Paul Genoni & Susan Sheridan 
Thea Astley’s Fictional Worlds [PDF ebook] 

This second edition includes an updated bibliography."Astley’s signature is a highly allusive, layered and self-conscious prose style, non-linear and open-ended" (Gillian Whitlock, JASAL: Journal of Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 6, 2007, p. 154.)"The essays offer insights into issues of language, art, gender and religion … as well as Astley’s evolving body of writing and the historical and literary context of her work" (Lyn Jacobs, Australian Literary Studies v.23, n.3, 2008, p.358).