Here Until August
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| Author | Josephine Rowe |
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| Genre | Short fiction |
| Publisher | Black Inc |
Publication date | 3 September 2019 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Pages | 208 |
| ISBN | 9781863959933 |
Here Until August is a 2019 short story collection by Josephine Rowe. The collection was published in Australia by Black Inc (ISBN 9781863959933) in September 2019 and in the United States by Penguin Random House (ISBN 9781948226073) in October 2019.[1][2] The collection received positive reviews and was shortlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize.[3]
Summary
[edit]The collection is composed of ten short stories: Glisk, Real Life, Anything Remarkable, Sinkers, Post-Structuralism for Beginners, Chavez, The Once-Drowned Man, A Small Cleared Space, Horse Latitudes and What Passes for Fun.
Reception
[edit]Here Until August received positive reviews. A review in the New York Times Review of Books praised the collection for the diverse settings of each story, writing that the collection "makes you feel as if you’ve traveled the world".[4] The collection received a starred review in Kirkus Reviews, which labelled the stories "pitch-perfect examinations of place and psyche from a writer to watch closely".[5] In a review in Australian Book Review, Bronwyn Lea described the stories as "idiosyncratic, multifaceted, and exquisitely structured", while directing particular praise towards the opening story Glisk.[6] In The Saturday Paper, Roanna Gonsalves described Here Until August as a "superb collection, pared back, astute, yet brimming with life and love and expectation".[7] Reviewing the collection in Westerly, Jen Bowden praised both the vivid characters and landscapes of the collection, and the poetic quality of Rowe's prose.[8]
Awards
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Stella Prize | — | Shortlisted | [3] |
| Queensland Literary Awards | University of Southern Queensland Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection | Shortlisted | [9] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Here Until August: Stories". Black Inc. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Here Until August". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Here Until August – Josephine Rowe". Stella Prize. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ Jones, Siobhan (15 October 2019). "New Short Fiction, Including a National Book Foundation Honoree". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Here Until August". Kirkus Reviews. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ Lea, Bronwyn (September 2019). "Here Until August: Stories by Josephine Rowe & This Taste for Silence: Stories by Amanda O'Callaghan". Australian Book Review. No. 414. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ Gonsalves, Roanna (5 October 2019). "Here Until August". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ Bowden, Jen (16 April 2020). "Review of 'Here Until August' by Josephine Row". Westerly Magazine. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "History of the awards". State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 25 April 2025.