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A Wink from the Universe

book by Martin Flanagan

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ54489275 ↗
Source-derived summary

A Wink from the Universe is a 2018 non-fiction book by Australian journalist and author Martin Flanagan about the 2016 Western Bulldogs season, where the team went on to win that year's Australian Football League Grand Final. Flanagan had previously written Southern Sky, Western Oval, a book about the 1993 season of the club then named as "Footscray Football Club".

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “A Wink from the Universe” as book by Martin Flanagan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2018, 2016, 1993—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2018-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Wink, Universe and book can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as book by Martin Flanagan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q54489275. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2018, 2016 and 1993.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “A Wink from the Universe”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow A Wink from the Universe primary sources, A Wink from the Universe archive and Wink research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “A Wink from the Universe”?
  2. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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This entry incorporates text from “A Wink from the Universe” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.