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Gillian Polack

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Melbourne, Australia

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, History, Literature & Fiction

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Gillian is a writer and historian, currently living in Canberra, Australia. She intends to count the books in her library soon, when they stop falling on her and otherwise intimidating her.

She was given the 2020 A Bertram Chandler Award for lifetime achievement in science fiction.

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Average rating: 3.82 · 678 ratings · 197 reviews · 53 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Middle Ages Unlocked: A Guide to Life in Medieval England, 1050-1300 by Gillian Polack (Goodreads Author), Katrin Kania 4.03 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Time of the Ghosts (Enchanted Australia #1) 3.62 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2015 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Langue[dot]doc 1305 3.40 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2014 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year of the Fruit Cake really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life Through Cellophane 3.63 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wizardry of Jewish Women (Enchanted Australia, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2016 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baggage by Gillian Polack (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Janeen Webb, Lucy Sussex 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Effective Dreaming (Enchanted Australia, #3) 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2015 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Borderlanders 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History and Fiction: Writers, Their Research, Worlds and Stories 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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gillpolack @ 2017-04-03T09:54:00

Blogging has had to fade into the background recently. First I didn't have time to read blog posts and then I didn't have time to write them. Now you can begin to see why. Or rather, you can see about 1/8 of why.

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The health stuff is all still happening. At least, along with it, I now have the joy of more real life. I'm hoping that, along the w Read more of this blog post »

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“One thing I hate about being ill is that no one believes it unless I share it all with them, and even then they don’t act on it.”
― Gillian Polack, Borderlanders

tags: chronic-illness, chronic-pain, literary-fiction, literary-quotes, literature-quotes, magical-realism

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“Don’t be scared, even if things change. Don’t forget to keep writing. Welcome to the House of Dreams.”
― Gillian Polack, Borderlanders

tags: literary-fiction, literary-quotes, magic, magical-realism

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“So, if I become an associate professor, everyone will assume it’s the same as an assistant professor.”
― Gillian Polack, Borderlanders

tags: academia, academic, associateprofessoro, humorous, humorous-quotes, humour

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