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Issue Details: First known date: 1929... vol. 1 no. 8 18 July 1929 of All About Books est. 1928 All About Books
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1929 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Miss Rosman's Fine New Novel, single work review
— Review of Visitors to Hugo Alice Grant Rosman , 1929 single work novel ; (p. 238)
A Reader's Note Book, Nettie Palmer , single work review
— Review of Love and the Virgins C. R. Jury , 1929 single work drama ; (p. 239)
An Attack on Post-War Short Story Writers, John Hetherington , single work criticism
Hetherington compares short story publication in Australia, England and America.
 (p. 244-245)
A Good Assortment of Novels, Jay , single work review
— Review of Riven Jean Devanny , 1929 single work novel ; (p. 245)
What Some Australians Read, H. Bruno Thomas , single work column
Thomas provides a breakdown of the lending habits of patrons of the Sydney Municipal Library.
 (p. 247)
Mr. J. M. Walsh in London, single work biography (p. 247)
Concerning the Book Reviewer, Nellie A. Evans , single work prose
Evans muses on people's attitude towards books as objects.
 (p. 249)
Why Our Authors Live in Europe, Richard Davie , single work column
Davie suggests authors living outside Asutralia have lost touch with the current state of Australian literature.
 (p. 251)
Australian Literature, An Australian Author , single work correspondence
The author indentifies 'syndicated literature' from England and America as a threat to Australian Literature and the livelihood or Australian writers.
 (p. 252)
Something About Myself, Jack McLaren , single work autobiography (p. 253)
Note: With a portrait.
Notes on Australian Writers : Bernard O'Dowd, E. J. Brady , single work biography (p. 256)
From My Inglenook, Charles Barrett , single work review
— Review of The Singing Gold Dorothy Cottrell , 1927 single work novel ; (p. 258)
Ten Books For a Desert Isle : Result of Vote, single work column (p. 260)
Australian Literature Society [Meeting Report], single work correspondence
Report of reviews given at the meeting by Palmer, Byrne, Serle and Lavatar.
 (p. 267-268)
Henry Kendall, J. C. Davies , S. Ford , single work criticism
Ford reports on Davies' presentation to The Henry Lawson Memorial and Literary Society of Footscray that positions Kendall in the tradition of Swinburne and compares him to Neilson, Lawson, and Gordon.
 (p. 269)
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