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Gerard Windsor Gerard Windsor i(A29444 works by) (a.k.a. Gerard Charles Windsor)
Born: Established: 1944 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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Autobiographical Memoirs Gerard Windsor , series - author autobiography
1 ‘In Whitish Light’ : Memoir as a Cautionary Tale Gerard Windsor , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 429 2021; (p. 26-27)
— Review of He. Murray Bail , 2021 single work autobiography 'In 2005, Murray Bail published Notebooks: 1970–2003. ‘With some corrections’, the contents were transcriptions of entries Bail made in notebooks during that period. Now, in 2021, dozens of these entries – observations, quotations, reflections, scenes – recur in his new book, He. It’s to be assumed that this book, too, is a series of carefully selected transcriptions from the same, and later, notebooks.' (Introduction)
1 An Unsparing Eye and Lucent Sight Gerard Windsor , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28 November 2020; (p. 16)
— Review of Watsonia: A Writing Life Don Watson , 2020 collected work essay

'Don Watson is a preacher. The boy has flushed religion out of himself but the Presbyterian genes ensure he remains a fierce believer, and preacher. He does the gamut: eulogies, jeremiads, lamentations, moral expositions.' (Introduction)
1 Larrikins Gerard Windsor , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 419 2020; (p. 25)
— Review of Collected Stories Louis Nowra , 2019 selected work short story 'Collected Stories is a misleading title for Louis Nowra’s new publication. It’s nothing as uniform as that. Apart from poetry, is there any genre in which Nowra has not made his mark? He’s a playwright, screenwriter, novelist, memoirist, local historian, essayist, reviewer, feature journalist – and the author of one enduring Australian gem in Così (1992), in all its multiple forms. Yet he has scouted out other territories and the results jostle together in Collected Stories. Such a title conjures up a lifetime’s labour in the genre – gatherings of Anton Chekhov or John Cheever or Alice Munro. But Nowra’s volume is essentially a ragbag of disparate writings.' (Introduction)
1 Withering Wit and a Certain Hauteur Gerard Windsor , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12 January 2019; (p. 16)
— Review of My Country : Stories, Essays & Speeches David Marr , 2018 selected work short story essay

'David Marr’s voice is ubiquitous, at least within the purlieus of the liberal Left. It’s also unique; the cultivated accent of the WASP establishment (although Sydney’s Shore was ‘‘a rotten school’’), slightly breathy, energetic, lengthening and emphasising an abnormal number of words, supremely confident, without hesitation, punchy, colloquial, witty and frequently withering.' (Introduction)
1 Beyond Belief Gerard Windsor , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 June 2017; (p. 16) 'A new book on George Pell is fair-minded yet forensic, writes Gerard Windsor'
1 Life Comes before Work Gerard Windsor , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 January 2016; (p. 17)
— Review of The Simplest Words : A Storyteller's Journey Alex Miller , 2015 selected work short story prose autobiography poetry
1 Our Tom Still a Work in Progress Gerard Windsor , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 October - 1 November 2015; (p. 21)
— Review of Interestingly Enough... The Life of Tom Keneally Stephany Steggall , 2015 single work biography
1 Pining for More Questions and Answers Gerard Windsor , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 September 2015; (p. 24-25)
— Review of A Letter to My Children Christopher Pyne , 2015 single work autobiography
1 Set It down! Gerard Windsor , 2015 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , April no. 48 2015; (p. 248-295)
1 Biographer Also Dedicated Teacher Gerard Windsor , 2015 single work obituary (for Peter F. Alexander )
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 February 2015; (p. 40)
1 y separately published work icon Angels Before Me Gerard Windsor , Paddington : Barbara Beckett Publishing , 2014 11395270 2014 single work prose travel
1 If You Have Tears Gerard Windsor , 2013 single work autobiography
— Appears in: My Mother, My Father : On Losing a Parent 2013; (p. 201-215)
1 Chronicle of Haunted Dreams Gerard Windsor , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 October 2013; (p. 33) The Canberra Times , 5 October 2013; (p. 20)
— Review of The Prince : Faith, Abuse and George Pell David Marr , 2013 single work biography 'David Marr paints a devastating portriat of a powerbroker he sees as the enemy.'
1 A Capaitalist Statement, without the Realism Gerard Windsor , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 15 December 2012; (p. 32)
— Review of Great Western Highway : A Love Story Anthony Macris , 2012 single work novel
1 Scars from a Never-Ending Battle Gerard Windsor , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 November 2012; (p. 33) The Saturday Age , 10 November 2012; (p. 27)
— Review of Exit Wounds : One Australian's War on Terror John Cantwell , 2012 single work autobiography
1 Pants Man's Past Catches Him Unawares Gerard Windsor , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 March-1 April 2012; (p. 37)
— Review of A Tiger in Eden Chris Flynn , 2012 single work novel
1 Footsore and Heartfelt Gerard Windsor , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 18 February 2012; (p. 19) The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 February 2012; (p. 19)
1 The Portrait Gerard Windsor , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 125 2011; (p. 97-108)
1 Mother Shares Hr Wit and Wisdom in an Encyclopaedia of Life. Gerard Windsor , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 June 2011; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Primavera, or, The Time of Your Life Giulia Giuffre , 2010 single work autobiography
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