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1 Action Man's Next Chapter Susan Chenery , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 October 2021; (p. 8)
— Review of Interceptor Matthew Reilly , Stuart Beattie , 2021 single work film/TV
1 Author Robert Drewe on His Latest Satire, ‘Whipbird’ Susan Chenery , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 29 July - 4 August 2017;

'Author Robert Drewe’s award-winning novels are much loved for their sharply drawn portraits of Australian life. For his latest, Whipbird, he has turned his satirical eye to the type of monied professional chasing the settler tradition by owning a modest vineyard.' 
1 Katie Noonan Takes to the Bush Susan Chenery , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 22-28 July 2017;

'On the plane, taciturn miners spread out in jeans and high-vis vests. Large, grim men flying in to work underground, a dull uniformity in their baseball caps, workboots and doubtful manners. But as the plane banks across red earth and scrub and the tall chimneys of Mount Isa come into view, there is an apparition among these working men. With a stiff white quiff, flaming red lips, jangling chunky jewellery, a long dress of rainbow colours and pale skin swathed in silk scarves, Katie Noonan would be a flamboyant presence anywhere. ' (Introduction)
1 The Art of Threading Parent-child Relationships through a Novel Susan Chenery , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Sun-Herald , 17 July 2016; (p. 12)
— Review of Promise Sarah Armstrong , 2016 single work novel 'In a sensitised state after her daughter was born, Sarah Armstrong found herself worrying about all the children who could not rely on the adults around them. Their vulnerability, their defencelessness kept her awake at night. ...'
1 Nick Earls Susan Chenery , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 May 2016; (p. 24) The Saturday Age , 7-8 May 2016; (p. 24) He found inspiration in the dark recesses of the Sunshine State, and now Nick Earls is going global, writes Susan Chanery.
1 Larissa Behrendt Susan Chenery , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30-31 January 2016; (p. 24) The Age , 30-31 January 2016; (p. 24)

'A colonial story of hardship and humiliation after a 19th-century shipwreck is unpicked to reveal the Indigenous perspective. '
1 Looking for Grace Director Sue Brooks on Gender Diversity in Australian Film: 'They Just Don't Get It' Susan Chenery , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 23 January 2016; 'Looking For Grace was led by an entirely female creative team but women account for only 15% of directors in Australia. ‘I think we are losing out, as audiences, on a subtlety in communication,’ Brooks says.'
1 Destiny’s Child Susan Chenery , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 10 December 2016;
— Review of Lion Saroo Brierley , Luke Davies , 2016 single work film/TV
1 A Contemporary World in Delicious Microcosm Susan Chenery , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 20 September 2015; (p. 12) The Sunday Age , 20 September 2015; (p. 12)
— Review of The Landing Susan Johnson , 2015 single work novel
1 Mark Dapin Susan Chenery (interviewer), 2015 single work interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 September 2015; (p. 24) The Age , 12 September 2015; (p. 24)
1 Letting Go Susan Chenery , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 7 February 2015;
1 Burnt by the Sun Susan Chenery , 2015 extract autobiography (That Was Not Love, It Was Taking a Prisoner)
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 February 2015; (p. 14-18) 'Seduced by a handsome artist and the beauty of Italy, Susan Chenery missed the danger signs of an abusive relationship until it was too late.'
1 Life in a Secret World Susan Chenery , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 2 August 2014; (p. 41)
1 Jessie Cole Susan Chenery , 2014 single work interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 August 2014; (p. 24-25) 'Susan Chenery meets an author whose career is the antithesis of literary ambition.'
1 Interview : Virginia Peters Susan Chenery , 2014 single work interview
— Appears in: The Age , 12 July 2014; (p. 30)
1 Out of the Void Susan Chenery , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 May 2013; (p. 10-15) 'An intelligent, personable, middle-class woman, Danielle Stewart stabbed her husband to death. She tells Susan Chenery why she can't remember doing it.'
1 Return of the Native Susan Chenery , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 March 2013; (p. 6-7) 'Filmed in the New Zealand wilderness, Jan Campion's Top of the Lake is a vast, imaginative work that peers beneath the cracks of a backwoods community - and then goes deeper still,...'
1 The Longing for Belonging Susan Chenery , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 March 2013; (p. 30)
— Review of Mullumbimby Melissa Lucashenko , 2013 single work novel
1 Melissa Lucashenko Susan Chenery (interviewer), 2013 single work interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 March 2013; (p. 28-29) The Canberra Times , 9 March 2013; (p. 19) 'While celebrating the Aboriginal connection with the land, this novelist doesn't shy away from confronting issues...'
1 Lights, Camera, Magic Susan Chenery , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 February 2013; (p. 14-15)
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