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Issue Details:
First known date:
2015...
no.
376
November
2015
of
Australian Book Review
est. 1961
Australian Book Review
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* Contents derived from the 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Living the Question : Drusilla Modjeska's Crafted Life,
single work
review
— Review of Second Half First 2015 single work autobiography ;'Twenty-five years ago, Drusilla Modjeska's Poppy reimagined boldly the possibilities for Australian memoir. Modjeska recounts in her new memoir, Second Half First, how in her inaugural appearance at a writers' festival she was on a panel discussing autobiography with two established British writers, Victoria Glendinning and Andrew Motion. Poppy was written but not yet released. Feeling at a disadvantage following on from such accomplished performers, she rose with conviction to announce that 'here in Australia we were thinking about what biography might mean if we took as our subjects those who are not usually considered "worthy" of "A Life"'. She wondered how the inclusion of something of the biographer's own story might contribute to a deeper understanding of how 'a life became a narrative'. Glendinning patronisingly found the idea 'extraordinary'. 'We're not thinking about that in England,' she said.' (Author's introduction) -
Patchwork,
single work
review
— Review of Eat First, Talk Later : A Memoir of Food, Family and Home 2015 single work biography ; (p. 10) -
Wild Spaces : An Allusive Memoir of Place,
single work
review
— Review of Island Home : A Landscape Memoir 2015 single work autobiography ;' -
Mothers and Daughters,
single work
review
— Review of The Women's Pages 2015 single work novel ; (p. 14) - 'φ'i"sometimes a concert of nail & maul you", single work poetry (p. 26)
- 903 Ways to See Melbourne, single work prose (p. 29-31)
- Critic of the Month : Kerryn Goldsworthy, single work interview (p. 32)
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Kindness by Numbers : Why Funding the Arts Is a Good Thing,
single work
essay
'Robyn Archer debated Peter Singer during the 2015 Melbourne Writers Festival; their topic was 'Is Funding the Arts Doing Good?'. This is an edited version of her paper.'
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Arts Highlights of the Year,
single work
column
'To highlight Australian Book Review's arts coverage and to celebrate some of the year's memorable concerts, operas, films, ballets, plays, and exhibitions, we invited a group of critics and arts professionals to nominate their favourites – and to nominate one production they are looking forward to in 2016. (We indicate which works were reviewed in Arts Update.)' (36)
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Inverted Pleats,
single work
review
— Review of Women I've Undressed 1964 single work autobiography ; (p. 43) -
Peter Kenneally Reviews 'The Dressmaker',
single work
review
— Review of The Dressmaker 2015 single work film/TV ; (p. 44) - Outsider Pastorali"Three regulars laugh at their own jokes", single work poetry (p. 46)
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Charlotte Guest Reviews 'Extinction',
single work
review
— Review of Extinction 2015 single work drama ; (p. 47) -
Michael Halliwell Reviews 'The Rabbits',
single work
review
— Review of The Rabbits 2015 single work drama ; (p. 48) -
Those Women,
single work
review
— Review of The Natural Way of Things 2015 single work novel ; (p. 51) -
Standing Close,
single work
review
— Review of Feet to the Stars : And Other Stories 2015 selected work short story ; (p. 53) - Dampi"North-west Tasmania, rain like grief, air static,", single work poetry (p. 55)
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Beloved of All,
single work
review
— Review of Rhinestone 2015 selected work poetry ; Metadata 2015 selected work poetry ; End Motion/Manifest 2015 selected work poetry ; Office of Locutions 2015 selected work poetry ; (p. 56-57) -
Geoff Page Reviews 'Babel Fish' by Jillian Pattinson,
single work
review
— Review of Babel Fish 2014 selected work poetry ; (p. 57) -
Full Stop,
single work
review
— Review of All Fall Down 2015 single work biography ; (p. 58)
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