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1 Nathan Hobby : The Red Witch: A Biography of Katharine Susannah Prichard Kathy Gollan , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , August 2022;
— Review of The Red Witch : A Biography of Katharine Susannah Prichard Nathan Hobby , 2022 single work biography 'Nathan Hobby explores the life of one of Australia’s most controversial writers.'
1 Jacqueline Kent : Vida : A Woman for Our Time Kathy Gollan , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , September 2020;
— Review of Vida : A Woman for Our Time Jacqueline Kent , 2020 single work biography

'In this new biography Jacqueline Kent chronicles the life of political trail-blazer Vida Goldstein and finds parallels with politics today.'
1 Anne Scrimgeour : On Red Earth Walking: The Pilbara Aboriginal Strike, Western Australia 1946–1949 Kathy Gollan , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , April 2020;
— Review of On Red Earth Walking : The Pilbara Aboriginal Strike, Western Australia 1946–1949 Anne Scrimgeour , 2020 multi chapter work criticism

'Anne Scrimgeour’s history of the Pilbara Aboriginal Strike recounts a pivotal moment in Australian history when white pastoralists had to start paying their Aboriginal workers.' (Introduction)
1 Henry Reynolds : This Whispering in Our Hearts Revisited Kathy Gollan , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , October 2018;

'In this book Henry Reynolds shows that today’s white activists for justice for Indigenous people are inheritors of a long tradition.'   (Introduction)

1 Alexis Wright : Tracker Kathy Gollan , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , June 2018;

'In Tracker (winner of the 2018 Stella Prize), hundreds of stories are told to build up the portrait of an immensely complex and gifted man.' (Introduction)
1 Manal Al-Sharif : Daring to Drive: The Young Saudi Woman Who Stood up to a Kingdom of Men Kathy Gollan , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , January 2018;

'One of the pleasures of al-Sharif’s book is the insight it gives into how women negotiate their way through chinks in the wall of oppression.'
1 Stan Grant : Talking to My Country Kathy Gollan , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2016;
— Review of Talking to My Country : The Book That Every Australian Should Read Stan Grant , 2016 single work criticism
1 Michael Mori : In the Company of Cowards Kathy Gollan , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , January 2015;
— Review of In the Company of Cowards Michael Mori , 2014 single work autobiography
1 David Malouf : A First Place Kathy Gollan , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2014;
— Review of A First Place David Malouf , 2014 selected work prose essay 'David Malouf’s absorbing essays, full of erudition and with his trademark lucid prose, engage with the troubled issue of Australian identity.'
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