Richard Johnstone Richard Johnstone i(A20026 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 A Table, a Fruit Bowl and One Shrivelled Apple Richard Johnstone , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , July 2013;

— Review of Seance on a Wet Afternoon Mark McShane , 1961 single work novel

'MARK McSHANE’s 1961 thriller Séance on a Wet Afternoon has been adapted four times since its initial publication. The first, Bryan Forbes’s 1964 film of the same title, remains the best known – better known, in fact, than the novel. Though not especially successful when it was released, it has grown considerably in reputation. Richard Attenborough, who co-produced the film with Forbes as well as acting in it, later identified the role as his best performance. In 2002, after a long gap, the Japanese horror film director Kiyoshi Kurosawa made a telemovie that took further liberties with the plot but remained, as did the earlier film, more or less faithful to the essentials. There has been an adaptation for radio – first broadcast on BBC Radio4 in 2010, with the excellent Anton Lesser as narrator – and, most adventurously of all, an opera. The opera, by Stephen Schwartz, who is best known as the lyricist and composer of the musical Wicked, had its premiere in Santa Barbara in 2009, and was performed in New York in 2011.'(Introduction)          

1 A Kind of Biography Richard Johnstone , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , October 2012; Inside Story , October-November no. 12 2012; (p. 18-19)

— Review of Farewell, Dear People : Biographies of Australia's Lost Generation Ross McMullin , 2012 selected work biography ; The Daughters of Mars Thomas Keneally , 2012 single work novel
1 Friending Richard Johnstone , 2012 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , March 2012;

— Review of A Common Loss Kirsten Tranter , 2011 single work novel
1 An Outsider at War Richard Johnstone , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , June 2012;

— Review of The Middle Parts of Fortune : Somme and Ancre, 1916 Frederic Manning , 1929 single work novel

'Richard Johnstone reviews Frederic Manning’s extraordinary account of the foot soldiers of the first world war' 

1 Richard Johnstone Replies to Jacki Weaver Richard Johnstone , 2006 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 280 2006; (p. 7)
1 2 Lots of Characters Richard Johnstone , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 278 2006; (p. 44-45)

— Review of Noeline : A Long Term Memoir Noeline Brown , 2005 single work autobiography ; Much Love, Jac Jacki Weaver , 2005 single work autobiography
1 Best Books of the Year Neal Blewett , James Bradley , Peter Craven , Gillian Dooley , Martin Duwell , Morag Fraser , Kerryn Goldsworthy , Lisa Gorton , Bridget Griffen-Foley , Michelle Griffin , Richard Johnstone , Barry Jones , Nicholas Jose , James Ley , David McCooey , Brian McFarlane , Brenda Niall , Peter Porter , Angus Trumble , Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 2005-2006 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 277 2005-2006; (p. 28-31)
Reviewers for Australian Book Review each nominate their best books of 2005. Some of the books listed are by Australian writers.
1 'Spasms of Assertion': The Politics and Aesthetics of Blogging Richard Johnstone , 2005 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 271 2005; (p. 32-36)
1 The Naked Garnish Richard Johnstone , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 267 2004-2005; (p. 38-39)

— Review of Plenty : Digressions on Food Gay Bilson , 2004 single work autobiography
1 Cults of the Past Richard Johnstone , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 266 2004; (p. 31-32)

— Review of Coming and Going Andra Kins , 2004 single work biography ; The Idea of Home : Autobiographical Essays John Hughes , 2004 selected work autobiography
1 Dragons and Good Men Richard Johnstone , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 265 2004; (p. 22)

— Review of Bypass : The Story of a Road Michael McGirr , 2004 single work prose
1 Staying Alive in Mary Street Richard Johnstone , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 261 2004; (p. 19)

— Review of The Sparrow Garden Peter Skrzynecki , Marianna Lacek (translator), 2004 single work autobiography
1 Entering the Maze Richard Johnstone , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 259 2004; (p. 56-57)

— Review of A Story Dreamt Long Ago : A Memoir Phyllis McDuff , 2003 single work biography ; The Boy in the Boat Brian O'Raleigh , 2003 single work autobiography
1 Tied to the Gum Tree Richard Johnstone , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , November vol. 12 no. 9 2002; (p. 41, 42-43)

— Review of Gum Ashley Hay , 2002 single work prose
1 Angst Richard Johnstone , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , February vol. 8 no. 12 1989; (p. 9-10)

— Review of Broken Words Helen Hodgman , 1988 single work novel
1 Unexplored Country Richard Johnstone , 1980 single work
— Appears in: London Magazine , vol. 20, n.s. no. 8-9 1980; (p. 63-70)
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