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1 'A Writing Life : Helen Garner and Her Work' by Bernadette Brennan Jan McGuinness , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 391 2017; 'Who is the I in Helen Garner’s work? This is the question Bernadette Brennan probes by canvassing more than forty years of Garner’s writing and her seventy-four-year existence. It is the proposition Garner’s fans and critics are most exercised by, although some presume to know the answer by reading her fiction as autobiography and her non-fiction as personal opinion.' (Introduction)
1 Vivid Wordsmith Jan McGuinness , 2016 single work review essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 386 2016; (p. 63) 'In his introduction to Bob Ellis: In his own words, Bob’s son Jack says of his father that ‘writing was his reason for being ... and through his writing he saw himself in conversation with the world’. That conversation stopped on 3 April 2016 with Ellis’s death from neuroendocrine cancer. He was seventy-three. For devotees or those merely curious about his life and times, the conversation continues in the pages of this book compiled by his wife and companion of fifty years, Anne Brooksbank.' (Introduction)
1 Cleaning Up Jan McGuinness , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 10 September 2016; 'Working night shift at a Melbourne cinema, Anna Snoekstra dared to dream. Now, her debut novel has caught the attention of Hollywood.'
1 Being Bob Ellis Jan McGuinness , 2016 single work biography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 75 no. 3 2016; (p. 120-127) 'When Bob Ellis died on 3 April Australia lost its most engaging provocateur. The Labor Party lost the truest of its true believers, the description Ellis coined in 1988 to entitle a miniseries he wrote about the party's history. A decade later he was attracting attention over the pulping of his book Goodbye Jerusalem. Tony Abbott, Peter Costello and their spouses claimed to have been defamed, and then there was the fathering of a baby to scriptwriter Amanda Long, the sum of it sufficient to inspire the cover story in a national magazine. Sadly that magazine folded in the very week of May 2000 when the Ellis story was to appear and it was never published. Its author Jan McGuinness reprises that lost tale here, a time capsule for perhaps the last Australian scallywag, profiled at the height of hes powers.' (Introduction)
1 The Transit of Shirley Hazzard Jan McGuinness , 2014 single work biography
— Appears in: Shirley Hazzard : New Critical Essays 2014; (p. 123-136)
1 The Persistence of Memory Jan McGuinness , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 6-12 December 2014; (p. 18-19) 'He failed English Literature at Geelong Grammer, but the long-time New York resident became a world-renowned man of letters and has twice won the Booker Proze. Peter Carey's latest novel, Amnesia, provides further evidence he will never forget where he came from. '
1 Sonya Hartnett's Pursuit of Happiness Jan McGuinness , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 18 October 2014;
1 Andrea Goldsmith on Memory Jan McGuinness , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 351 2013;
— Review of The Memory Trap Andrea Goldsmith , 2013 single work novel
1 'Nothing Will Stand in the Way of That. Nothing.' Jan McGuinness , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 346 2012; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Gina Rinehart : The Untold Story of the Richest Woman in the World Adele Ferguson , 2012 single work biography ; The House of Hancock : The Rise and Rise of Gina Rinehart Debi Marshall , 2012 single work biography
1 Guthrie’s Umbrage: The Former Murdoch Editor Settles Old Scores Jan McGuinness , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2010 - January 2011 no. 327 2010; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Man Bites Murdoch : Four Decades in Print, Six Days in Court Bruce Guthrie , 2010 single work autobiography
1 Taking a Bite from the Big Apple Jan McGuinness , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 31 January 2009; (p. 26-27) Jan McGuinness, chairwoman of the Melbourne Writers Festival, travels to New York in search of writers for the Festival. While there, she meets with Shirley Hazzard.
1 The Next Chapter Jan McGuinness , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 13 August 2005; (p. 3) It is becoming harder to lure top writers to attend literary festivals in Australia. Jan McGuinness looks back over the past 20 years of The Age Melbourne Literary Festival.
1 [Untitled Review] [Australian Book Review, November 1997] Jan McGuinness , 1997 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 196 1997; (p. 5-6)
1 In Black and White Jan McGuinness , 1991 single work biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 12 February vol. 113 no. 5756 1991; (p. 17)
1 The Bob and Hilary Showdown Jan McGuinness , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 December-2 January (1989-1990) 1989; (p. 177-178)
1 Literary Prizes Galore Jan McGuinness , 1987 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 August vol. 109 no. 5584 1987; (p. 118)
1 The Melbourne Culturati Erect a Sound Barrier Jan McGuinness , 1987 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 31 March vol. 109 no. 5563 1987; (p. 34)
1 Under the Covers : A Boost for Australian Book Sales in America Jan McGuinness , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: National Times on Sunday , 28 September 1986; (p. 38)
— Review of Little Brother Allan Baillie , 1985 single work children's fiction
1 y separately published work icon Tabloid Story no. [34] April Laurie Clancy (editor), Jan McGuinness (editor), Susan McCulloch (editor), 1980 Z1251245 1980 periodical issue
1 y separately published work icon Tabloid Story no. 33 March Susan McCulloch (editor), Jan McGuinness (editor), Laurie Clancy (editor), 1980 Z1251236 1980 periodical issue
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