Thirteen New Beginnings is the third collection from the Creative Writing program at the New South Wales Institute of Technology Sydney.
1987: Thirteen New Beginnings
…what if these significant elements are made to clash? I If the post-card becomes a fiction, or if a baroque style is combined with an unreliable narrator, if a plot doubles back on itself. A story without a 'reliable' narrator obviously lacks authority, if characters are not 'rounded' they may not be believable either. Deliberate uneveness may thus be introduced to disrupt the expectations of the readers and thereby make real readers of them. – from the Introduction by Stephen Mueke, who taught writing at NSWIT at the time
This anthology was published by Local Consumption Publications, Sydney University, with the assistance of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the New South Wales Institute of Technology and Writers in the Park.
Contributors
Contributors to Thirteen New Beginnings include Lorraine Falconer, Sue Chin, Bernard Cohen, Gillian Mears, Beth Yahp, Lynne Thompson, Bronwyn Sweeney, Rosanna Arciuli, Anna Carmody, Gary Horsnell, Christopher Hewett, Wendy Frew, Rosie Higson, Rosie Higson, Julia Martin, Kate Blackadder, Nigel Scattergood, Lee Parsons, Joanne McKinnon, Danny Gentile, Craig Greening, Lauren Mackenzie, Lynne Thompson, Yvonne Gluyas, Lucy Rogers, Ralph Hennessey, Carl Power, Rosie Higson, Margo Daly, Matthew Noble and Alexandra Pitsis.
Editorial Committee
The Editorial Committee consisted of Margo Daly, Gary Horsnell, Joanne McKinnon, Stephen Muecke, Matthew Noble and Beth Yahp with special thanks to Peter Batsman.
