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* Contents derived from the 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Postcard from a Dark Place,
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(p. 18-19)
Note: col. illus.
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The Despair of the Household,
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criticism
In this introduction to the Text Classics re-issue of My Brilliant Career, Jennifer Byrne writes about Sybylla Melvyn's fury and wonders if Miles Franklin had the sense that she was living in the wrong time. Byrne also discusses the history of the book's reception and the changes wrought by feminism.
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The Court's in Session for Musical Madness,
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review
— Review of Contact! 2011 single work musical theatre ; (p. 24) -
Royally Rollicking, Creepy Tale Not Just for the Young Ones
Grown-Up Approach to Telling Tales,
single work
review
— Review of The Children of the King 2012 single work children's fiction ; (p. 29) Section: Life & Style -
Non-Fiction,
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review
— Review of Life, Literature, Legends : Collected Essays 1996-2011 2011 selected work essay ; Letter from My Father 2012 single work autobiography ; (p. 30) Section: Life & Style -
Find the Cherry on Top of VCE Texts,
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Jane Sullivan reports on three online commentaries dealing with Geraldine Brooks's Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague. Sullivan notes the use of these commentaries for VCE students studying the novel as a set text in secondary school.
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Off the Shelf : Fiction,
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review
— Review of Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute 2012 single work novel ; (p. 32) Section: Life & Style -
Off the Shelf : Memoir,
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review
— Review of Fishing the River of Time 2012 single work prose ; (p. 32) Section: Life & Style -
Off the Shelf : Young Adult,
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review
— Review of One Long Thread 2012 single work novel ; (p. 32) Section: Life & Style -
Bookmarks,
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A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the establishment of the Queensland Literary Awards (in the wake of the suspension of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards). Jason Steger also notes Jon Bauer's shortlisting for the 2012 Dublin IMPAC award. Bauer is nominated for his novel Rocks in the Belly.
- Middle Agei"Youth, a bone covered with tooth marks after being gnawed with hatred", Yu Ouyang (translator), single work poetry (p. 33) Section: Life & Style
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Early Dispatches from the Powerful and the Plastic,
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Robert Drewe reminisces about his years as a Bulletin jouralist.
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