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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 27-28 May 2006 of The Australian est. 1964 The Weekend Australian
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
[Review] Swallow the Air and Some Rough Diamonds Are Best Left Unpolished, Madonna Duffy , single work correspondence
Madonna Duffy, managing editor at University of Queensland Press, takes issue with some of the claims made by Kathy Hunt in Hunt's review of Swallow the Air. Duffy states that '[t]his is not just an issue of a reviewer passing comment on an editorial process to which she was not privy; it is also a case of ill-informed assumptions about the nature of indigenous writing and what it should or shouldn't be.'
(p. 2) Section: Review
Top End Tales, Nicolas Rothwell , single work criticism
Rothwell discusses a range of Australian films in which Aborigines have been depicted. He focuses particularly on Rolf de Heer's Ten Canoes and Kim McKenzie's documentary, Fragments of the Owl's Egg.
(p. 4-6)
How To Become a Writer, Frank Moorhouse , single work criticism
Editor's note: 'Frank Moorhouse investigates whether new pathways for learner writers are a trail ... or a trial.'
(p. 10) Section: Review
Kids' Lit, Jodie Minus , single work review
— Review of Bye, Beautiful Julia Lawrinson , 2006 single work novel ; Bird and Sugar Boy Sofie Laguna , 2006 single work children's fiction ; Kaito's Cloth Glenda Millard , 2006 single work picture book ; The Boy Who Built the Boat Ross Mueller , 2006 single work picture book ;
(p. 12) Section: Review
Other Voices, Tony Maniaty , single work review
— Review of Poinciana Jane Turner Goldsmith , 2006 single work novel ; Pearls Colin Falconer , 2006 single work novel ; On a Wing and a Prayer Peter Bensley , 2006 single work novel ;
(p. 14) Section: Review
On the Hunt for Love, Helen Elliott , single work review
— Review of Landscape with Animals Cameron S. Redfern , 2006 single work novel ;
(p. 14-15) Section: Review
Macabre, Black-Edged Satire Dissects Life's Absurdities, Kerryn Goldsworthy , single work review
— Review of The Coroner's Lunch Colin Cotterill , 2004 single work novel ;
(p. 14-15) Section: Review
Tragedy with Accent on Seedy Sydney, Patricia Anderson , single work review
— Review of The Corner of Your Eye Kate Lyons , 2006 single work novel ;
(p. 15) Section: Review
The Showman, Miriam Cosic , single work biography (p. 16-17) Section: Review
When Love Is the Drug, Evan Williams , single work review
— Review of Candy Luke Davies , Neil Armfield , 2006 single work film/TV ;
(p. 23) Section: Review

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