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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 28-29 April 2012 of The Sydney Morning Herald est. 1842 The Sydney Morning Herald
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* Contents derived from the 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Phone Call to Critic a Prize Mistake The Prize That Wasn't Leaves Bearer of Gifts Eating His Words, Jason Steger , single work column
Jason Steger reports that James Ley was inadvertently contacted by Roland Gridiger, chairman of the Geraldine Pascall Foundation, to inform Ley that he had won the 2012 Geraldine Pascall Prize for Literary Writing. Gridiger phoned Ley to apologise for the mistake as soon as it was discovered.
 (p. 5)
Note: With title: Phone Call to Critic a Prize Mistake
New Directions, Simon Stone (interviewer), Emily Barclay (interviewer), single work interview
An interview between director Simon Stone and British actor Emily Barclay. (The interview was conducted prior to the 2012 Sydney opening of Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude, directed by Stone and starring Barclay.)
 (p. 6-7) Section: Spectrum
Note: port. (Simon Stone and Emily Barclay)
Armchair Journey, Bruce Elder , single work review
— Review of King of the Outback Bill King , 2011 single work autobiography ; (p. 7) Section: Traveller
The Wrong Side of Headlines, Damien Murphy , single work column
Damien Murphy reports on a television story, aired by Channel Nine's A Current Affair program, of an alleged affair between Clive James and Australian woman Leanne Edelsten.
 (p. 26)
Note: col. port. (Clive James and Leanne Edelsten)
Susan Swingler The Jolley Deception, Susan Wyndham , single work column (p. 30-31) Section: Spectrum
Note:
  • With title: Susan Swingler
  • col. port. (Susan Swingler)
Such Wasted Potential, Cut Down by Imperial Idealism Tales of Talents Lost, Eileen Chanin , single work review
— Review of Farewell, Dear People : Biographies of Australia's Lost Generation Ross McMullin , 2012 selected work biography ; (p. 30-31) Section: Spectrum
Note: With title: Such Wasted Potential, Cut Down by Imperial Idealism
Undercover, Susan Wyndham , single work column

A column canvassing current literary news including a report on changes to the judging criteria for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Susan Wyndham writes that the award trustees have updated the interpretation of Franklin's requirement that the winning book 'present Australian life in any of its phases'. Judges may now use their discretion to modernise the definition of 'Australianness'.

Wyndham also notes Chris Andrews's win in the UK Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize for his collection 'Lime Green Chair', and she highlights Text Publishing's new Australian classics list.

 (p. 31) Section: Spectrum
Pick of the Week, Kerryn Goldsworthy , single work review
— Review of Floundering Romy Ash , 2012 single work novel ; (p. 34) Section: Spectrum
From Polls to the Poles, Garry Maddox , single work review
— Review of Pole to Pole : One Man, 20 Million Steps Pat Farmer , 2012 single work diary ; (p. 35) Section: Spectrum
In Short : Nonfiction, Bruce Elder , single work review
— Review of Class Act : A Life of Creighton Burns John Tidey , 2012 single work biography ; (p. 35) Section: Spectrum
Australia's 'Twitterverse' Explored, John Huxley , single work review
— Review of A Steady Hand : Governor Hunter and ​His First Fleet Sketchbook Linda Groom , 2012 single work biography ; Mr J W Lewin : Painter & Naturalist Richard Neville , 2012 single work biography ; (p. 37) Section: Spectrum
Note: col. illus.
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