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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 14 April 2012 of The Age est. 1854 The Saturday Age
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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.
Postcard from a Dark Place, Philippa Hawker , single work column (p. 18-19)
Note: col. illus.
The Despair of the Household, Jennifer Byrne , extract 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.

 (p. 20-21) Section: Life & Style
Note: col. illus., port. Miles Franklin)
The Court's in Session for Musical Madness, Cameron Woodhead , single work review
— Review of Contact! Angus Grant , Kate Schmitt , 2011 single work musical theatre ; (p. 24)
Royally Rollicking, Creepy Tale Not Just for the Young Ones Grown-Up Approach to Telling Tales, Jose Borghino , single work review
— Review of The Children of the King Sonya Hartnett , 2012 single work children's fiction ; (p. 29) Section: Life & Style
Non-Fiction, Fiona Capp , single work review
— Review of Life, Literature, Legends : Collected Essays 1996-2011 Sophie Masson , 2011 selected work essay ; Letter from My Father Dasia Black-Gutman , 2012 single work autobiography ; (p. 30) Section: Life & Style
Find the Cherry on Top of VCE Texts, Jane Sullivan , single work column
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.
 (p. 32) Section: Life & Style
Off the Shelf : Fiction, Thuy On , single work review
— Review of Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute Maggie Groff , 2012 single work novel ; (p. 32) Section: Life & Style
Off the Shelf : Memoir, Owen Richardson , single work review
— Review of Fishing the River of Time Tony Taylor , 2012 single work prose ; (p. 32) Section: Life & Style
Off the Shelf : Young Adult, Dianne Dempsey , single work review
— Review of One Long Thread Belinda Jeffrey , 2012 single work novel ; (p. 32) Section: Life & Style
Bookmarks, Jason Steger , single work column
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.
 (p. 33) Section: Life & Style
Middle Agei"Youth, a bone covered with tooth marks after being gnawed with hatred", Fan Huang , Yu Ouyang (translator), single work poetry (p. 33) Section: Life & Style
Early Dispatches from the Powerful and the Plastic, Robert Drewe , single work column
Robert Drewe reminisces about his years as a Bulletin jouralist.
 (p. 48) Section: Life & Style
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