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Issue Details:
First known date:
1947...
vol.
1
no.
7
January
1947
of
The Australasian Book News and Library Journal
est. 1946
The Australasian Book News and Library Journal
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Notes
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On cover: Art Issue.
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Includes Farwell's review of Oscar Wilde, His Life and Wit by Hesketh Pearson.
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Also includes a review of The Coast Watchers by Eric Feldt.
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This issue includes extensive reviews of books on the arts, by Rod Shaw (entitled 'Aboriginal Art') and George Farwell (entitled 'Background to Hermannsburg').
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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. 26 October - 15 November, 1946 (pp. 327-331)
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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The New Year,
single work
prose
This editorial discusses the impotance of the appearance of a book and how Australia should not fall behind America in this regard.
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Not Wanted On Voyage,
single work
review
— Review of Zwishn Himl un Waser 1946 single work novel ; (p. 287, 289) - Great Australian Realist, single work (p. 301-302)
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In Search of the Bunyip,
single work
review
— Review of The Bunyip and Other Mythical Monsters and Legends 1946 selected work short story ; (p. 307) -
These Melodious Irish,
single work
review
— Review of Cullenbenbong 1944 single work autobiography ; Melodie's Year 1946 single work novel ; (p. 309) -
Recent Books : Digest of the Month's Reading,
single work
review
— Review of Meanjin Papers vol. 5 no. 3 [Spring] 1946 periodical issue ; Poetry 1941 periodical (21 issues); Southerly vol. 7 no. 1 1946 periodical issue ; Quod Ronald McCuaig 1946 selected work poetry ; (p. 313) - Children's Section, single work column (p. 314-15)
- Old Tales and Their Tellers, single work column (p. 318)
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A Library of Their Own : Prahran - Pioneer Children's Library,
single work
column
Details the process undertaken to establish the Prahran Children's Library.
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Recent Children's Books,
single work
review
— Review of Biff 1945 single work children's fiction ; The Twins Take Charge 1946 single work children's fiction ; (p. 323) - Around the World, single work column (p. 325)
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Notes and News,
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column
The Fund spnsors a series of lectures by Devaney, 2UW broadcasts Treasures of the Mitchell, Queensland authors and artists protest publication without permission or payment, and Angus and Robertson call for one-act plays for teenagers.
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