{"product_id":"9781922212276","title":"Will Martin: Griffith Review 50","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lowly eighteenth-century ship’s boy provides an insightful perspective on cross-cultural misunderstandings and ‘first contact’ as he accompanies Bass and Flinders on an expedition by sea. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine McKinnon\u003c\/b\u003e lives in rural New South Wales and is a novelist and playwright\/director. \u2028She grew up in South Australia, and, after studying at Flinders University, worked at the Red Shed Theatre, State Theatre Company, and Adelaide Festival as a theatre director and\/or writer. Her own plays produced for the Red Shed Theatre are \u003ci\u003eImmaculate Deceptions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Rose By Any Other Name\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRoad to Mindanao\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEye of Another\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2006 she won the Penguin \u003ci\u003eWomen’s Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Award for her short story ‘Haley and the Sea’ and in 2008 Penguin published her novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Nearly Happy Family\u003c\/i\u003e. Her play \u003ci\u003eTilt\u003c\/i\u003e was selected for the 2010 National Playwriting Festival, and \u003ci\u003eAs I Lay Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2010 Mitch Matthews Award. \u2028Her short stories, reviews and scholarly articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eTransnational Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eText Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRealTime\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNarrative\u003c\/i\u003e. She currently teaches performance and creative writing at the University of Wollongong and is finishing her next novel, \u003ci\u003eStoryland\u003c\/i\u003e, and a trilogy of plays, \u003ci\u003eThe Hurt Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, all set in Illawarra.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151768895728,"sku":"9781922212276","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781922212276_p0.jpg?v=1763633834","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781922212276","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}