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1 Melbourne Fringe Festival 2022 Daniel Herborn , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 15-21 October 2022;

'In the lively exhibition The Rest Is Up to You: Melbourne Fringe 1982-2062, a cacophony of voices across cabaret, circus, dance, comedy, theatre and beyond examine the festival’s 40-year history and speculate on the four decades to come. Co-curated by the festival and State Library Victoria, the hot pink walls, protest-style banners, punishingly loud audio and displays of ephemera – programs, photos, hand-copied promotional flyers – cohere into a surprisingly unified statement of intent.'(Introduction)   

1 Coasting Towards Perils Daniel Herborn , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 August 2016; (p. 18)

— Review of Troppo Madelaine Dickie , 2016 single work novel ; The Sound : A Novel Sarah Drummond , 2016 single work novel
1 Subtle Symmetries and Dark Mutterings Daniel Herborn , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 November 2016; (p. 26)

— Review of Goodwood Holly Throsby , 2016 single work novel
1 The Great Who Kept Us up with Play Daniel Herborn , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 13 December 2015; (p. 13)

— Review of Remembering Richie Richie Benaud , 2015 anthology autobiography biography
1 3 y separately published work icon You’re The Kind Of Girl I Write Songs About Daniel Herborn , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2015 8215416 2015 single work novel young adult

'Funny, sweet and beautifully depicted, YOU'RE THE KIND OF GIRL I WRITE SONGS ABOUT is a startlingly fresh voice from a very talented new author. Tim is repeating the HSC, but he's more into music than studying. He is juggling playing in a band with handing in assignments and the music is winning. Mandy is taking a year off before she starts uni. Her problem is she doesn't really know what she wants to study, so she's working (sort of) and even by her own admission spends too much watching daytime TV and drinking tea with best friend Alice, with the tea being an excuse for talking - lots. Tim and Mandy meet at a gig. The attraction is immediate, but they are both so shy and self-conscious, but over time they slowly, awkwardly, move toward each, meeting by coincidence, each unsure as to how the other feels. Set in the cafes pubs and dives of Sydney's Inner West YOU'RE THE KIND OF GIRL I WRITE SONGS ABOUT is a ballad to that time of your life when you are trying to work out who you are, what it is you want and what will it take to get you there.' (Publication summary)

1 Friendship across the Racial Divide Daniel Herborn , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 7 December 2014;

— Review of Nona & Me Clare Atkins , 2014 single work children's fiction
1 Disconnect Lingers beneath the Laughs Daniel Herborn , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 21 September 2014; (p. 16)

— Review of Analogue Men : A Novel Nick Earls , 2014 single work novel
1 Doing Time in Sydney's Courts Daniel Herborn , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Good Reading , August 2013; (p. 24-25)
'Some crime writers get into the genre only because they like reading true crime. But Michael Duffy has done the hard yards as a crime journalist, sitting around the waiting rooms of Sydney courts for many long hours and eavesdropping on the players in various felonies. He tells Daniel Herborn about his apprenticeship and his new novel.' (Publication summary)
1 POW Experience Casts a Long Shadow Daniel Herborn , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 15 December 2013; (p. 13) The Sunday Age , 15 December 2013; (p. 13)

— Review of The Narrow Road to the Deep North Richard Flanagan , 2013 single work novel
1 Men Haunted by Prophesies of Greatness Daniel Herborn , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 1 December 2013; (p. 13) The Sunday Age , 1 December 2013; (p. 13)

— Review of The Following Roger McDonald , 2013 single work novel
1 Court Drama Knocks the 1970s Suburban Idyll for Six Daniel Herborn , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 June 2013; (p. 13) The Sunday Age , 23 March 2013; (p. 14)

— Review of Me and Rory Macbeath Richard Beasley , 2013 single work novel
1 Jock Palfreeman's Bulgarian Tragedy Daniel Herborn , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 352 2013;

— Review of Every Parent's Nightmare : Jock Palfreeman and the True Story of His Father's Fight to Save Him from a Lifetime in a Bulgarian Jail Belinda Hawkins , Boryana Dzhambazova (translator), Nadejda Collins (translator), 2013 single work non-fiction
1 The Birth of a Grand Love Affair Daniel Herborn , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 19 May 2013; (p. 13)

— Review of Welcome to Your New Life Anna Goldsworthy , 2013 single work autobiography
1 True Crime : Eugenia Daniel Herborn , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 14 October 2012; (p. 14)

— Review of Eugenia : A True Story of Adversity, Tragedy, Crime and Courage Mark Tedeschi , 2012 single work biography
1 Trapped in a Woman's Body in a Man's Justice System Daniel Herborn , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 7 October 2012; (p. 15)

— Review of Eugenia : A True Story of Adversity, Tragedy, Crime and Courage Mark Tedeschi , 2012 single work biography
1 Just Say the Word, Your Majesty Daniel Herborn , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 3 April 2011; (p. 7)

— Review of The King's Speech : How One Man Saved the British Monarchy Mark Logue , Peter Conradi , 2010 single work biography
1 Pleasures and Puzzles of Life in an Enigmatic Country Daniel Herborn , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 27 March 2011; (p. 7)

— Review of No Chopsticks Required : My Family's Unexpected Year in Shanghai Katrina Beikoff , 2011 single work autobiography
1 Mel's Brother Tells a Bloated Tale Daniel Herborn , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 7 November 2010; (p. 9)

— Review of Memoirs of a Fat Bastard Chris Gibson , 2010 single work autobiography
1 Fast and Fearsome Daniel Herborn , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 25 October 2009; (p. 13)

— Review of Thommo Speaks Out : The Authorised Biography of Jeff Thomson Ashley Mallett , 2009 single work biography
1 A Wild Colonial Saga Daniel Herborn , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 13 September 2009; (p. 13)

— Review of Ironbark Johanna Nicholls , 2009 single work novel
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