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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 8 July 2017 of The Weekend Australian est. 1977 The Weekend Australian
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Little of Us Left in the Tomes We Leave behind, Michelle Coxall , single work essay

'Bookseller Michelle Coxall considers how we live with books, how books live with us, and how only one half of this relationship can live forever.' (Introduction)

 (p. 18) Section: Review
Heysen Put into Perspective, by Gum, Ross Fitzgerald , single work essay (p. 21)
Dystopian Times at the End of the World, George Williams , single work essay

'Australia is an excellent place to set the apocalypse. The Mad Max films and books such as Nevil Shute’s 1957 novel On the Beach are well-known examples.' (Introduction)

 (p. 22) Section: Review
A Long Goodbye in Playful Verse, Ed Wright , single work essay

'Brian Castro has been a great innovator in Australian fiction for decades. After winning the 1982 The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award for his first novel, Birds of Passage, his originality took him down a path of semi-obscurity and penury studded with complex but brilliant novels such as his reimagining of Sigmund Freud’s wolf man in Double Wolf, or his intriguing take on the spy novel in Stepper.' (Introduction)

 (p. 22) Section: Review
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