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Issue Details: First known date: 1931... vol. 3 no. 11 14 November 1931 of All About Books est. 1928 All About Books
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Notes

  • Cover features photograph captioned : Eric Linklater. The author of Juan in America, a brilliant, witty novel, which has aroused wide interest in the English-speaking world.
  • Fraser reviews works from 'the preliminary barrage of good, bad and indifferent books' arriving from England for the Christmas market and Wicking recommends some holiday reading.
  • Includes Fuller's regular column 'A Bookseller Talks Shop'.
  • The Adelaide Writer's Society reports that a discussion on the 'respective virtues of English and American talkies' was held at their 5 October meeting.
  • The Free-Lance Club, Sydney reports the debate 'Talkies Versus Stage' resulted in the 'majority in favour of the legitimate stage'.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1931 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Books of the Month, George H. Cowling , single work review
— Review of Essays on the Critical Appreciation of Modern English Literature and Drama Francis Jackson , Philip Alcock , 1931 multi chapter work criticism ;
The review of Jackson and Alcock's Essays is brief. Most of this collection of reviews is taken up by discussion of a biography of Mary Queen of Scots.
 (p. 210-211)
A Reader's Notebook, Nettie Palmer , single work review (p. 213)
A City Sanctuary, Roy Bridges , single work prose
Bridges admires and recommends the new gallery and reading room of the Robertson and Mullens bookshop.
 (p. 216)
Best Sellers and A.B.A. Recommendations, single work column (p. 218)
The Henry Lawson Memorial and Literary Society of Footscray [Meeting Report], J. C. Davies , single work column (p. 222-23)
Society of Australian Authors [Annual Report], single work column
Includes detail of an evening of performances organised by both Societies in aid of Mrs. Williams' travelling library.
 (p. 223)
Sydney Lyceum Club [Meeting Report], Florence McGowan , single work column (p. 223)
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