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Issue Details: First known date: 1932... vol. 4 no. 1 15 January 1932 of All About Books est. 1928 All About Books
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Notes

  • On cover: Special Feature - Books on Russia. Issue includes a summary of books on Russia by H. J. Henley.
  • Alan Fraser reviews a biography of George Bernard Shaw and works by Arnold Bennett and Robert Hichens.
  • The section 'Shorter Reviews and Notes' also includes a brief review of Adam Sadler's Rogues in which the protagonist poses as an 'Australian crook'.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1932 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Russia Through Its Novelists, Nettie Palmer , single work criticism (p. 3-5)
London 'Punch' on 'Back to Bool Bool'i"Australia's backwoods", single work review
— Review of Back to Bool Bool : A Ramiparous Novel with Several Prominent Characters and a Hantle of Others Disposed as the Atolls of Oceania's Archipelagoes Brent of Bin Bin , 1931 single work novel ;
Reprint of review in verse attributed to London Punch.
 (p. 6)
Books and Plays, E. C. Davidson , single work review
While reviewing a collection of Scottish one-act plays and Tyrone Guthrie's collection of radio plays Squirrel's Cage Davidson discusses writing for radio and compares Australian and Scottish humour.
 (p. 8)
Poems of Today, Nettie Palmer , single work review
Palmer reviews Masefield's Minnie Maylow's Story and New English Poems edited by Lascelles Abercrombie.
 (p. 9)
Best Sellers and A. B. A. Recommendations, single work column (p. 10)
Australian Detective Story Praised, single work review
— Review of The Sands of Windee Arthur W. Upfield , 1931 single work novel ; (p. 12-13)
Australian Literature Society [Meeting Report], Claire Miles , single work column
Programme of the Society's annual music, song and story night.
 (p. 13)
The Henry Lawson Memorial and Literary Society of Footscray [Meeting Report], J. C. Davies , single work column
Report of the 18 November and 16 December Meetings of the Society. In November Ford argued for a Victorian statue of Lawson in the wake of the unveiling of the Sydney memorial. In December Neild spoke of journalism as the cradle of Australian literature.
 (p. 14)
The Free-Lance Club, Sydney [Meeting Report], single work column
Report of the November and December meetings of the club. In November Hardie delivered an address on war literature. Includes special mention of the serialisation of 'The Mystery of Darling Point' by 'Robert Knock' by the World.
 (p. 14-15)
Society of Australian Authors [Annual Report], single work column
Annual report of activities of the Society in 1931.
 (p. 15)
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