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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 10 February 2018 of The Weekend Australian est. 1977 The Weekend Australian
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2018 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Haunting Tale of Human Isolation, Ed Wright , single work review
— Review of Soon Lois Murphy , 2017 single work novel ; Rural Liberties Neal Drinnan , 2017 single work novel ; The Last Long Drop Mike Safe , 2017 single work novel ; The Fish Girl Mirandi Riwoe , 2017 single work novella ;

'Western Australia is experiencing a literary purple patch at the moment and Lois Murphy’s debut novel, Soon (Transit Lounge, 288pp, $29.99), is further evidence of this. Murphy, who lives in Melbourne now, spent six years travelling Australia in a homemade four-wheel-drive truck, and this novel about the stubborn last residents of an abandoned town is loosely based on the fate of Wittenoom, infamous as the site of Australia’s largest asbestos mine.' (Introduction)

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Perfecting a Metaphor, Mandy Sayer , single work review
— Review of The Town Shaun Prescott , 2017 single work novel ;

'Shaun Prescott worries he will wake up and discover the success of his debut novel, The Town , is just an existential dream, he tells Mandy Sayer

'When I finished reading Shaun Prescott’s debut novel The Town I was naturally curious about the author, whose book jacket biography is unusually brief: he lives in the Blue Mountains and has had a few short pieces previously published in literary magazines.' (Introduction)

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