AustLit
Alternative title:
ABR
Issue Details:
First known date:
2007...
no.
290
April
2007
of
Australian Book Review
est. 1961
Australian Book Review
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Contents
* Contents derived from the 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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New Partner for ABR,
single work
column
A column canvassing current literary news including the announcement of wealth management group Ord Minnett's corporate sponsorship of Australian Book Review.
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Swept Away,
single work
correspondence
Don Charlwood reveals the effect that reading Holdsworth's essay, 'An die Nachgeborenen : For Those Who Come After', had on him. Charlwood was a Lancaster navigator with Bomber Command during World War II, taking part in bombing raids over the Netherlands - the same territory revisited by Holdsworth.
- Mark Twain in Australia, single work correspondence (p. 5)
- Island Politics, single work correspondence (p. 5)
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'My Mss Are Destroyed',
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criticism
Dr Marie-Louise Ayres writes of the discoveries to be made in the Patrick White manuscripts, purchased by the National Library of Australia in 2006. The Library's guide to the White papers is available at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms9982
- Special Needsi"In the clear light of a cloudy summer morning", single work poetry (p. 11)
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Alphabet Box,
single work
review
— Review of Life Class : The Education of a Biographer 2007 single work autobiography ; (p. 12-13) - Elizabeth Jolley, single work obituary (p. 16)
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Elegant Arbiter,
single work
review
— Review of Sir Ninian Stephen : A Tribute 2007 anthology essay biography ; (p. 21-22) -
Nothing Succeeds Like Obsession,
single work
review
— Review of Writing the Story of Your Life 2007 single work prose ; (p. 26) -
Death Dance,
single work
essay
David Hansen encounters a portrait of Bunagaree at the 'National Treasures from Australia's Great Libraries' exhibition.Note: Available courtesy of ABR
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Half a Million Not Out,
single work
review
— Review of Robbery Under Arms : A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia 1882 single work novel ; (p. 33-34) - Pacific Baroque 1i"They", single work poetry (p. 34)
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Maud's Murk,
single work
review
— Review of Spiral Road 2007 single work novel ; (p. 35) -
Nuclear Family,
single work
review
— Review of The Sleepers Almanac 2007 : A Family Affair 2007 anthology short story poetry ; (p. 36) - Icarus at Kurraba Pointi"To touch death in this manner: if our fingertips could pierce", single work poetry (p. 37)
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The Missing Doughnut,
single work
review
— Review of Company : A Novel 2006 single work novel ; (p. 38) -
Speaking Out,
single work
review
— Review of 700 Days in El Salvador : An Australian Woman's Unexpected Journey from Suburbia to a Guerrilla War 2006 single work autobiography ; (p. 52) -
Poet Unsimplified,
single work
review
— Review of The Heart of James McAuley : Life and Work of the Australian Poet 1980 single work criticism ; (p. 53) -
The Blank Darkness,
single work
review
— Review of Mind the Country : Tim Winton's Fiction 2006 single work criticism ; (p. 54)
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