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2017...
18 February
2017
of
The Weekend Australian
est. 1977
The Weekend Australian
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* Contents derived from the 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Not-so-Demure Mrs Kelly,
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(p. 5) Section: Review'Ned Kelly is our most heavily mythologised outlaw, but what about his mother, Ellen Kelly? Grantlee Kieza’s new biography, Mrs Kelly: The Astonishing Life of Ned Kelly’s Mother, contends that the woman who gave birth to the celebrated yet polarising bandit has largely been overlooked, despite her eventful life.' (Introduction)
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Activist’s Writing at Odds with Islam Claims,
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(p. 10) Section: The Nation'Activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied contradicted her own statement that Islam is “the most feminist religion” in her book in which she quotes the Koran as commanding women to wear a head covering so that they would be “decent”.' (Introduction)
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Poetic Probing of the Big Issues,
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(p. 18) Section: Review'Fifty years into his writing career, David Ireland is not seeking closure, writes Ed Wright.'
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Portrait of a Serial Collaborator,
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(p. 19) Section: Review'As Joyce Morgan points out in her spirited and incisive biography of Martin Sharp, “biography does not take shape without great generosity, surprising encounters, memorable conversations and a dash of good luck”. She might have added ‘‘coincidence’’.' (Introduction)
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Living with the Consequences,
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(p. 22) Section: Review'Nova Weetman has audaciously structured her story about two 15-year-olds who have killed a man in Everything is Changed (UQP, 272pp, $19.95) by telling it backwards. Clues unfurl about what happened in this tightly written psychological drama, culminating in the night everything changed.' (Introduction)
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