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First known date:
1947...
vol.
2
no.
1
July
1947
of
The Australasian Book News and Literary Journal
est. 1947
The Australasian Book News and Literary Journal
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Notes
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Architect Arthur Baldwinson reviews four books about house planning.
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Marie Hurley of the United States Information Library reviews a number of American books for teenagers in 'Junior Novels'.
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Includes Books Published in Australia: List of Books Supplied to the National Library, Canberra, under the Provisions of the Copyright Act. 27 April - 26 May, 1947 (pp. 52-56)
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1947 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Wooing the Reader,
single work
prose
Editorial on the Tariff Board's refusal to impose a tariff on imported books.
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A Novel for Adults,
single work
review
— Review of Daddy Sowed a Wind! : a novel 1947 single work novel ; (p. 3-4) - Interview with Fitzgerald, single work (p. 5-6)
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Daddy Sowed a Wind,
extract
novel
(p. 7, 9)
Note: Written as: Cynthia Reed.
- Loincloth and Beret, single work review (p. 11, 13-14)
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Uneasy Romance of To-morrow's World,
single work
review
— Review of Journey Through Tomorrow 1947 single work non-fiction ; (p. 15) - Katherine Mansfield Returns, single work criticism (p. 21-22)
- East Kimberleyi"Now have I taken", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Italian Cypressesi"Burn, torches sprung from earth,", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Aztec Skulli"Blind moon transfixed by light,", single work poetry (p. 23)
- The State of Culture, single work (p. 25-26)
- Not For Publication, single work column (p. 30)
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Realities and Ghosts,
single work
review
— Review of The Fatal Days : A Novel 1947 single work novel ; Light in the Valley : An Image 1947 single work novel ; (p. 31, 33) -
Recent Books : Digest of the Month's Reading,
single work
review
— Review of Literary Particles 1946 selected work prose criticism ; Henry Lawson : Twenty Stories and Seven Poems, with Observations by His Friends and Critics 1947 selected work short story poetry ; On The North-West Skyline 1947 single work prose ; Poetry 1941 periodical (21 issues); Meanjin vol. 6 no. 1 Autumn 1947 periodical issue ; (p. 35) - New Zealand Writer Charms Australian Children, single work biography (p. 38-39)
- 1947 Children's Book Week, single work column (p. 39)
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Recent Children's Books,
single work
review
— Review of Jancy Scores Again 1947 single work children's fiction ; Quippy 1946 single work picture book ; The Wayward Breeze and Other Stories 1946 selected work children's fiction ; Penny and Dorabella at the Beach 1947 single work children's fiction ; Penny and Dorabella at the Circus 1947 single work children's fiction ; (p. 41-42) -
The Art of Pamphleteering,
single work
review
Reviews pamphlets from Cheshire's series Quest, comments on the usefulness of the pamphlet form and defends members of the Playwright's Advisory Board against Aldous' attack.
- Tariff Board Finds for Literature, single work column (p. 48-49)
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Reply from London,
single work
correspondence
Cotterell responds aggressively to Rees' review of three books on American and English theatre in vol.1 no.8 February 1947.
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