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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2 December 2017 2017 of The Weekend Australian est. 1977 The Weekend Australian
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* Contents derived from the , 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Beyond Belief, Peter Pierce , single work review essay

'In October 1999, in his 84th year, Morris West died at his desk, as Charles Dickens had, as Robert B. Parker would. His final work, published posthumously in 2000, was The Last Confession, his account of ­Dominican friar and cosmologist Giordano Bruno, who was burned at the stake for heresy by the Inquisition in 1600 and whose career and example had long fascinated West.' (Introduction)

 (p. 16) Section: Review
Form and Function, Geoff Page , single work review
— Review of On the Outskirts John Kinsella , 2017 selected work poetry ; With the Youngsters : Group Sestinas and Group Villanelles 2017 anthology poetry ; Reading for a Quiet Morning Petra White , 2017 selected work poetry ;

'Since the late 1980s, the work of John Kinsella has been protean and prodigious. At times a pastoral poet (some say anti-pastoral), such as with The Silo (1995), at others an experimental one. as in Syzgy (1993), Kinsella is best known these days as an eco-poet, a term to which his work has given an almost definitional focus.' (Introduction)

 (p. 18) Section: Review
Tales to Tell and Doctrines to Defend, Peter Craven , single work review
— Review of Incorrigible Optimist : A Political Memoir Gareth John Evans , 2017 single work autobiography ;

'Gareth Evans is one of the most formidable figures in external affairs since HR Evatt. The former foreign minister’s memoir, Incorrigible Optimist, is a vividly articulated account of life in and after politics, passionately argued and richly anecdotal at the same time.' (Introduction)

 (p. 21) Section: Review
Fresh Layer of Passion in Retelling Joan’s Tale, Pip Smith , single work review
— Review of The Last Days of Jeanne d'Arc Ali Alizadeh , 2017 single work novel ;

'The sacking of Troy, Henry VIII and his wives, and the life and trial of Joan of Arc are among the brassy blockbusters of history. What draws novelists, filmmakers, playwrights and other myth-makers back to these stories when they have been told thousands of times before?' (Introduction)

 (p. 22) Section: Review
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