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- ↑ Australian Literature Resource article on Meehan]
- ↑ Infinitas Bookshop article on Kieran Meehan. Retrieved 6 May 2008.
- ↑ Booked Out Speakers Agency article Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine on Kieran Meehan. Retrieved 6 May 2008.
- ↑ List of Patricia Wrightson Prize winners
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