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Claire Corbett is a writer. She was born in Canada and has worked in film and government policy. Her first novel, WHEN WE HAVE WINGS, was published in 2011 by Allen & Unwin and shortlisted for the 2012 Barbara Jefferis Award and the 2012 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction and published overseas.

Recent fiction and essays have been published in a range of journals, including Best Australian Stories 2014 & 2015, Griffith Review, Southerly and Overland. She has written on defence and strategy for The Diplomat, The Strategist and The Monthly. Her second novel, WATCH OVER ME, is published by Allen & Unwin in May 2017.

Claire is a Director of the Board of Varuna, the National Writers' House, and the fiction editor of Overland ...more

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	When We Have Wings 3.86 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 2011 — 17 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
	Watch Over Me 3.64 avg rating — 99 ratings — 5 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 Best Australian Stories 2014 by Amanda Lohrey (Editor), Claire Aman , Rebekah Clarkson 3.84 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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 Best Australian Stories 2015 by Amanda Lohrey (Editor), Goldie Goldbloom (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , John Alan Scott (Contributor) 3.66 avg rating — 56 ratings — 3 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
	Once Upon a Time in Oz (Griffith Review 42) by Julianne Schultz (Editor), Carmel Bird (Editor) , Cecilia Condon (Contributor) 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Overland Issue 214 Autumn by Jeff Sparrow (Goodreads Author) (editor/author), Mel Cambell , Giovanni Tiso 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014	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
	Piano Lessons: Approaches to the Piano by Felicity O'Brien (Editor), Laurence Simmons , Anna Neill really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000	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
	We'll Stand In That Place and Other Stories by Michelle Cahill (Editor), Kit Scriven , Catherine Noske (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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New Year's Day at the Hotel Australia

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Overland 237 Summer 2019

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Omens (Cainsville, #1) by Kelley Armstrong

Omens by Kelley Armstrong

10 votes, 32.3%

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

5 votes, 16.1%

Paint it Black by Janet Fitch

5 votes, 16.1%

The Warded Man (Demon Cycle, #1) by Peter V. Brett

The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett

2 votes, 6.5%

Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes

2 votes, 6.5%

When We Have Wings by Claire Corbett

2 votes, 6.5%

Cordelia's Honor (Vorkosigan Omnibus, #1) by Lois McMaster Bujold

Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold

2 votes, 6.5%

Torn Apart by James Patterson

1 vote, 3.2%

The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper

1 vote, 3.2%

Identity Theory by Peter Temple

1 vote, 3.2%

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Claire’s Quotes

“Easy reading is damn hard writing.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne

tags: on-writing, reading, writing

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“I think that novels that leave out technology misrepresent life as badly as Victorians misrepresented life by leaving out sex.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., A Man Without a Country

tags: literature, misrepresentation, technology

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“Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

tags: folklore, old-wives-tales

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“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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