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Alternative title: ABR
Issue Details: First known date: 1986... no. 85 October 1986 of Australian Book Review est. 1961 Australian Book Review
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Starters and Writers, Mark Rubbo , single work criticism (p. 2)
Romance Goes Down the Plughole : A Black Comedy of Manners, Mice and Men, Jane Cotter , single work review
— Review of Dreamhouse Kate Grenville , 1986 single work novel ; (p. 5-7)
Untitled, Peter Goldsworthy , single work review
— Review of Winter in Jerusalem Blanche d'Alpuget , 1986 single work novel ; (p. 7-8)
Frank Moorhouse : The Spy in the House of Fiction. Ya Godda Larf, Kate Ahearne , single work review
— Review of Room Service : Comic Writings of Frank Moorhouse Frank Moorhouse , 1985 selected work short story ; (p. 8-9)
Self Portrait, Vincent Buckley , single work criticism autobiography (p. 10-11)
Making the Melbourne Writers' Festival, Colin Talbot , single work criticism (p. 18-20)
The Flower and the Word : Reconstructing the Face of Contemporary Australian Poetry, Maria Koundoura , single work review
— Review of Contemporary Australian Poetry Dimitris Tsaloumas (translator), 1985 anthology poetry ; (p. 20-21)
Nostalgia in a Cold Climate : Plays with Their Hearts on Their Sleeves, Helen Thomson , single work review
— Review of The Kelly Dance John Romeril , 1984 single work musical theatre ; Beware of Imitations Barry Oakley , 1972 single work drama ; Send-Off Ian Nash , 1986 single work drama ; (p. 23-24)
The Children's Jolley : Robin Klein : time to slow down?, Mark Macleod , single work review
— Review of The Princess Who Hated It Robin Klein , 1986 single work picture book ; Boss of the Pool Robin Klein , 1986 single work children's fiction ; (p. 24-26)
Conservative and Radical, Dressed up to Look the Same, J. A. Mead , single work review
— Review of Old Days : Old Ways : A Book of Recollections Mary Gilmore , 1934 single work autobiography ; (p. 26-28)
A Socialist Realist Resurrection : Leavised Yesterday, Deconstructed Today....., Don Grant , single work review
— Review of Upsurge : A Novel J. M. Harcourt , 1934 single work novel ; (p. 28-29)
Guessing the Colour of the Sky : Blue?, Paul Salzman , single work review
— Review of The Color of the Sky : A Novel Peter Cowan , 1986 single work novel ; (p. 29-30)
The Expense of Suspense : Subtlety Sacrificed to Social Critique, Brenda Walker , single work review
— Review of Jumbo Gabrielle Lord , 1986 single work novel ; (p. 30-31)
Just Relations in Domestic Bliss, Ken Gelder , single work review
— Review of The Floor of Heaven James McQueen , 1986 single work novel ; (p. 32-33)
Untitled, Ludmilla Forsyth , single work review
— Review of Strange Country : A Study of Randolph Stow Anthony J. Hassall , 1986 single work criticism ; (p. 33-34)
see Letter to the Editor, Peter Craven , single work review
— Review of The Role of Literary Magazines and Small Publishing Firms in Australia Michael Denholm , 1986 single work criticism ; (p. 36-37)
see Letter to the Editor, Michael Heyward , single work review
— Review of The Role of Literary Magazines and Small Publishing Firms in Australia Michael Denholm , 1986 single work criticism ; (p. 36-37)
see Letter to the Editor, John Tranter , single work review
— Review of The Role of Literary Magazines and Small Publishing Firms in Australia Michael Denholm , 1986 single work criticism ; (p. 37)
Letters, Kate Ahearne , single work correspondence criticism (p. 38)
Letters, Jean Bedford , single work correspondence (p. 38)
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