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Sylvia Lawson Sylvia Lawson i(A25711 works by)
Born: Established: 12 Nov 1932 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 6 Nov 2017 Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Female
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1 Untitled Sylvia Lawson , single work review
— Review of Heaven, in a Way Rodney Hall , 1970 selected work poetry
1 Hindesight, 2016 Sylvia Lawson , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , February 2016;
— Review of Looking for Grace Sue Brooks , 2015 single work film/TV
1 Archibald, Jules François (1856-1919) Sylvia Lawson , 2014 single work companion entry
— Appears in: A Companion to the Australian Media : A 2014; (p. 23-24)
1 Words for John Flaus Sylvia Lawson , 2014 single work
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , October no. 72 2014;
1 y separately published work icon The Back of Beyond Sylvia Lawson , Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2013 Z1924352 2013 single work criticism

'The Back of Beyond celebrates the life and times of Australia’s best known outback mail man Tom Kruse MBE. Every fortnight he battled isolation, heat, sand dunes and floods to deliver mail and supplies to the families along the 517 kilometre Birdsville Track in central Australia.

'Representing the complex interrelations of the multicultural community and their environs, the film is considered by many to be one of Australia’s premier films, and is an exemplary representation of 1950s Australian transformational culture.' (Publication blurb)
1 Along the Potholed Track Sylvia Lawson , 2012 2012 extract essay (From the Verandah)
— Appears in: Inside Story , February 2012;
1 Straw Men Sylvia Lawson , 2012 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 343 2012; (p. 4) Sylvia Lawson deflects some of Judith Armstrong's criticisms, made in Armstrong's review of Demanding the Impossible: Seven Essays on Resistance.
1 East Timor : Questions of Intelligence Sylvia Lawson , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: Demanding the Impossible : Seven Essays on Resistance 2012; (p. 103-128) 'On 2 December 2009, the film censorship authorities in Jakarta, backed by the Indonesian government, handed the Australian director Robert Connolly and his producers a splendid gift: They banned their film Balibo, which had been due for screening at the Jakarta Film Festival. The official statement was that this film, a part-fictional version of events that took place in East Timor thirty-four years ago, was 'negative propaganda', and that the Balibo case was 'closed'.' (Author's introduction, 103)
1 From the Verandah Sylvia Lawson , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: Demanding the Impossible : Seven Essays on Resistance 2012; (p. 7-25)
1 4 y separately published work icon Demanding the Impossible : Seven Essays on Resistance Sylvia Lawson , Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 2012 Z1848732 2012 selected work essay
1 Blurred Boundaries Sylvia Lawson , 2011 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , June 2011;
— Review of Australian Documentary : History, Practices and Genres Trish FitzSimons , Patrick Laughren , Dugald Williamson , 2011 multi chapter work criticism ; Snowtown Shaun Grant , 2010 single work film/TV
1 Rising to the Operatic Sylvia Lawson , 2011 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , October 2011;
— Review of The Eye of the Storm Judy Morris , 2011 single work film/TV ; Red Dog Daniel Taplitz , 2011 single work film/TV 'Sylvia Lawson reviews The Eye of the Storm and enters a controversy about Red Dog.' (Editor's abstract)
1 Here and Now Sylvia Lawson , 2011 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , December 2011;
— Review of Toomelah Ivan Sen , 2011 single work film/TV ; The Tall Man Tony Krawitz , 2011 single work film/TV ; Burning Man Jonathan Teplitzky , 2011 single work film/TV
1 Medea in Port Adelaide Sylvia Lawson , 2011 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , May 2011; Inside Story , June no. 3 2011; (p. 16)
— Review of Here I Am Beck Cole , 2010 single work film/TV ; Mad Bastards Brendan Fletcher , 2010 single work film/TV
1 Untitled Sylvia Lawson , 2009 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 July 2009; (p. 2)
1 In Pleasantville Sylvia Lawson , 2005-2006 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Summer no. 10 2005-2006; (p. 195-208) A Revealed Life : Australian Writers and Their Journeys in Memoir 2007; (p. 274-287)
1 Critical Absences Sylvia Lawson , 2005 single work essay
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 4 2005; The journalistic essay and critical journalism.
1 Best Books of the Year Dennis Altman , Neal Blewett , Alison Broinowski , Martin Duwell , Morag Fraser , Kerryn Goldsworthy , Lisa Gorton , Bridget Griffen-Foley , Gideon Haigh , Sonya Hartnett , Clive James , Sylvia Lawson , James Ley , Patrick McCaughey , David McCooey , Brian McFarlane , Brenda Niall , Craig Sherborne , Sebastian Smee , John Tranter , Nicola Walker , Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 267 2004-2005; (p. 21-24) Reviewers for Australian Book Review each nominate their best books of 2004. Many of the books listed are by Australian writers.
1 At Harry's Table : A Memoir Sylvia Lawson , 2004 single work biography
— Appears in: A Leader of His Craft : Theatre Reviews by H. G. Kippax 2004; (p. xiii-xvi)
1 Our Place Sylvia Lawson , 2004 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 266 2004; (p. 4)
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