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Issue Details:
First known date:
1948...
vol.
2
no.
8
February
1948
of
The Australasian Book News and Literary Journal
est. 1947
The Australasian Book News and Literary Journal
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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. 19 November - 16 December, 1947 (pp. 435-438)
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1948 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Flying Doctor's Life of Adventure,
single work
review
— Review of Flying Doctor 1947 single work autobiography ; (p. 395, 397) -
To-day and Yesterday,
single work
review
— Review of Halfway to Anywhere 1947 single work novel ; Daddy : A Novel 1947 single work novel ; (p. 398-400) - Australian Literary Calendar : February, single work (p. 401)
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Formula for Success,
single work
review
— Review of The Harp in the South 1947 single work novel ; (p. 404-405. 440) - Flying Doctor, extract autobiography (p. 407-411)
- Not For Publication, single work column (p. 412)
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A Sentimental Traveller,
single work
criticism
This piece on the "literary genius" of Sterne ultimately considers whether Australian writers may be overly influenced by the "sledge-hammer school of writing".
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Recent Books : Digest of the Month's Reading,
single work
review
— Review of The Round Dozen 1947 selected work poetry ; Meanjin vol. 6 no. 4 Summer 1947 periodical issue ; Poetry 1941 periodical (21 issues); The Australian Book of Trains 1947 single work non-fiction ; (p. 418-421) -
Claymores and Nullah Nullahs,
single work
review
— Review of Pacific Sea 1947 selected work poetry ; Glencoe 1940-1949 single work poetry ; Pacific Sea 1947 selected work poetry ; (p. 422-224) -
Recent Children's Books,
single work
review
— Review of The Tale of Gregory Grasshopper 1942 single work picture book ; Marmaduke the Possum 1942 single work children's fiction ; Adventure Down Under 1947 single work children's fiction ; The Vain Red Fox 1947 single work ; Timothy Tatters 1947 single work children's fiction ; Miranda with the Mouse 1947 single work children's fiction ; The Magic Pudding : Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff 1918 single work children's fiction ; (p. 425, 427-430) -
Crime Wave,
single work
review
— Review of The Voice of the Corpse 1947 single work novel ; (p. 431, 433) - Notes and News, single work column (p. 439-440)
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