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Guide to the Classics : My Brilliant Career and Its Uncompromising Message for Girls Today, Ann Vickery , single work column

'Growing up in Australia in the 1970s, I much preferred the hijinks of Han Solo and Chewie to Princess Leia’s sexualised damsel in distress. My sister and I spent an entire summer pigging out on Choc Wedges and Barney Bananas so we could collect the men’s cricket team on specially marked sticks. Feminism seemed a world “far, far away”. Yet what Australian girls could and couldn’t do was being explored through a glut of screen adaptations of classic novels.' (Introduction)

‘Wild Enchantment’ : How Daniel Thomas’s Writings Conveyed the Joy of Art to Australians, Joanna Mendelssohn , single work review
— Review of Daniel Thomas Recent Past : Writing Australian Art Daniel Thomas , 2020 selected work essay ;

'In 1958, when the young Daniel Thomas was first appointed at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the word “curator” was not in the Public Service Board lexicon. He felt his official title of “professional assistant” was inaccurate so he signed his letters “curatorial assistant”.' (Introduction)

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards : The Yield and The Lost Arabs Throw Fragile Lines across Cultural and Linguistic Divides, Jen Webb , single work column

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