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Because of war-time restrictions, Angry Penguins (without a periodical licence) could only be published annually. As an alternative, the Angry Penguins Broadsheet appeared for ten issues during 1946, edited by Max Harris, James McGuire and Sidney Nolan. The Angry Penguins Broadsheet published work by foreign authors such as Dylan Thomas, Henry Miller and Jean-Paul Sartre, asserting the same international focus that appeared in the annual. Supporting the avant garde modernist stance of Angry Penguins, the aim of the broadsheet was strongly stated in the first issue: 'It is . . . the function of this broadsheet to attack bad art on the one hand and to attack those debased values in the community which demand and perpetuate bad art.' To achieve this aim, each issue contained reviews of books, theatre, cinema, visual arts and music sometimes gathered under the title 'The Critical Eye'. The selections of poetry were dominated by overseas authors, but Harris and McGuire made several contributions. When war-time restrictions were lifted on 1 March 1946, Angry Penguins was to appear quarterly, but the July issue of 1946 was the last. The Angry Penguins Broadsheet also faltered, ending its run in December 1946 (this issue edited by Harris and Harry Roskolenko) after issues failed to appear in October and November.

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y separately published work icon Max Harris : With Reason, Without Rhyme Betty Snowden , North Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2015 8454339 2015 single work biography

'Max Harris, Adelaide born writer, poet, critic, bookseller and newspaper columnist, who is widely known as the victim of the Ern Malley hoax and for founding the literary journal Angry Penguins. Max deserves to be acknowledged for much more than this. Angry Penguins only took up six years of his life. The hoax and subsequent obscenity trial were humiliating, but he learnt from them, regained his confidence and went on to become one of the most significant figures in Australian literary and art modernism. Max had a regular column in the Australian which was widely read, and his later important journals, Australian Letters and Australian Book Review were leading journals in their field. He pioneered many aspects of bookselling and publishing. Max was an inspirational figure …' (Publisher's Website)

The Athens of the South Alison Broinowski , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Adelaide : A Literary City 2014; (p. 147-161)
Reed and Harris: Publishers of the Avant-Garde Brian Lloyd , 1999 single work biography
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , Spring no. 64 1999; (p. 33-44)
Editorial 1946 single work prose
— Appears in: Angry Penguins Broadsheet , no. 1 1946; (p. 2-3)
This editorial outlines the Broadsheet's agenda to publish creative material and to address the need for a 'publication that meets cultural issues as they arrive'.
Californian Commentary George Leite , 1946 single work review
— Appears in: Angry Penguins Broadsheet , no. 3 1946; (p. 15)

— Review of Angry Penguins Broadsheet 1946 periodical (10 issues)
Californian Commentary George Leite , 1946 single work review
— Appears in: Angry Penguins Broadsheet , no. 3 1946; (p. 15)

— Review of Angry Penguins Broadsheet 1946 periodical (10 issues)
Editorial 1946 single work prose
— Appears in: Angry Penguins Broadsheet , no. 1 1946; (p. 2-3)
This editorial outlines the Broadsheet's agenda to publish creative material and to address the need for a 'publication that meets cultural issues as they arrive'.
Reed and Harris: Publishers of the Avant-Garde Brian Lloyd , 1999 single work biography
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , Spring no. 64 1999; (p. 33-44)
The Athens of the South Alison Broinowski , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Adelaide : A Literary City 2014; (p. 147-161)
y separately published work icon Max Harris : With Reason, Without Rhyme Betty Snowden , North Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2015 8454339 2015 single work biography

'Max Harris, Adelaide born writer, poet, critic, bookseller and newspaper columnist, who is widely known as the victim of the Ern Malley hoax and for founding the literary journal Angry Penguins. Max deserves to be acknowledged for much more than this. Angry Penguins only took up six years of his life. The hoax and subsequent obscenity trial were humiliating, but he learnt from them, regained his confidence and went on to become one of the most significant figures in Australian literary and art modernism. Max had a regular column in the Australian which was widely read, and his later important journals, Australian Letters and Australian Book Review were leading journals in their field. He pioneered many aspects of bookselling and publishing. Max was an inspirational figure …' (Publisher's Website)

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Frequency:
Monthly
Range:
Jan to Dec 1946; (publication suspended October and November).
Size:
25cm, app. 16 pages
Price:
1 shilling
Note:
A supplement to Angry Penguins, ten issues were produced.
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