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* Contents derived from the 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Me My Shelf I : Alan Brough, single work interview (p. 12-14)
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10 Amazing Things I Learned while Researching Devour,
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'If you set out to write a thriller, you’re going to have to do some research. And while your story will be fiction, you’ll probably uncover more than a few fascinating real-world facts, as Australian thriller author L A LARKIN discovered while researching for her latest novel, Devour.'
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The Lives of Secondhand Books,
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'‘Books, like lovers or friends, mark and change us. And we, in turn, mark and change them.’ Melbourne novelist CATH CROWLEY writes about her longtime love of secondhand bookshops, and how the histories she found and imagined there led her to write Words in Deep Blue.'
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Crime Q and A in the Suburbs,
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'gr reader CLIVE HODGES recently attended a Q&A session at Riverbend Books in the Brisbane suburb of Bulimba with Melbourne writer Jane Harper, author of The Dry. Jane talked about deadlines, a movie adaptation and one attendee asked if the book would pass the Bechdel Test.'
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Book Bite 2 : The Love of a Bad Man,
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'For some women, bad men cast an irresistibly magnetic spell. Melbourne-based author LAURA ELIZABETH WOOLLETT examines this often fatal attraction in The Love of a Bad Man, a collection of 12 stories based on the lives of real women who sought the love of criminals. In this extract from ‘Eva’, the author imagines the post-coital thoughts of Eva Braun, who met Adolf Hitler when she was 17.'
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Island of Strange Stories,
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'Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre has inspired all kinds of fan fiction and adaptations, such as the 1966 prequel Wide Sargasso Sea. But in this new novel by Sydney resident JENNIFER LIVETT, the lives of Jane Eyre characters become entwined with those of real 19th-century Tasmanians, including doomed Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin. Here Jennifer tells us how she came up with the idea for Wild Island.'
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Review : The Wrong Hand,
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— Review of The Wrong Hand 2016 single work novel ; (p. 34) -
Review : A Chinese Affair,
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— Review of A Chinese Affair 2016 selected work short story ; (p. 35) -
Review : Selection Day,
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— Review of Selection Day 2016 single work novel ; (p. 36) -
Review : Dangerous to Know,
single work
review
— Review of Dangerous to Know : Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist 2016 single work novel ; (p. 41) -
Review : Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil,
single work
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— Review of Tell The Truth, Shame The Devil 2016 single work novel ; (p. 45) -
Review : Rebellious Daughters: True Stories from Australia’s Finest Female Writers,
single work
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— Review of Rebellious Daughters : True Stories from Australia's Finest Female Writers 2016 anthology autobiography ; (p. 50) -
Review : How Far Can You Go? My 25-year Quest to Walk Again,
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— Review of How Far Can You Go? : My 25-Year Quest to Walk Again 2016 single work autobiography ; (p. 51) -
Review : No Man Is an Island : One Teacher’s Story of How Humanity and Hope Flourished behind Barbed Wire,
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— Review of No Man Is an Island : One Teacher’s Story of How Humanity and Hope Flourished behind Barbed Wire 2016 single work autobiography ; (p. 51) -
Review : How to Be a Writer : Who Smashes Deadlines, Crushes Editors and Lives in a Solid Gold Hovercraft,
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— Review of How to Be a Writer : Who Smashes Deadlines, Crushes Editors and Lives in a Solid Gold Hovercraft 2016 single work non-fiction ; (p. 53) -
Review : Saving Jazz,
single work
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— Review of Saving Jazz 2016 single work novel ; (p. 56) -
Review : Charlie and the War Against the Grannies,
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— Review of Charlie and the War Against the Grannies 2016 single work children's fiction ; (p. 58) -
Review : Dragonfly Song,
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— Review of Dragonfly Song 2016 single work children's fiction ; (p. 58) -
Review : Two Troll Tales from Norway,
single work
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— Review of Two Troll Tales from Norway 2016 single work children's fiction ; (p. 59)
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