Michael Shmith Michael Shmith i(A29973 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon It Might Be … P Is for Peter, Physician, Patient, Poet Michael Shmith , 2024 27835267 2024 single work review
— Review of The Cancer Finishing School : Lessons in Laughter, Love and Resilience Peter Goldsworthy , 2024 single work autobiography
'That doctors aren’t supposed to become incurably ill is something their patients might say, and about as useless as declaring that dentists are forbidden from contracting toothache or that undertakers should live forever – seeing other people out, not themselves.' (Introduction)
1 Read All About It : Hot-Metal Memories Michael Shmith , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 404 2018; (p. 23-24)

'One day not that far away, I suspect, hot-metal memoirs will grow cold on the slab. Thus the triumph of technology over the nostalgia of those days when journalistic skills included not only being up to shorthand speed but being able to read upside down and back to front. The latter skill was necessary for any production journalist who spent long and awkward hours in the composing room, standing across a metal forme from a nimble compositor who arranged the layout of various columns of lead type and photogravure blocks into an immovable mass to be cast into a newspaper page. Trying even to explain a composing room – or, to give its affectionate nickname, ‘the stone’ – to anyone born at the start of this century (perhaps before), is a thankless and indeed useless task. There is an entire archaic lexicon of once-familiar newspaper production terms: define ‘flong’, ‘galley’, ‘WOB’, ‘chase’, ‘slug’, ‘widow and orphan’, and ‘banging-out’ (answers below).' (Introduction)

1 Arts Highlights of the Year Robyn Archer , Ben Brooker , Tim Byrne , Lee Christofis , Alison Croggon , Brett Dean , Ian Dickson , Julie Ewington , Morag Fraser , Andrew Fuhrmann , Colin Golvan , Fiona Gruber , Patrick McCaughey , Brian McFarlane , Primrose Potter , John Rickard , Peter Rose , Dina Ross , Michael Shmith , Doug Wallen , Terri-Ann White , Kim Williams , Jake Wilson , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 376 2015; (p. 36-42)
'To highlight Australian Book Review's arts coverage and to celebrate some of the year's memorable concerts, operas, films, ballets, plays, and exhibitions, we invited a group of critics and arts professionals to nominate their favourites – and to nominate one production they are looking forward to in 2016. (We indicate which works were reviewed in Arts Update.)' (36)
1 Move Over Brangelina, It’s the Googie and John Show Michael Shmith , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 July 2015; (p. 25) The Age , 18 July 2015; (p. 25)

— Review of Double-Act : The Remarkable Lives and Careers of Googie Withers and John McCallum Brian McFarlane , 2015 single work biography
1 The ‘Lifescape’ of Kim Williams Michael Shmith , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 367 2014; (p. 22)

— Review of Rules of Engagement Kim Williams , 2014 single work autobiography
1 New Collaboration Offers Dramatic Power and Glory Michael Shmith , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 September 2014; (p. 31)

— Review of The Riders Alison Croggon , Iain Grandage , 2014 single work single work musical theatre
1 Lunch with Gale Edwards Michael Shmith , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 May 2014; The Age , no. 19 May 2014;
1 Vale Jeffrey Smart, the Anti-Impressionist Michael Shmith , 2013 single work obituary (for Jeffrey Smart )
— Appears in: The Age , 22 June 2013; (p. 22)
1 Midnight Tale of Murder at Its Murky Worst, but Will It Stand the Test of Time? Michael Shmith , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 May 2012; (p. 15)

— Review of Midnight Son Louis Nowra , 2012 single work musical theatre
1 Not Your Average Edna Michael Shmith , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 23 March 2012; (p. 9)
1 Indigenous Voices Re-Create a Gripping Emotional Journey Michael Shmith , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 1 October 2011; (p. 24)

— Review of Pecan Summer Deborah Cheetham , 2008 single work musical theatre
1 Brought to Book : Why Kindle Has Failed to Light My Literary Fire Michael Shmith , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 20 August 2011; (p. 25)
1 Barry's Tribute to Another Dame Michael Shmith , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 15 June 2011; (p. 22)
1 Victorian Opera Welcomes Richard the Second Michael Shmith , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 28 May 2011; (p. 24)
Richard Mills has been appointed Victorian Opera's incoming artistic director.
1 Untitled Michael Shmith , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 May 2011; (p. 15)

— Review of How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints) Timothy Daly , 2011 single work musical theatre
1 Kirby's Bitter-Sweet Symphony Michael Shmith , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 20 April 2011; (p. 24)
1 Brave Souls Bare All, Letting Us Take a Guilty Peek at Their Diaries Michael Shmith , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 16 April 2011; (p. 24)
1 The Good Life : Lunch with... Julian Burnside Michael Shmith , 2011 single work biography
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 26 February 2011; (p. 3)
1 Australia Day 2011 : Michael Shmith Michael Shmith , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 26 January 2011; (p. 2)
1 White's Quirky Tale Takes Flight Michael Shmith , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 December 2010; (p. 15)

— Review of The Cockatoos Sarah Carradine , 2010 single work musical theatre
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