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1 Bite Your Tongue by Francesca Rendle-Short Bronwyn Lacken , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 9 no. 1 2015;

— Review of Bite Your Tongue Francesca Rendle-Short , 2008 single work novel
1 Review : Fish-Hair Woman Bronwyn Lacken , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 8 no. 2 2014;

— Review of Fish-Hair Woman Merlinda Bobis , 2012 single work novel
1 Review : Republics of Letters : Literary Communities in Australia Bronwyn Lacken , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 8 no. 4 2014;

— Review of Republics of Letters : Literary Communities in Australia 2012 anthology criticism
1 The Longing for Nostalgia : Reimagining Post-War Childhood in Murray Bail’s Short Stories Bronwyn Lacken , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Studies , vol. 5 no. 2014;

'Australian author Murray Bail is best known for his experimental short stories from the 1970s; however, throughout his writing career he has published many other stories that have not always received the same degree of critical attention. This article focuses on three short stories by Bail published in 1969, 1979 and 1995 respectively and explores the links between them. All set in post-war Australia, the stories focus on the lives of young male protagonists struggling with the transition between childhood and adulthood. Bail often focuses on seemingly minor events in the characters’ lives that change in meaning throughout the course of the story, so that each protagonist takes a journey from innocence to experience. New adult understandings of everyday activities inevitably begin to invade the protagonists’ consciousnesses, leading to feelings of loss and nostalgia for a past that can never be recovered.' (Publication abstract)

1 Review : Out of the Box and Valence Bronwyn Lacken , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 8 no. 1 2014;

— Review of Out of the Box : Contemporary Australian Gay and Lesbian Poets 2009 anthology poetry ; Valence : Considering War through Poetry and Theory Susan Hawthorne , 2011 single work poetry
1 [Review Essay] Sarah Thornhill Bronwyn Lacken , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 7 no. 2 2013;

— Review of Sarah Thornhill Kate Grenville , 2011 single work novel
1 [Untitled] Bronwyn Lacken , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 28 no. 3 2013; (p. 98-99)

— Review of The Experimental Fiction of Murray Bail Michael Ackland , 2012 multi chapter work criticism
1 [Untitled] Bronwyn Lacken , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 7 no. 5 2013;

— Review of The Postcolonial Eye : White Australian Desire and the Visual Field of Race Alison Ravenscroft , 2012 single work criticism
1 The Swarm by Andy Kissane Bronwyn Lacken , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 7 no. 4 2013;

— Review of The Swarm Andy Kissane , 2012 selected work short story
1 [Untitled] Bronwyn Lacken , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 7 no. 3

— Review of I'm the One That Know This Country! : The Story of Jessie Lennon and Coober Pedy Jessie Lennon , 2000 single work autobiography
1 [Review] Gatherers and Hunters : Stories Bronwyn Lacken , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 6 no. 4 2012;

— Review of Gatherers and Hunters : Stories Thomas Shapcott , 2010 selected work short story novella
1 Notes on the Early Unpublished Manuscripts of Peter Carey Bronwyn Lacken , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 25 no. 3 2010; (p. 65-68)
Lacken discusses manuscripts of early works by Peter Carey: three unpublished novels - 'Wog', 'The Futility Machine', 'Adventures aboard the Marie Celeste' - and a collection of short stories - 'Slides for a Magic Lantern Show'.
1 Under Twenty-Five and the 'Lost' Stories of Murray Bail and Peter Carey Bronwyn Lacken , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 25 no. 3 2010; (p. 61-64)
Lacken explores early uncollected stories by Carey and Bail, published in the anthology Under Twenty-Five, and assesses their significance in the development of the two writers.
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