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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 3-4 March 2012 of The Sydney Morning Herald est. 1842 The Sydney Morning Herald
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Armchair Journey, Bruce Elder , single work review
— Review of Lights, Camera ... Travel! : On-the-Road Tales from Screen Storytellers 2011 anthology autobiography ; (p. 5) Section: Traveller
In Days of Old When Books Were Bold and Censors Weren't Contented, Debra Jopson , single work column (p. 7)
Doing Their Block, Steve Meacham , single work column (p. 10-11) Section: Spectrum
Note: col. illus.
The Marketing of Brand Me, Hugh Mackay , single work essay
'Every part of our society has become infected with the virus of self-promotion, obsessed with recognition.' (Editor's abstract)
 (p. 22) Section: News Review
Note: col. illus.
Stead Saga a Real Page-Turner, Damien Murphy , single work column
In 2011, footballer Mark Schwarzer lodged an application to renovate his property at 14 Pacific St, Watsons Bay. The house is the former home of novelist Christina Stead. Despite some local objections, approval was given by the Woollahra Council for Schwarzer to proceed. In 2012, however, the property was listed for sale with no mention of the development application approval.
 (p. 26)
Note: col. illus.
Deborah Robertson Younger by the Minute, Susan Wyndham , single work biography (p. 30-31)
Note:
  • With title: Deborah Robertson
  • col. port. (Deborah Robertson)
Undercover, Susan Wyndham , single work column

A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the review, commissioned by Premier Barry O'Farrell, of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards and the New South Wales Premier's History Prize. Neither award will be presented in 2012 during the Sydney Writers' Week, as has been the practice in recent years. The review was completed in November 2011, but had not been released by March 2012.

Wyndham also notes Andrew Bifield's win the written-word category of the Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards.

 (p. 31) Section: Spectrum
The Talk of the Town A Cast for the Country, Peter Pierce , single work review
— Review of The Fine Colour of Rust Paddy O'Reilly , 2012 single work novel ; (p. 34) Section: Spectrum
Note:
  • With title: The Talk of the Town
  • col. illus.
In Short : Fiction, Kerryn Goldsworthy , single work review
— Review of The Longing Candice Bruce , 2012 single work novel ; (p. 34) Section: Spectrum
Onion Soup for the Soul, Sophie Masson , single work review
— Review of Secrets of a Lazy French Cook Marie-Morgane Le Moel , 2012 single work autobiography ; (p. 35) Section: Spectrum
Note: col. port. (Marie-Morgane Le Moel)
Pick of the Week, Steve Meacham , single work review
— Review of The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely : Australia's Prime Ministers Mungo MacCallum , 2012 selected work biography ; (p. 35) Section: Spectrum
All's Bare in Love and War, Claire Scobie , single work review
— Review of What Remains Denise Leith , 2012 single work novel ; (p. 36) Section: Spectrum
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