Alice Robinson

Alice Robinson is the author of two previous novels: Anchor Point, longlisted for the Stella Prize and the Indie Book Awards; The Glad Shout, shortlisted for an Aurealis Award and The Colin Roderick Literary Award and winner of the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. In 2012, Alice earned a PhD by research in Creative Writing at Victoria University, for which she was awarded the Vice Chancellor's Peak Award. Alice lives in Melbourne with her kids, and works at Federation University and RMIT.

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Extract: If You Go

Extract: If You Go

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Extract: If You Go

Extract: If You Go

Alice Robinson

This Terrible Power

This Terrible Power

Alice Robinson

‘I wish we lived here all the time,’ Clem says wistfully, wiping sandy palms on her coat. ‘I love it at our beach.’ ‘Maybe we can,’ Leigh murmurs, thinking frantically, don’t tell her that! Trying not to sound too hopeful, ‘I’m glad you like it here.’ Clem frowns in irritation, turning away. Leigh shivers. She […]

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This Terrible Power

This Terrible Power

Alice Robinson

Transition: On Becoming the People We Are

Transition: On Becoming the People We Are

Alice Robinson

We hadn’t been in the country that long, having moved out of the city the previous winter, a brutal introduction to rural living. Out beyond the natural windbreak formed by the Macedon Ranges, city temperatures drop ten degrees. Daydreaming from the comfort of Melbourne about the lives we might make, a countryside miner’s cottage seemed […]

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Transition: On Becoming the People We Are

Transition: On Becoming the People We Are

Alice Robinson

Reading I Didn’t See Coming: How eReaders Change Everything

Reading I Didn’t See Coming: How eReaders Change Everything

Alice Robinson

I am not a computer person. I have nothing against them; we just don’t get along. It follows that I am not a natural or enthusiastic rider of the ebook bandwagon – it seems another technology I’ll fail to learn. What I am is a lifelong and committed reader. Fostered by the galloping loneliness of […]

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Reading I Didn’t See Coming: How eReaders Change Everything

Reading I Didn’t See Coming: How eReaders Change Everything

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