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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 8-9 December 2007 of The Australian est. 1964 The Weekend Australian
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Untitled, Betty Jones , single work correspondence (p. 2) Section: Review
Untitled, I. James , single work correspondence (p. 2) Section: Review
Untitled, Anna Jacobs , single work correspondence (p. 2) Section: Review
This (B and B) Life, Elli Housden , single work column (p. 2) Section: Review
The Trash Canon, Peter Craven , single work criticism
Peter Craven argues that '[a]dult trash writing ... is for the child in all of us that wants a world of adventure'. He illustrates his argument with references to a range of Australian titles including Robbery Under Arms and The Mystery of the Hansom Cab, and later genre fiction such as the writing of Shane Maloney and Kerry Greenwood (qq.v.).
 (p. 8-9) Section: Review
Overflow, Rosemary Sorensen , single work column
A column canvassing current literary news including a brief report on the launch of Mullion Park on the site of poet David Campbell's former home in Canberra and a public poetry project in Brisbane featuring the work of Sam Wagan Watson and Luke Beesley. Sorensen also notes the announcement of the winners of the 2007 National Dorothea Mackellar Memorial Poetry Competition.
 (p. 9) Section: Review
Spokesman for Science and Nature, Nicolas Rothwell , single work review (p. 11) Section: Review
Quest for a Classical Authenticity, Matthew Westwood , single work review
— Review of Peter Sculthorpe : The Making of an Australian Composer Graeme Skinner , 2007 single work biography ; (p. 12-13) Section: Review
Faced with Lies That Ring True, Kevin Rabalais , single work review
— Review of The Fern Tattoo: A Novel David Brooks , 2007 single work novel ; (p. 13) Section: Review
Garrett Gives Back to the Arts, Corrie Perkin , single work column (p. 29)
Note: ports (Peter Garrett, Alexis Wright, Elliot Perlman)
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