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Issue Details:
First known date:
2011...
no.
335
October
2011
of
Australian Book Review
est. 1961
Australian Book Review
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Contents
* Contents derived from the 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Advances,
single work
column
A column canvassing current literary news including the list of shortlisted and commended authors in the inaugural ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. 'Advances' also comments on Paul Kelly's article, 'Howard's Phantom Toast to Menzies', Weekend Australian, 17-28 September 2011.
(Note: the ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize was previously called the ABR Short Story Competition.)
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Declaring an Interest,
single work
correspondence
John Thompson argues that ABR, in publishing Paul Brunton's review of Eileen Chanin's Book Life: The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836-1907, should have ackowledged Brunton's association with the Mitchell collections of the State Library of New South Wales. Thompson says: 'I think readers of ABR should be alerted to any special interest which either colours a review or which adds substantial value both to commentary and to wider critical debate'.
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Paul Brunton Replies:,
single work
correspondence
Paul Brunton replies to John Thomspon's assertion that readers of ABR should have been alerted to Brunton's association with the State Library of New South Wales's Mitchell collection when Brunton reviewed Eileen Chanin's Book Life: The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836-1907.
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Rustling,
single work
correspondence
Gabrielle Wang disputes statements pertaining to the historical record made in Ruth Starke's review of Wang's Meet Poppy.
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A Space of Its Own Creation,
single work
review
— Review of Autumn Laing 2011 single work novel ; (p. 9-10) -
Bearing Witness,
single work
review
— Review of All That I Am 2011 single work novel ; (p. 11) -
Cliffs and Ridges,
single work
review
— Review of Sarah Thornhill 2011 single work novel ; (p. 12-13) -
Claws Out for a Writing Career,
single work
criticism
'Chris Flynn surveys the publishing options for literary novelists in today's "box-office" fiction landscape, and questions writers Peter Carey, Sophie Cunningham, Nick Earls, and Mardi McConnochie on the topic.' (Editor's abstract)Note: port. (Peter Carey)
- The Neighbour's Beans, single work short story (p. 19-22)
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A Sentimental Bloke,
single work
review
— Review of After Romulus 2011 single work autobiography ; (p. 23-24) -
Ripe for Rediscovery,
single work
column
Margaret Harris champions 'the recent reissuing of "writer's writer" Christina Stead's transnational novel The Man Who Loved Children'. In particular, Harris focuses on Jonathan Franzen's interest in the novel and his introduction to the 2011 Miegunyah Modern Library edition.Note: port. (Christina Stead)
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Reading Letty Fox in 2011,
single work
column
Fiona Morrison champions 'the recent reissuing of "writer’s writer" Christina Stead's transnational novel Letty Fox: Her Luck'.
- Before He Left the Family, single work short story (p. 29-32)
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The Apple of His Eye,
single work
review
— Review of Letters to My Daughter : Robert Menzies, Letters, 1955-1975 2011 selected work correspondence ; (p. 33-34) -
Don's Conundrum,
single work
review
— Review of Adelaide 2011 single work prose ; (p. 35, 36) -
[Review] Meanjin Vol. 70 No. 3 Spring 2011,
single work
review
— Review of Meanjin vol. 70 no. 3 Spring 2011 periodical issue ; (p. 35) -
Morphine Moments,
single work
review
— Review of The Eye of the Storm 2011 single work film/TV ; (p. 39) -
2048,
Bruce Mutard
(illustrator),
single work
short story
science fiction
(p. 41-44)
Note: illus.
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What Happened Here,
single work
review
— Review of The Street Sweeper 2011 single work novel ; (p. 45-46) -
Rainbow's End,
single work
review
— Review of Jack and Jill 1978 single work novel ; (p. 47)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Pick of the Week
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 22 October 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of Australian Book Review no. 335 October 2011 periodical issue
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Pick of the Week
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 22 October 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of Australian Book Review no. 335 October 2011 periodical issue
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