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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 28 November 2020 of The Weekend Australian est. 1977 The Weekend Australian
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 2020 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
What a Swell Party This Could Be, David Stratton , single work review
— Review of How Do You Know Chris? Zachary Perez , 2020 single work film/TV ;
(p. 13) Section: Review
Painter’s Eye and a Poet’s Ear, Peter Craven , single work review
— Review of One Day I'll Remember This : Diaries 1987-1995 Helen Garner , 2020 single work diary ;

'Helen Garner’s diaries have always been some kind of overriding preoccupation for this writer who breaks down the barrier between fiction and nonfiction. Forty years ago her detractors declared of Monkey Grip, arguably the most game-changing novel in Australian history, that it was simply her diaries regurgitated and dressed up as art.' (Introduction)

(p. 14) Section: Review
Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Beejay Silcox , single work review
— Review of Only Happiness Here : In Search of Elizabeth von Arnim Gabrielle Carey , 2020 single work biography ;

'Gabrielle Carey’s new book about forgotten Australian novelist Elizabeth von Arnim is a much-needed antidote to the seriousness of modernist fiction, writes Beejay Silcox'

(p. 14) Section: Review
An Unsparing Eye and Lucent Sight, Gerard Windsor , single work review
— Review of Watsonia: A Writing Life Don Watson , 2020 collected work essay ;

'Don Watson is a preacher. The boy has flushed religion out of himself but the Presbyterian genes ensure he remains a fierce believer, and preacher. He does the gamut: eulogies, jeremiads, lamentations, moral expositions.' (Introduction)

(p. 16) Section: Review
A Country Parki"There are no unit blocks stacked densely", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 16)
Lost and Found, Geordie Williamson , single work review
— Review of The Fifth Season Philip Salom , 2020 single work novel ;

'Though it may seem so for many emerging from lockdown, loneliness has not always been a fact of life. Bonds between family, community and broader society were, for better or worse, stronger in the past than they are today.' (Introduction)

(p. 17) Section: Review
Dogs in Spacei"Somewhere in Patagonia, an old man carries an axe, and a kitten blows like", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 18) Section: Review

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