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Barry Jones Barry Jones i(A30820 works by) (a.k.a. Barry Owen Jones)
Born: Established: 1932 Geelong, Geelong City - Geelong East area, Geelong area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Barry Jones Review of Anne Pender, Seven Big Australians : Adventures with Comic Actors Barry Jones , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , August no. 5 2021; (p. 271-274)

— Review of Seven Big Australians : Adventures with Comic Actors Anne Pender , 2019 multi chapter work biography
'Seven Big Australians was supported by a Future Fellowship awarded by the Australian Research Council, and the author/researcher Anne Pender is Professor of English and Theatre Studies at the University of New England. Her seven subjects, all interviewed at length, are Carol Raye (37 pages), Barry Humphries (34), Noeline Brown (29), Max Gillies (53), John Clarke (38), Tony Sheldon (46) and Denise Scott (35).' (Introduction)
1 y separately published work icon Dictionary of World Biography Barry Jones , Canberra : ANU E View , 2017 12041110 2017 reference
1 2 y separately published work icon The Shock of Recognition : The Books and Music That Have Inspired Me Barry Jones , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2016 9260618 2016 single work autobiography

'With all his generosity, Barry Jones shares his love of the great literature and music of the world.

''How much time do I have left? A hundred days? A thousand? If I knew I was going to die next week but could be taken to see The Marriage of Figaro tonight, would I go? Absolutely.'

'In a long and generously lived life, Barry Jones has been on an endless quest to share the extraordinary and the beautiful, to encourage the pursuit of an abundant life of reading and listening.

'Following the publication of A Thinking Reed, he was staggered by the response to his lists of the great works that have had the most profound effect on his life and thinking. Here he expands on those lists to write about the literature and the music that have inspired him. With no claims to objectivity, he urges us to take the plunge, to rattle the bars of the cage and expose ourselves to the music of Hildegard of Bingen, Johann Sebastian Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, Mahler, Ravel and Stravinsky as well as the writings of Homer, Dante, Chaucer, Montaigne, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Sterne, Tolstoy, Proust, Joyce, and Beckett among many more.

'Eagerly awaited by his many followers, The Shock of Recognition is a deeply considered, richly rewarding and often very funny journey of the mind.' (Publication summary)

1 The Future of Books Is a Real Page-Turner Barry Jones , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 December 2010; (p. 16) The Age , 13 December 2010; (p. 15)
1 Noted Barry Jones , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , August no. 37 2008; (p. 72)

— Review of Bright Air Barry Maitland , 2008 single work novel
1 Best Books of the Year Dennis Altman , Judith Armstrong , Nicholas Birns , Geoffrey Blainey , Neal Blewett , Pamela Bone , Ian Britain , Paul Brunton , Morag Fraser , Lisa Gorton , Fiona Gruber , Barry Jones , Gail Jones , Nicholas Jose , John Kinsella , James Ley , Lyn McCredden , Peter Mares , Brenda Niall , Peter Porter , Angus Trumble , Shirley Walker , Geordie Williamson , 2007-2008 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 297 2007-2008; (p. 18-22)
Australian writers and reviewers each nominate their best books of 2007. Some of the books listed are by Australian writers
1 Santamaria, Man of Letters Barry Jones , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 February 2007; (p. 23)

— Review of Your Most Obedient Servant : B. A. Santamaria : Selected Letters 1938-1996 B. A. Santamaria , 2007 selected work correspondence
1 1 An Innocent Replies Barry Jones , 2007 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 288 2007; (p. 4-5)
Barry Jones mounts a defence against aspects of Neal Blewett's review of A Thinking Reed.
1 Best Books of the Year Dennis Altman , Judith Beveridge , Neal Blewett , Pamela Bone , Paul Brunton , John Button , Peter Craven , Ian Donaldson , Morag Fraser , Kerryn Goldsworthy , Lisa Gorton , Bridget Griffen-Foley , Barry Jones , Gail Jones , Nicholas Jose , James Ley , Patrick McCaughey , David McCooey , Brian Matthews , Brenda Niall , Peter Porter , Michael Shmith , Maria Takolander , Angus Trumble , Chris Wallace-Crabbe , Geordie Williamson , 2006-2007 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 287 2006-2007; (p. 25-29)
Reviewers for Australian Book Review each nominate their best books of 2005. Some of the books listed are by Australian writers.
1 11 y separately published work icon A Thinking Reed Barry Jones , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2006 Z1307642 2006 single work autobiography 'A Thinking Reed spans [Jones's] remarkable career, from a lonely childhood in Melbourne of the 1930s and 1940s to the fight he led against the death penalty to his crusade to make science and the future prominent issues on the political agenda. He has worked tirelessly on both a global and local scale to rethink education, to improve and preserve our heritage, to revive the nations's film industry, and to build a better Australia.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Eminent Victorian Barry Jones , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 284 2006; (p. 22-23)

— Review of A Public Life : The Memoirs of Zelman Cowen Zelman Cowen , 2006 single work autobiography
1 Best Books of the Year Neal Blewett , James Bradley , Peter Craven , Gillian Dooley , Martin Duwell , Morag Fraser , Kerryn Goldsworthy , Lisa Gorton , Bridget Griffen-Foley , Michelle Griffin , Richard Johnstone , Barry Jones , Nicholas Jose , James Ley , David McCooey , Brian McFarlane , Brenda Niall , Peter Porter , Angus Trumble , Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 2005-2006 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 277 2005-2006; (p. 28-31)
Reviewers for Australian Book Review each nominate their best books of 2005. Some of the books listed are by Australian writers.
1 Unravelling Lincoln Barry Jones , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 June 2003; (p. 5)

— Review of Lincoln Thomas Keneally , 2003 single work biography
1 Tricks of Memory : Margaret Scott, a Writers' Celebration Tim Cox , David Owen , Andrew Sant , Jennifer Livett , Barry Jones , Tim Thorne , Stephen Edgar , Warwick Hadfield , P. R. Hay , Martin Flanagan , Sarah Day , Graeme Hetherington , Richard Flanagan , Bob Ellis , Henry Reynolds , Margaret Scott , John Bryson , 2002-2003 single work biography
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 91 2002-2003; (p. 38-65)
1 Patrick White : A Tribute Barry Jones , 1991 single work biography
— Appears in: Patrick White : A Tribute 1991; (p. 45-50)
1 Stephen Murray-Smith 1922-1988 Barry Jones , 1988 single work obituary (for Stephen Murray-Smith )
— Appears in: Overland , October no. 112 1988; (p. 12-13)
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