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We have a dead-set legend in our midst!!!
WELCOME ABOARD PHILLIP GWYNNE!!
Phillip - bit of trivia for you - both Bean and I have degrees in Marine Science as well! Mine from Sydney U, hers from Canada.
I hope AWAD continues to be of interest to you and look forward to the next book.
Have you thought of contacting Dr John Long at UWA to bounce ideas off? He is a palaeoicthyologist of some note - and also an author of non-fiction and popular fiction books.
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I don't know if it's protocol - but bugger it if it is - but here's a profile of our latest member:
"Phillip Gwynne is an extrememly talented new writer, whose first novel Deadly, unna? won the 1999 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction. His remarkably fresh and original voice marks him as a major new talent.
Deadly, unna? is a rites of passage story about friendship, racism and Australian Rules Football. The superb writing and characterisation vividly captures the essence of small town life and the population of white and black people.
Themes include family relationships, independence, notions of masculinity, difference, prejudice and violence. As the style of the narrator is appealing, quirky and complex, teenagers easily relate to the story while the football aspect of the novel appeals particularly to young male readers.
Phillip was born in Melbourne but grew up in rural South Australia, one of eight children. He somehow acquired a degree in Marine Biology, but then ran away to see the world. He has worked at a number of jobs including computer programming in Europe and teaching in Thailand and counting fish in Brazil. Approaching the age of forty, and having tried just about everything else, he decided to start writing. He is currently working on a screenplay based on his novel (film option was taken up by Jane Scott of Shine fame) and a sequel to Deadly, unna? He lives in Sydney with his young son.
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"The greatest strength of Deadly, Unna? is its portrayal of Australian family life written cleverly with a blend of old Aussieisms interspersed with teenage lingo. It is fast-moving, humorous, and intriguing, a fair dinkum page turner which will provide hours of enjoyment in addition to evoking admiration for this new writer’s skills with thoughts and words. Brilliant first book by new Aussie author"
- Margaret Clark, Geelong Advertiser"
