{"product_id":"the-furphy-anthology-2024-the-furphy-literary-awards-9781761451911","title":"The Furphy Anthology 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis edition features work from: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Kathryn Lomer \n\u003cbr\u003e Jane Downing \n\u003cbr\u003e Paulette Gittins \n\u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth Walton \n\u003cbr\u003e Robert Johnson \n\u003cbr\u003e Kathy Sharpe \n\u003cbr\u003e Paulette Gittins \n\u003cbr\u003e Amy St Lawrence \n\u003cbr\u003e Rowena Harding-Smith \n\u003cbr\u003e Lesley Boland \n\u003cbr\u003e Christine Fontana \n\u003cbr\u003e Emma Ashmere \n\u003cbr\u003e Thomas Allan \n\u003cbr\u003e Phillip M. Everett \n\u003cbr\u003e Deborah May \n\u003cbr\u003e Minh Hien \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Joseph Furphy wrote an Australian literary classic, Such is Life, in 1903, under the pen name of 'Tom Collins', slang for 'a tall story'. With its unreliable narrator travelling the countryside and telling the stories of the people he meets along the way, the alias was certainly appropriate.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e His brother John, a blacksmith, created agricultural implements, most notably the water carts used by the AIF during the First World War. Around these carts, stories were told, legs were pulled, rumours gathered momentum, and the term 'furphy' became part of the Australian lexicon.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The Furphy Literary Award was established in 1992. It became a national competition for the first time in 2020, which led to the first of the short stories being published. The Furphy Anthology 2024 features the sixteen short stories judged to be the best of the best in this year's Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Furphy Literary Awards","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48890939506931,"sku":"8880002951423","price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781761451911.jpg?v=1777492975","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-furphy-anthology-2024-the-furphy-literary-awards-9781761451911","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}