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Issue Details: First known date: 1937... vol. 9 no. 4 15 April 1937 of All About Books est. 1928 All About Books
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Notes

  • Also includes meeting notes of a discussion by the John o' London's Literary Circle (Sydney Branch): 'Were William Shakespeare and Francis Bacon one and the same man?' (p.61)
  • 'All Sorts of Reading for Everyone' includes a long review of The Letters of Lenin by Elizabeth Hill and Doris Mudie.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1937 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
New Australian Books, Frederick T. Macartney , single work review
— Review of The Valley of the Sky Tarlton Rayment , 1937 single work novel ; The Third String T. Stuart Gurr , 1936 single work novel ; The Prime Minister : A Novel Richard Greenhill , 1937 single work novel ; (p. 53-55)
Proposed A. G. Stephens Memorial Volume, single work column
Announcement of and requests for subscription to Palmer's work on Stephens.
 (p. 57)
Outstanding New Publications and Best Sellers, single work column (p. 58)
Queensland Authors and Artists' Association [Meeting Report], single work column
List of readings and recitations from the meeting of 17 March 1937. Also included is the list of planned addresses for the year.
 (p. 59)
The Henry Lawson Memorial and Literary Society of Footscray [Meeting Report], J. C. Davies , single work column
At the meeting of March 17 a letter from the owner of lawson's boyhood home was read offering the holding for sale. E. J. Turner "a rising young portrait painter" recited a selection of 17 Australian poems.
 (p. 60-61)
Pilgrimage to Grave of Marcus Clark, single work column
Invitation to join the Lindsay Gordon Lovers' Society at the graves of Marcus Clark and Araluen Kendall. Includes detailed directions to the graveside.
 (p. 61)
One-Act Play Competition, single work column
Sheridan Dramatic Club announces a competition with monetary and performance prizes and with Maurice, Alexander and Mostyn Wright as the judges.
 (p. 61)
Fellowship of Australian Writers, Sydney [Meeting Report], Beverly Berry , single work column
Report of the March general meeting at which included an address on Pushkin by Hirsch Munz and of a dinner in Gimore's honour (24 March at Spindles) at which Inglis and Kelly spoke.
 (p. 61)
Australian Composers and Writers' Association, Melbourne [Meeting Report], Margaret Boyd , single work column
Report of the March meeting that featured Fielding's address 'Henry lawson and His Work' followed by recitations.
 (p. 62)
Australian Literature Society [Meeting Report], M. J. (fl. 1937) , single work column
Notes from the meeting of 15 March. A letter from Villiers (possibly when writing Cruise of the Conrad) in the United States was read. Presentations included 'The Trend of Australian Novels' by Mrs W. M. Peacock, 'The Novel and the Screen' by Tarlton Rayment, 'Where Australia Leads' (in the creation of light verse acoording to Montague Grover) and 'The Australian market for Writers' by Alan Marshall. Jago announced a new magazine to be produced in Sydney the scope of which would include "good fiction, verse of a high standard, and the work of black and white artists".
 (p. 62-63)
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