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Issue Details:
First known date:
2006...
no.
278
February
2006
of
Australian Book Review
est. 1961
Australian Book Review
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Includes an author index for Australian Book Review, nos.268-277, 2005.
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Major Announcement During Writers' Week,
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(p. 1)ABR reports on recent newsworthy events in the world of Australian literature including the death of Michael Thwaites.
- The Greengrocer's Strategy, single work correspondence (p. 4)
- Not So Fugitive, single work correspondence (p. 4)
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Ironic Tributes,
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correspondence
(p. 4)Dennis Altman suggests that Australia might afford better recognition of its writers by placing their images on postage stamps. He points out that Patrick White is, he suspects, the only Australian Nobel laureate not be represented on a stamp.
- Text Misses the Point, single work correspondence (p. 5)
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(Dis)missing the Point,
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(p. 5-6)Kerry Leves takes issue with Michael Sariban's description of Yve Louis's poem sequence 'The Green Hood' as 'an exercise in archaism'.
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Whipping Boy,
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correspondence
(p. 6)Ray Marginson corrects an error of attribution in Sir John Medley: A Memoir.
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Noni Durack's First Novel,
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correspondence
(p. 6)Christina Hill's review of Noni Durack's Beyond the Legend claimed it was Durack's first novel. Durack sets the record straight - her first novel was The Interloper (1961).
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An Intensified Bag of Tricks,
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review
— Review of The Universe Looks Down 2005 single work poetry ; (p. 9-10) - What it Feels Likei"It is two fathers punching each other in the footy sheds", single work poetry (p. 15)
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No Grown-Ups,
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— Review of The Wreck of the Batavia and Prosper 2005 selected work prose essay autobiography ; (p. 16) -
The Lacquer of Virtue,
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review
— Review of Timing Is Everything : A Life Backstage at the Opera 2005 single work autobiography ; (p. 24-25) -
An Image of Sound Waves,
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— Review of Dreams of Speaking 2006 single work novel ; (p. 26) -
A Woolly Romp,
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— Review of The Ballad of Desmond Kale 2005 single work novel ; (p. 27) -
History's Twists,
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— Review of The Summons 2006 single work novel ; (p. 28) -
Poetry and Obsession,
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— Review of The Poet : A Novella 2005 single work novella ; (p. 29) -
Unknown Quantities,
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review
— Review of The Best Australian Stories 2005 2005 anthology short story ; (p. 32) -
Taking Our Bearings,
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review
— Review of The Bone House 2005 selected work essay ; (p. 34-35) - Attention! Attention!i"Readers, listeners, watchers be warned,", single work poetry satire (p. 39)
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A Formal Life,
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— Review of One Brief Interval : A Memoir 2005 single work autobiography ; (p. 42)
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