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Issue Details:
First known date:
1936...
vol.
8
no.
11
12 November
1936
of
All About Books
est. 1928
All About Books
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Cover photograph captioned: Winifred Birkett, Whose Novel, Earth's Quality has been awarded the Australian Literature Society's Gold medal for the Best Australian Novel published in 1935.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1936 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Gordon Pilgrimage to Ballarat,
single work
column
(p. 172)Brief report of the pilgrimage to Gordon's Memorial Cottage in Ballarat.
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New Australian Books,
single work
review
— Review of Inheritors : A Novel 1936 single work novel ; Gone Nomad : Twenty Years' Vagabond Wanderings in Three Continents 1936 single work prose ; Tom Groggin and Other Poems 1936 selected work poetry ; (p. 173-174) - A Leaf for E. Coulson Davidson, single work obituary (p. 175)
- Best Sellers, single work column (p. 178)
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The Henry Lawson Memorial and Literary Society of Footscray [Meeting Report],
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column
(p. 180)Report of the 21 October meeting where members stood for a moment's silence in memory of Coulson and 'Mr. Darcy'. Includes announcement of the imminent publication of Harrington's work, the progress of Baker's bronze relief fund, and a synopsis of Mr. J. McKellar's address on Lawson's prose.
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Australian Poetry Lovers' Association [Meeting Report],
single work
column
(p. 181)Report of 'Poet's Night' where Boyd and Harrington were among those who read from their work.
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Sydney Lyceum Club [Meeting Report],
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column
(p. 181-182)At the Literary Circle Luncheon, Mrs John Metcalfe calls for improvement in Australian public library services citing for comparison the Los Angeles and Manchester Public Library systems.
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Fellowship of Australian Writers, Sydney [Meeting Report],
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(p. 182)Report of Gilmore's address to the Fellowship 'Reminiscences of Public Life'.
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Society of Australian Authors [Meeting Report],
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column
(p. 182)Cox advises the Society on the presentation of manuscripts.
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Australian Literary Society [Meeting Report],
single work
review
— Review of The Little Wench 1935 single work novel ; The Beauties and Furies 1936 single work novel ; The Dark Thread 1936 single work novel ;(p. 183)Report of the October meeting includes three books reviews and a tribute to Davidson.
It was noted that the economic textbook Money by Mills and Walker had recently become the first Australian textbook to be used in an English University (Cambridge).
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