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Issue Details:
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2012...
no.
344
September
2012
of
Australian Book Review
est. 1961
Australian Book Review
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Contents
* Contents derived from the 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Advances,
single work
column
A column canvassing current literary news including reports on Matt Rubinstein's win in the 2012 Calibre Prize, and on the disquiet caused by Fairfax's decision to 'remove its books editor at the Canberra Times and to rely on literary reviews and commentaries emanating from Fairfax's two main broadsheets, the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald.'Advances' also notes the deaths of Peter Steele, Rosemary Dobson and Robert Hughes.
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Fairfax Central,
single work
correspondence
This letter draws attention to 'the implication of the upcoming Fairfax consolidation of The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, and the Canberra Times book sections'.
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'A Hell of a Calling Card' : Patrick White's Jackeroo Epic Is Finally Reissued,
single work
criticism
Peter Craven concludes his introduction to Patrick White's Happy Valley by saying that the novel 'is a book we need to rediscover. It gives us White as a fledgling novelist, as fresh and wonderstruck and full of a desire to recreate the world as ever Australia was blessed with.'
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Hollows of the Heart,
single work
review
— Review of Wild Card : An Autobiography, 1923-1958 1990 single work autobiography ; (p. 12-13) - Patterns in Nature, single work short story (p. 17-21)
- Remembering Robert Hughes (1938-2012), single work obituary (p. 23)
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Kip's War,
single work
review
— Review of Nine Days 2012 single work novel ; (p. 24) -
Whip Music,
single work
review
— Review of Dissonance 2012 single work novel ; (p. 25) -
Bang. Bang. Bang.,
single work
review
— Review of Beneath the Darkening Sky 2012 single work novel ; (p. 26) - Tended by Foxes, single work short story (p. 28-32)
- Body and Soul : Copyright Law and Enforcement in the Age of the Electronic Book, single work essay (p. 33-34, 36-38, 40-41)
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Private Letters,
single work
review
— Review of The Land's Meaning : New Selected Poems 2012 selected work poetry ; (p. 42-43) - The Grandfatheri"Wasn't technically a grandfather, but", single work poetry (p. 44)
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Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of Fault Lines 2012 selected work short story ; (p. 49) -
[Review] Dancing to the Flute,
single work
review
— Review of Dancing to the Flute 2012 single work novel ; (p. 49) -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of Secrets of the Tides 2012 single work novel ; (p. 49) - Gorgeous Perambulator, single work short story (p. 51-56)
- Co. Kerryi"The very smell of the sea beckons -", single work poetry (p. 56)
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Midwest Gothic,
single work
review
— Review of Sufficient Grace 2009 single work novel ; (p. 63)Note: Written as: Francesca Sasnaitis. -
Classical Mirrors,
single work
review
— Review of Asymmetry 2012 selected work poetry ; (p. 73)
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