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Issue Details: First known date: 1946... vol. 1 no. 2 August 1946 of The Australasian Book News and Library Journal est. 1946 The Australasian Book News and Library Journal
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Notes

  • Includes a filler quote from A.G. Stephens encouraging Australian parents to teach their children love of country.
  • Also includes a review of Eric Linklater's Private Angelo categorising Linklater as an author 'more honoured in the lending library than on the classical bookshelf'.
  • Includes congratulatory correspondence accredited to national librarian Kenneth Binns, Nettie Palmer, Miles Franklin and representatives of literary societies and publishing houses.
  • In this issue 'Notes and News' announces the concluding addresses in the annual Commonwealth Literary Fund Lectures on Australian Literature.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1946 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Editorial, George Farwell , single work prose
Farwell defends freedom of expression and calls for the application of intelligence and consistency in the censorship process if there must be one.
 (p. 33)
Novel on Grand Scale, Dora Birtles , single work review
— Review of The Roaring Nineties : A Story of the Goldfields in Western Australia Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1946 single work novel ; (p. 35-37)
U.S. Publishers' Bureau for Australia : An Exclusive Interview with 'Book News', single work interview (p. 39, 71)
Mystery of the Popular Book, Redbeard , single work criticism
'Redbeard' speculates on what influences the reading habits of book buyers and library users.
 (p. 41)
Xavier Herbert and the World He Knows, Camden Morrisby , single work (p. 42-43)
Better Books for Children, Eve Pownall , single work criticism (p. 44-47)
A New Tale of Digit Dick, Eve Pownall , single work review
— Review of Digit Dick and the Tasmanian Devil Leslie Rees , 1946 single work children's fiction ; (p. 49)
A National Book League : Would It Help Australia?, single work column
This article supports the formation of an Australian National Book League modelled after the British body to be supported by the Federal Government via the Literary Fund.
 (p. 51)
Dramatist before his Time, George Farwell , single work review
— Review of The Southern Cross and Other Plays Louis Esson , 1946 selected work drama ; (p. 53-55)
Recent Books : Digest of the Month's Reading, George Farwell , Dora Birtles , single work review
— Review of Beyond the Hill Lies China : Scenes from a Medical Life in Australia Herbert Michael Moran , 1945 single work novel ; Twenty Great Australian Stories 1946 anthology short story ; (p. 57-61)
Commemoration, single work column
This very brief column reports on the P.E.N. Club of Melbourne's Louis Esson Night. Eldershaw delivered a paper on Esson's work while his widow Dr. Hilda Bull staged a reading of an unpublished play that took the form of a dialogue between Esson and Brady.
 (p. 72)
Notes and News, single work column (p. 72)
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