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Issue Details: First known date: 1946... vol. 1 no. 1 July 1946 of The Australasian Book News and Library Journal est. 1946 The Australasian Book News and Library Journal
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Notes

  • Includes Books Published in Australia: List of Books Supplied to the National Library, Canberra, under the Provisions of the Copyright Act. January-March 1946. (p. 24-31)

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1946 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Editorial, George Farwell , single work prose
Farwell situates the Journal's role in the world of post-World War II Australian publishing.
 (p. 1,3)
Goldfields Tragedy, George Farwell , single work review
— Review of Downhill is Easier Gavin Casey , 1945 single work novel ; (p. 5-6)
Censorship, J. V. Duhig , single work
Duhig objects to 'moral' censorship, arguing that to ban Ulysses is 'shameful' and 'sacrilegious'.
 (p. 7-9)
A Writer of Wisdom and Understanding, L. A. Triebel , single work obituary (p. 11-12)
Don't Shoot the Pianist, Backseat Bookseller , single work criticism (p. 13-14)
Children's Books, Eve Pownall , single work criticism (p. 15)
Recent Books : Digest of the Month's Reading, W. E. F. , single work review
— Review of The River and Other Stories Cecil Mann , 1945 selected work short story ; Wild Orchard : A Story of Early Tasmania Isabel Dick , 1945 single work novel ; Strangers on the Ophir Tom Ronan , 1945 single work novel ; Poetry no. 18 March 1946 periodical issue ; Men and Manners in Australia : Being a Social and Economic Sketch History J. Alex Allan , 1945 single work ; The Fiddlers of Drummond Arthur Davies , 1945 single work novel ; Southerly vol. 6 no. 3 1945 periodical issue ; Try Nothing Twice : The Story of Two Dozen Jobs Frank Clune , 1946 single work autobiography ; (p. 17, 19)
The Literary Fund : Will the Tariff Board Advise Expansion?, single work column (p. 23)
Notes and News, single work column
Includes brief reports of the literary societies' protests against censorship, Franklin addressing the Book Society, Casey taking up his departmental post in New York and a new A.B.C. series Spotlight on Books.
 (p. 32)
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