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Issue Details:
First known date:
2009...
no.
308
February
2009
of
Australian Book Review
est. 1961
Australian Book Review
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Includes index for issues 298 to 307 (2007).
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- 'The Goddess Is Smiling', single work obituary (p. 1)
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The Past Is in Scotland,
single work
correspondence
(p. 4)Responding to Christina Hills' review of Peter Goldworthy's Everything I Knew, Elizabeth Lawson notes links in Goldsworthy's writing to John Shaw Neilson and Robert Burns.
- Harold Larwood No Yorkshireman, single work correspondence (p. 4)
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The Darting Tongue,
single work
review
— Review of Stella Miles Franklin 2008 single work biography ; (p. 7-9) -
Elegance of Pen,
single work
review
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2008 2008 anthology essay ; (p. 11-12) -
A Fortunate Life,
single work
review
— Review of Gough Whitlam : A Moment in History : The Biography. Volume 1 2008 single work biography ; (p. 13-15) -
A Believer in Politics,
single work
review
— Review of Father of the House : The Memoirs of Kim E. Beazley 2009 single work autobiography ; (p. 16-17) -
Till Dreams Do Falter
'Ukulula': Obama-Euphoria in Lancashire,
single work
column
(p. 26-27)Peter Goldsworthy attends his son's African wedding in the United Kingdom shortly after Barack Obama's election as President of the USA.
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Subtly Audacious,
single work
review
— Review of Butterfly 2009 single work novel ; (p. 28) -
Novel of Hard Knocks,
single work
review
— Review of Une Femme en Marche 2007 single work novel ; (p. 29) -
Curious Misfit,
single work
review
— Review of Lemniscate 2008 single work novel ; (p. 30) -
[Review] The Shallow End,
single work
review
— Review of The Shallow End 2008 single work novel ; (p. 31) -
[Review] The Great Arch,
single work
review
— Review of The Great Arch 2008 single work novel ; (p. 31) -
[Review] Everything Beautiful,
single work
review
— Review of Everything Beautiful 2008 single work novel ; (p. 31) -
Always Her Father's Daughter,
single work
review
— Review of Nobody's Valentine : Letters in the Life of Valentine Alexa Leeper, 1900-2001 2008 selected work correspondence ; (p. 32-33) -
Subject in Situ,
single work
review
— Review of Je Suis Australienne: Remarkable Women in France, 1880-1945 2008 anthology biography ; (p. 34-35) -
Traveli"Waiting on a reeking strange",
single work
poetry
(p. 35)
Note: A typographical error appears in this version of the poem: 'shimmying-up-the-mask' should read 'shimmying-up-the-mast'. The error is noted in a letter to the editor in the March 2009 issue of Australian Book Review.
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Morning Talk,
single work
review
— Review of Talking with Margaret Throsby 2008 anthology interview ; (p. 40) -
Against the Trend,
single work
review
— Review of The SBS Story : The Challenge of Cultural Diversity 2008 single work prose ; (p. 41-42) -
Plenitudes of Meaning,
single work
review
— Review of In the Vernacular : A Generation of Australian Culture and Controversy 2008 selected work essay ; (p. 44)
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