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Alternative title:
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Issue Details:
First known date:
2003...
no.
250
April
2003
of
Australian Book Review
est. 1961
Australian Book Review
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* Contents derived from the 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Brett's T-Shirt,
single work
correspondence
(p. 4)Gemes rues the lack of accuracy, depth and appropriate acknowledgements in Black and Whiteley : Barry Dickins in Search of Brett and suggests shortcomings in Edwina Preston's review of this work.
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Missing Victim,
single work
correspondence
(p. 4)Nowra comments on the process of writing the screenplay for Black and White, his own feelings about the death of Mary Hattan and the subsequent trial of Max Stuart, and changes to his original script made by the director and producer.
- Where the Sea Meets the Deserti"Antony and Cleopatra swam at Mersa Matruh", single work poetry (p. 19)
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Resolution Was All,
single work
review
— Review of One Fourteenth of an Elephant : A Memoir of Life and Death on the Burma-Thailand Railway 2003 single work autobiography ; If This Should be Farewell : A Family Separated by War : The Journal and Letters of Ernest and Mary Hodgkin, 1942-1945 2003 selected work autobiography correspondence diary ; (p. 21-22) - In Town for the Marchi"Today in Castlereagh Street I", single work poetry (p. 22)
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The Oily Ratbag and the Recycled Waratah: Early Years of ABR,
single work
criticism
(p. 23-24)Goldsworthy recalls the earliest issues of Australian Book Review from the era 1961-1973 (prior to the journal's publishing hiatus and its revival in 1978).
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Dredging It Up,
single work
review
— Review of The Secrets Behind My Smile 2002 single work autobiography ; Kerryn & Jackie : The Shared Life of Kerryn Phelps and Jackie Stricker 2002 single work biography ; (p. 25-26) -
Sounding-Boards of the Heart,
single work
review
— Review of Wings of the Kite-Hawk 2003 single work autobiography ; (p. 27) -
A Dark Quilt,
single work
review
— Review of The Thirteenth Night : A Mother's Story 2003 single work autobiography ; Something More Wonderful : A True Story 2003 single work autobiography ; (p. 28-29) -
The Language of a Private World,
single work
essay
(p. 30-35)Bishop canvasses a range of writers and composers from the eighteenth to the twentieth century whom he considers to have produced great works. He places particular emphasis on Pushkin, Schopenhauer and Stravinsky.
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Frantic Swans,
single work
review
— Review of Swan Bay : A Novel of Destiny, Desire and Death 2003 single work novel ; (p. 36) -
Getting to the Point,
single work
review
— Review of The Point 2003 single work novel ; (p. 37) -
Pastiche, Not a Homage,
single work
review
— Review of The Lamplighter 2003 single work novel ; (p. 38) -
Look, No Snipers,
single work
review
— Review of Mahjar : A Novel 2003 single work novel ; (p. 39) -
Archangels of Evolution,
single work
review
— Review of All This Is So 2002 single work novel ; (p. 40) - Codai"when life says shut", single work poetry (p. 41)
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Being There,
single work
review
— Review of Mangroves 2003 selected work poetry ; (p. 42) -
No Time to Waste,
single work
review
— Review of Poems For America : New Poems 2002 selected work poetry ; (p. 43) -
Tendering the Cup,
single work
review
— Review of Gwen Harwood : Collected Poems 1943-1995 2003 collected work poetry ; (p. 44-45) - The Awful Truthi"Despite the vast data at hand", single work poetry (p. 45)
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