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y separately published work icon The Simple Act of Reading anthology   essay  
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 The Simple Act of Reading
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Random House Australia , 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Debra Adelaide , single work essay (p. 1-4)
Letters from Herge The Famous Penpal Herge and Me, Luke Davies , single work autobiography
'As a child, Australian author Luke Davies' empathy with fictional teen reporter Tintin led to a special relationship with Herge, the Belgian artist who created him. They became pen pals and Davies so treasured the letters and cards he still has them 40 years on. Here Davies recalls the dizzying boyhood excitement of each delivery and how the joys and dreams they sparked forged his later creative life.' (p. 12)
 (p. 7-13)
A Phone Call to Helen Garner, Tegan Bennett Daylight , single work column
'Tegan Bennett Daylight celebrates the acclaimed and often controversial author on the eve of her 70th birthday' (18).
 (p. 25-30)
Books Are Dangerous, Kate Forsyth , single work essay (p. 33-38)
Reading and Secrets, Giulia Giuffre , single work essay (p. 41-56)
Wessex, Carrie Tiffany , single work essay (p. 59-65)
This Is Your Life, Malcolm Knox , single work essay (p. 67-73)
I Will Tell You Something, Fiona McFarlane , single work essay (p. 74-80)
A Place of Possibilities, Jill Jones , single work essay (p. 83-91)
The Only Russian in Sydney, single work essay (p. 93-97)
Not All Writers Began as Readers, Anita Heiss , single work essay (p. 99-106)
Reading the Signs, David Malouf , single work essay (p. 109-116)
In Your Dreams, Sunil Badami , single work essay (p. 119-132)
The Not so Simple Act of (Collaborative) Reading, Gabrielle Carey , single work essay (p. 135-143)
Far Enough : The Perculiar World of the Plains, Wayne Macauley , single work essay (p. 145-150)
The Tower, Debra Adelaide , single work essay (p. 153-163)
Eleanor Reads Emma, Gail Jones , single work short story (p. 165-173)
A Native in the Land of Reading, Catherine Keenan , single work essay (p. 175-180)
Snip!Snap!Snip! Or, Merry Stories and Funny Pictures : How Reading Shaped My Writing, Andy Griffiths , single work essay (p. 183-190)
'This Stuff Tastes of Window' : Reading as a Writer, Delia Falconer , single work essay (p. 193-199)
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