No Document

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No Document
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AuthorAnwen Crawford
GenreNon-fiction
Publisher Giramondo Publishing
Publication date
April 2021
Publication placeAustralia
Pages160
ISBN 9781925818611

No Document is a 2021 non-fiction book by Anwen Crawford. [1] The book is primarily composed as a tribute to Crawford's friend Ned Sevil, who died at the age of 30 of cystic fibrosis. [2] No Document is a work of experimental non-fiction, described in the Sydney Morning Herald as "interweaving poetry, extracts from letters, news reports, fragments of history, activism and commentary". [3] The book was shortlisted for the 2022 Stella Prize. [4]

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Reception

The book received positive reviews. In a review in The Saturday Paper , Declan Fry called the work "a masterpiece" and "a book that demands your heart". [2] A review by Alix Beetson in the Sydney Review of Books labelled the work "remarkable" and wrote that it was "an attempt to discover a form of writing fit for ephemeral art practices". [5] Reviewing the book in Australian Book Review , Francesca Sasnaitis described the book as "an inventive combination of poetic devices and documentary fragments in a paean to friendship and creativity, and an elegy for a lost friend". [6] The book was named one of the 25 best Australian books of 2021 by The Guardian , which labelled it an "experimental elegy" that is "expansive in thought and an utterly original work of creative nonfiction". [7]

Awards

Awards for No Document
YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2022 Stella Prize —Shortlisted [4]

References

  1. ↑ "No Document - Anwen Crawford". Giramondo Publishing. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 Fry, Declan (3 April 2021). "Anwen Crawford - No Document". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Capp, Fiona (30 April 2021). "Non-fiction: Anwen Crawford's No Document and three other titles". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Anwen Crawford – No Document". Stella Prize. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Beetson, Alix (10 May 2021). "A History of Shapes". Sydney Review of Books. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Sasnaitis, Francesca (April 2021). "'What was the question?'". Australian Book Review. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Clark, Lucy; Wyndham, Susan; Williams, Michael; Harmon, Steph; Wright, Fiona; Daley, Paul; Delaney, Brigid; Silcox, Beejay; Kavanagh, Bec; Fry, Declan; Nguyen, Giselle Au-Nhien; Callil, Jack; Patel, Zoya; Jabour, Bridie; Cummins, Joseph (12 December 2021). "The 25 best Australian books of 2021: Helen Garner, Alice Pung, Tony Birch and more". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
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