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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 24 August 2018 of The Conversation est. 2011 The Conversation
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The Meaning of Food in Crime Fiction, Jean Anderson , Barbara Pezzotti , Carolina Miranda , single work essay

'In English, we might claim we could “murder a good steak”. Italian and Spanish speakers might “kill for a coffee”, and Germans refer to acute hunger as Mordshunger or murderhunger – but do people really kill for food?' '

 Section: Friday essay
From Benang to Taboo, Kim Scott Memorialises Events We Don’t Want to Remember, Jo Jones , single work column

'Over the past three decades the Miles Franklin shortlists have contained a healthy serve of history, from the poised historical fiction of authors such as David Malouf and Roger McDonald, to the past-in-present fabulations of Alexis Wright and Richard Flanagan. Another is Kim Scott, twice winner of the award, and part of the current shortlist with his most recent novel Taboo.'  (Introduction)
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