' new novel, Salonika Burning, which explores the experiences of four Australians and Britons in Macedonia during the first world war. The novel challenges the role of art as witness and the notion of historical time as linear and coherent.
- Tanya Dalziell
Gail Jones. Gail Jones lives in Sydney and teaches at the University of Western Sydney. Her books have won numerous literary awards in Australia. She is the author of two collections of short stories and five novels including Sixty Lights which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Dreams of Speaking which was shortlisted for the ...
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Gail Jones is the author of two short-story collections, a critical monograph, and the novels BLACK MIRROR, SIXTY LIGHTS, DREAMS OF SPEAKING, SORRY and FIVE BELLS. Three times shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, her prizes include the WA Premier's Award for Fiction, the Nita B. Kibble Award, the Steele Rudd Award, the Age Book of the Year ...