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Issue Details:
First known date:
1937...
vol.
9
no.
11
10 November
1937
of
All About Books
est. 1928
All About Books
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Notes
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Cover photograph captioned: Anne Duffield, Writer of Popular Light Love Stories
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The meeting report for the Australian English Association, Sydney includes a report of paper 'Blake and Tradition' delivered by James McAuley.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1937 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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New Australian Books,
single work
review
— Review of Best Australian One-Act Plays 1937 anthology drama ; Wide Horizons : Wanderings in Central Australia 1937 single work prose ; Murder in the Silo 1937 single work radio play ; Variations on a Printing Press 1937 single work radio play ; Beam Ends 1937 single work autobiography ; (p. 166-169) - Outstanding New Publications and Best Sellers, single work column (p. 171)
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Twelve Australian Books That Should Be in Every Australian Home,
single work
review
— Review of The Singing Gold 1927 single work novel ; Landtakers : The Story of an Epoch 1934 single work novel ; Confessions of a Beachcomber 1908 extract autobiography ; The Sentimental Bloke : The Play 1914 single work poetry ; Songs of a Campaign 1917 selected work poetry ; Heart of Spring 1919 selected work poetry ; Satyrs and Sunlight : Being the Collected Poetry of Hugh McCrae 1928 selected work poetry ; His Natural Life 1870-1872 single work novel ; The Pearl and the Octopus, and Other Exercises in Prose and Verse 1911 selected work short story poetry ; Such Is Life : Being Certain Extracts from the Diary of Tom Collins 1897 single work novel ; Flynn of the Inland 1932 single work biography ; The Fortunes of Richard Mahony 1917 single work novel ; Man-Shy 1934 extract novel ; We of the Never-Never 1908 single work novel ; Speaking Personally 1930 selected work essay ; Best Australian One-Act Plays 1937 anthology drama ; The Wide Brown Land : A New Anthology of Australian Verse 1934 anthology poetry ; The Magic Pudding Second Slice : Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff 1971 extract children's fiction ; Separate Lives 1931 selected work short story ; Modern Australian Literature, 1900-1923 1924 single work criticism ; (p. 172) -
Lighter Fiction,
single work
review
— Review of Murder in the Flagship 1936 single work novel ; Murder in the Game Reserve 1937 single work novel ; A Strange Destiny 1937 single work novel ; (p. 173) - The Poetry and Philosophy of Baylebridge, single work (p. 174-175)
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Australian Composers and Writers' Association, Melbourne [Meeting Report],
single work
column
Annette Johanson delivered the paper 'What Is Necessary in a Good Short Story' and Margaret Boyd followed with 'Your Attitude Towards Writing'. Mr. G. O'Neale read Franklin's reply to Cowling from the Bulletin.
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Melbourne Shakespeare Society [Meeting Report],
single work
column
Report of Long's address suggesting the origins of Shakespeare's influence on Lawson apparent in Lawson's 'Mateship in Shakespeare's Rome'.
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Australian Literature Society [Meeting Report],
single work
column
Report of the metting of 18 October taken up entirely of the reporting of Grattan's paper 'Some Thoughts on Recent Australian Reading' "jolts and all, given in a delightfully easy and natural manner". Also includes responses from members including Percival Serle and Leonard Mann.
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