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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 17-18 December 2005 of The Australian est. 1964 The Weekend Australian
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Someone to Watch Over Me, Rosemary Neill , single work criticism
Neill talks with Julia Leigh about the impact of Leigh's mentoring relationship with American writer, Toni Morrison, and Leigh's future writing and career plans.
(p. 6) Section: Review
Note: ports (Julia Leigh and Toni Morrison)
Jane Austen Meets Steele Rudd Amid Bolting Horses and Killer Corsets, Liam Davison , single work review
— Review of Summer at Mount Hope Rosalie Ham , 2005 single work novel ;
(p. 8-9) Section: Review
Muffled Scuffles, Miriam Cosic , single work review
— Review of Timing Is Everything : A Life Backstage at the Opera Moffatt Oxenbould , 2005 single work autobiography ;
(p. 10-11) Section: Review
Crime File, Graeme Blundell , single work review
— Review of Dirty Weekend Gabrielle Lord , 2005 single work novel ; Innocent Murder Steve J. Spears , 2005 single work novel ; Rubdown Leigh Redhead , 2005 single work novel ; On, Off Colleen McCullough , 2005 single work novel ;
(p. 14-15) Section: Review
A Line on Rhyming Crime, Imre Salusinszky , single work column
Salusinszky examines the writing styles of John Laws and Michael Leunig who, he says, are 'possibly the two most popular poetasters at work in Australia today... [2005]'. Salusinszky claims that both poets produce 'bad' poetry - Laws's poems being 'marked by a faux-macho quality' while Leunig's are 'truly, maddeningly, deeply faux-naive.'
(p. 40) Section: Review
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