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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... March 2015 of Sydney Review of Books est. 2013 Sydney Review of Books
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Catastrophe Business, Peter Pierce , single work review
— Review of Clade James Bradley , 2015 single work novel ;
Rolling Downhill, Kerryn Goldsworthy , single work review
— Review of What Days Are For Robert Dessaix , 2014 single work autobiography ;
Great Poem Hoax, Simon West , single work review
— Review of The Best 100 Poems of Gwen Harwood Gwen Harwood , 2014 selected work poetry ;

'In August 1961, the Melbourne newspaper Truth ran the headline GREAT POEM HOAX: HOUSEWIFE FOOLS THE EXPERTS WITH HER NAUGHTY SONNETS. The page three article began:

A Tasmanian poet-housewife has become the centre of a literary storm because of two sonnets she sent to a magazine as a hoax. The sonnets concealed a message – and a rude word – in words from the first letter of each line. The poet is Mrs Gwen Harwood, of Hobart, wife of a University Tasmania lecturer … The first sonnet said ‘So long, Bulletin’. The second gave an earthy and uncomplimentary opinion of all editors.'

  (Introduction)

Ivor Indyk on the Stella Prize, Ivor Indyk , single work column
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