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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Longhand : A Writer's Notebook
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lLonghand records an expatriate's view of England and parts of Europe, with notes on landscape, dialogue overhead, people met, time spent in aTropical Diseases Hospital, fragments of books, reportage and, always, ideas for stories.' (Publication summary)

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Novel in experimental form
    • Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: McPhee Gribble , 1989 .
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      Extent: 142p.
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      • Published: October 1989
         
      ISBN: 9780869141700
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Works about this Work

'Matisse Is Jammed with Confidence' : Painting and Creative Inspiration in the Early Writings of Murray Bail Michael Ackland , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 56 no. 1 2011; (p. 198-215) Argues that the early writings of Murray Bail marked a radical break with the Australian realist tradition.
The Long Hand of Murray Bail : Travel and Writing Paul Sharrad , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journeying and Journalling : Creative and Critical Meditations on Travel Writing 2010; (p. 25-36) 'In this paper Paul Sharrad suggests that Murray Bail 'could not have produced most of his work without journeying abroad, and that his book of travel observations, Longhand, offers insights into one particular kind of 'journeying' as well as his reliance on material picked up along his journeying out from and back to Australia. While he began serious writing around the age of 19 in his native South Australia, and composed some other stories during his years in Melbourne working in advertising, Bail did not really get going as a published writer until he had been overseas for several years, first in India and then England and Europe. His jottings in Longhand: a Writer's Notebook, show on the one hand, how his sense of being a writer affects his recording of the travel experience, and secondly, how much his travels have had an impact on his fiction.'' (25-26)
Literate Scribblings Don Anderson , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Real Opinions : Polemical and Popular Writings 1992; (p. 78-82)
— Review of Longhand : A Writer's Notebook Murray Bail , 1989 single work autobiography novel
[Review] A Body of Water [et al] Gay Raines , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Studies , November no. 6 1992; (p. 145-151)
— Review of A Body of Water : A Year's Notebook Beverley Farmer , 1990 selected work autobiography short story poetry diary ; The Country Without Music Nicholas Hasluck , 1990 single work novel ; Longhand : A Writer's Notebook Murray Bail , 1989 single work autobiography novel ; Master of the Ghost Dreaming Mudrooroo , 1991 single work novel ; Cloudstreet Tim Winton , 1991 single work novel ; Lateshows Frank Moorhouse , 1990 selected work prose ; Velvet Waters Gerald Murnane , 1990 selected work short story ; The Harbour Breathes Anna Couani , 1989 selected work prose poetry
Untitled David P. Reiter , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Redoubt , August no. 12 1991; (p. 65-67)
— Review of Longhand : A Writer's Notebook Murray Bail , 1989 single work autobiography novel
Untiitled Catherine Bateson , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , February vol. 5 no. 2 1990; (p. 14)
— Review of Longhand : A Writer's Notebook Murray Bail , 1989 single work autobiography novel
Rich Landscapes of the Mind Katharine England , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 February 1990; (p. 14)
— Review of A Body of Water : A Year's Notebook Beverley Farmer , 1990 selected work autobiography short story poetry diary ; Longhand : A Writer's Notebook Murray Bail , 1989 single work autobiography novel
[Review] A Body of Water [et al] Gay Raines , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Studies , November no. 6 1992; (p. 145-151)
— Review of A Body of Water : A Year's Notebook Beverley Farmer , 1990 selected work autobiography short story poetry diary ; The Country Without Music Nicholas Hasluck , 1990 single work novel ; Longhand : A Writer's Notebook Murray Bail , 1989 single work autobiography novel ; Master of the Ghost Dreaming Mudrooroo , 1991 single work novel ; Cloudstreet Tim Winton , 1991 single work novel ; Lateshows Frank Moorhouse , 1990 selected work prose ; Velvet Waters Gerald Murnane , 1990 selected work short story ; The Harbour Breathes Anna Couani , 1989 selected work prose poetry
Drawing the Line Reba Gostand , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , July vol. 9 no. 2 1990; (p. 59)
— Review of Spider Cup Marion Halligan , 1990 single work novel ; Over the Top with Jim : Hugh Lunn's Tap-Dancing, Bugle-Blowing Memoir of a Well-Spent Boyhood Hugh Lunn , 1989 single work autobiography ; Sisters : A Novel Ada Cambridge , 1904 single work novel ; North of the Moonlight Sonata Kerryn Goldsworthy , 1989 selected work short story ; Longhand : A Writer's Notebook Murray Bail , 1989 single work autobiography novel ; Mo Burdekin Sarah Campion , 1941 single work novel
A Brave Collection Alan Attwood , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Herald , 13 October 1989; (p. 16)
— Review of Longhand : A Writer's Notebook Murray Bail , 1989 single work autobiography novel
Mapping the Brainwaves Hilary McPhee , 1989 single work column
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , October vol. 4 no. 10 1989; (p. 6-8)
'Matisse Is Jammed with Confidence' : Painting and Creative Inspiration in the Early Writings of Murray Bail Michael Ackland , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 56 no. 1 2011; (p. 198-215) Argues that the early writings of Murray Bail marked a radical break with the Australian realist tradition.
The Long Hand of Murray Bail : Travel and Writing Paul Sharrad , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journeying and Journalling : Creative and Critical Meditations on Travel Writing 2010; (p. 25-36) 'In this paper Paul Sharrad suggests that Murray Bail 'could not have produced most of his work without journeying abroad, and that his book of travel observations, Longhand, offers insights into one particular kind of 'journeying' as well as his reliance on material picked up along his journeying out from and back to Australia. While he began serious writing around the age of 19 in his native South Australia, and composed some other stories during his years in Melbourne working in advertising, Bail did not really get going as a published writer until he had been overseas for several years, first in India and then England and Europe. His jottings in Longhand: a Writer's Notebook, show on the one hand, how his sense of being a writer affects his recording of the travel experience, and secondly, how much his travels have had an impact on his fiction.'' (25-26)
Revealed : Author's Devious Delights Giles Hugo , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 7 October 1989; (p. 22)
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Subjects:
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    India,
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    South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • Europe,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1970s
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