''Black Juice'' is the first collection of
short stories
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by Australian writer
Margo Lanagan
Margo Lanagan (born 1960 in Waratah, New South Wales) is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction.
Biography
She grew up in Raymond Terrace and moved to Melbourne circa 1971/1972. After overseas travel, she moved to Sydney ...
. It was released in paperback by
Allen and Unwin
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in 2004, and features the author's widely anthologised short story "
Singing My Sister Down
"Singing My Sister Down" is a 2004 fantasy fiction, fantasy short story by Australian writer Margo Lanagan.
Background
"Singing My Sister Down" was first published in 2004 in the author's first collection of short stories, ''Black Juice'' and pu ...
", which won the 2005
World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story
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The collection includes 10 original short stories by the author that fall into the fantasy, science fiction, horror and young adult genres. It won the 2004 Victorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young Adults The Victorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young Adults, formerly known as the Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction, is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. As of 2011 it has an enumeration of 25,000. Th ...
, and the 2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection
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Contents
* "Singing My Sister Down
"Singing My Sister Down" is a 2004 fantasy fiction, fantasy short story by Australian writer Margo Lanagan.
Background
"Singing My Sister Down" was first published in 2004 in the author's first collection of short stories, ''Black Juice'' and pu ...
" – winner of World Fantasy Award, Ditmar Award
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, and Aurealis Award
The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.
History
The Aurealis Award was established in 1995 by ...
* "My Lord's Man"
* "Red Nose Day"
* "Sweet Pippit"
* "House of the Many"
* "Wooden Bride"
* "Earthly Uses"
* "Perpetual Light"
* "Yowlinin"
* "Rite of Spring"
Awards
* 2004 Victorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young Adults The Victorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young Adults, formerly known as the Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction, is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. As of 2011 it has an enumeration of 25,000. Th ...
– winner[Black Juice](_blank)
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* 2004 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
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— Best Young Adult Book – shortlisted
* 2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection
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– winnerDitmar Award
The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise a ...
Best Collected Work – winner[Austlit – ''Black Juice'' by Margo Lanagan – Awards]
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* 2005 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
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— Christina Stead Prize for Fiction – shortlistedMichael L. Printz Award
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for Excellence in Young Adult Literature – honour book
Critical reception
* Colin Greenland in ''The Guardian'' called the stories "remarkable, luminous, mysterious", and concluded that "In Lanagan's hands the implications of words and phrases, the meanings folded into them, balloon out into landscapes as complex and interrelated and hence indeterminate as life itself: life in Indonesia or New South Wales, the past or the future or anywhere.""Review: Black Juice by Margo Lanagan", ''The Guardian'', 19 March 2006
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References
2004 short story collections
Fantasy short story collections
Horror short story collections
Science fiction short story collections
Australian short story collections
Allen & Unwin books
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