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First known date:
1999...
vol.
7
no.
4
Summer
1999
of
Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults
est. 1993
Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults
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* Contents derived from the 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Cleavage in Adelaide,
single work
criticism
Documents the publicity campaign which arose from a 12 year old girl reading Nikki Gemmell's Cleave : A Novel which she had borrowed from her school library. Starke focuses on the conduct of the campaign, activated by the girl's mother, through talkback radio and the use of petitions. Starke's conclusion is that, when the need arises, writers should take issue with censorship through negotiation with the "decision-makers" rather than in the court of the "shock jocks".
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Dark Undercurrents,
single work
criticism
Masson discusses the implications for Australian society of the dominant image of Marsden's text in The Rabbits. She highlights some possible 'readings' of the "heavily loaded sub-text" in the light of symbolic understandings of 'rabbits' in both Europe and Australia. Masson raises the complexity of extablishing identity in a "settler" society and the dangers inherent in deconstructing history by appropriating the viewpoint of indigenous culture.
- Why Don't They Read Proper Books?, single work criticism (p. 9-10)
- ...And Nick Earls, Inside the Head, single work prose (p. 11-12)
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And in the Audience : Anna Ryan-Punch,
single work
column
A response to a session of the 1999 Melbourne Writer's Week Festival titled Why Don't They Read Proper Books?. Ryan-Punch suggests that greater faith should be placed in adolescent readers to self-mediate the suitability of books according to their own developmental and interest levels.
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Horseplay,
single work
criticism
Goodman discusses her writing techniques, particularly her practice of making her work "visually" available to her audience. Goodman explains her use of storyboards - a technique used in film making - in enabling her to write in a direct linear mode from the beginning to the end of her novels.
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"48 Shades of Brown" by Nick Earls,
single work
review
— Review of 48 Shades of Brown 1999 single work novel ; (p. 19) -
'Snigger James on Grey' by Mark Svendsen,
single work
review
— Review of Snigger James on Grey 1999 single work novel ; (p. 22) -
Mishap and Skulduggery,
single work
review
— Review of The Last Voyage of the Albatross 1999 single work novel ; Dead Reckoning 1998 single work children's fiction ; (p. 23) -
Whimpers, Laughs, Tears, Deaths and a Little Reconciliation,
single work
criticism
Brief overivew of Young Adult literature published by Australian authors during the 1990s.
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'Once Upon a Place' by Robert Ingpen,
single work
review
— Review of Once Upon a Place 1999 single work picture book ; (p. 26-27) -
'The Ivory Trial' by Victor Kelleher,
single work
review
— Review of The Ivory Trail 1999 single work novel ; (p. 29) - Son of Samuel, single work short story (p. 31-32)
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[Review] Doomchild,
single work
review
— Review of Doomchild 1999 single work children's fiction ; (p. 37) Section: Booknotes -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of Wish 1999 single work novel ; (p. 37) Section: Booknotes -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of The Worst Band in the Universe 1999 single work picture book ; (p. 38) Section: Booknotes -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of Crash! The Search for the Stinson 1999 single work information book ; (p. 38-39) Section: Booknotes -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of Stuck in Fast Forward 1999 single work novel ; (p. 39) Section: Booknotes -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of No Standing Zone 1999 single work novel ; (p. 39-40) Section: Booknotes -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of No Other Way 1999 single work novel ; (p. 40-41) Section: Booknotes
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