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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... vol. 23 no. 4 September 2008 of Magpies : Talking About Books for Children est. 1986-1995 Magpies : Talking About Books for Children
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Know the Author Illustrator : Shaun Tan, Linnet Hunter (interviewer), single work interview
Linnet Hunter interviews Shaun Tan about his compelling artwork and the 'imaginative universes' he continues to create, showcased in his latest book Tales from Outer Suburbia. Tan discusses the interplay between the words and pictures that produce his 'style' of illustration and some of the reasons his latest picture book is also formatted as a collection of short stories.
(p. 10-13)
Cover Book Review : Audrey Goes to Town, Kerry White , single work review
— Review of Audrey Goes to Town Christine Harris , 2008 single work children's fiction ;
(p. 14)
Getting it Right : Culturally and Historically Writing Mahtab's Story, Libby Gleeson , single work essay
Libby Gleeson discusses how she developed and then researched her novel Mahtab's Story. Gleeson originally planned that the story would involve a refugee student telling a young Australian school girl about her journey from her homeland to Australia. However, Gleeson soon realised that she needed to do additional research to construct the refugee Muslim teenager character. She describes how she met with refugee students from a Sydney high school to create an 'informed fiction' based on processes of storytelling and story-sharing.
(p. 16-18)
The Rep, Robyn Sheahan-Bright , single work column
The Residential Editorial Campaign is funded by the Australia Council for the Arts and by publishing houses. In 2008, its fifth year, it was held in Toowoomba where the focus, as introduced by the keynote speaker Michael Heyward, was on 'the importance of the "conversation" between author and editor and of the editors role in championing the author's work' (20). Award winning writer of Young Adult fiction, Margo Lanagan and her editor Rosalind Price, spoke of their twenty year working relationship, where Lanagan said she often felt she presented her editor with 'a senseless mosiac of ideas' (21).
(p. 20-21)
[Untitled], Liz Derouet , single work review
— Review of Cheeky Monkey Andrew Daddo , 2008 single work picture book ;
(p. 26) Section: Before School
[Untitled], Margaret Robson Kett , single work review
— Review of Sophie Bakes a Cake Tina Burke , 2008 single work picture book ;
(p. 26) Section: Before School
[Review] Double Trouble, Neville Barnard , single work review
— Review of Double Trouble Deborah Niland , 2009 single work picture book ;
(p. 26) Section: Before School
[Untitled], Robin Morrow , single work review
— Review of Come on Everybody! Time to Play! Nigel Gray , 2008 single work picture book ;
(p. 26) Section: Before School
[Untitled], Jane Connolly , single work review
— Review of The Very Cranky Bear Nick Bland , 2008 single work picture book ;
(p. 26) Section: Before School
[Untitled], Joan Zahnleiter , single work review
— Review of Fat Pat Kilmeny Niland , 2008 single work picture book ;
(p. 27) Section: Before School
[Untitled], Kevin Steinberger , single work review
— Review of Felix Pamela Allen , 2008 single work picture book ;
(p. 27-28) Section: Before School
[Untitled], Nola Allen , single work review
— Review of Just Jack Jane Tanner , 2008 single work picture book ;
(p. 28) Section: Before School
[Untitled], Russ Merrin , single work review
— Review of Donald Loves Drumming Nick Bland , 2008 single work picture book ;
(p. 28) Section: Before School
[Untitled], Joan Zahnleiter , single work review
— Review of Molly and Her Dad Jan Ormerod , 2008 single work picture book ;
(p. 28) Section: Before School
[Untitled], Nola Allen , single work review
— Review of Special Kev Christopher McKimmie , 2008 single work picture book ;
(p. 28-29) Section: Before School
[Untitled], Sharon Greenaway , single work review
— Review of Super Guinea Pig Saves the World Udo Weigelt , 2008 single work picture book ;
(p. 30) Section: Beginner Readers
[Untitled], Chloe Mauger , single work review
— Review of Mending Lucille Jennifer Poulter , 2008 single work picture book ;
(p. 30) Section: Beginner Readers
[Untitled], Liz Derouet , single work review
— Review of Sunday Chutney Aaron Blabey , 2008 single work picture book ;
(p. 30) Section: Beginner Readers
[Review Essay] Teaching The Teacher, Annette Dale Meiklejohn , single work review
— Review of Teaching the Teacher Joan Van Loon , 2008 single work picture book ;
(p. 30) Section: Beginner Readers
[Review] The Two-Hearted Numbat, Tina Cavanough , single work review
— Review of The Two-Hearted Numbat Ambelin Kwaymullina , Ezekiel Kwaymullina , 2008 single work picture book ;
(p. 30) Section: Beginner Readers

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