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Alternative title: ABR
Issue Details: First known date: 1981... no. 37 December 1981 of Australian Book Review est. 1961 Australian Book Review
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1981 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Year in Review : Fiction, Veronica Brady , single work (p. 8-9)
The Year in Review : Children's Publishing, Margaret Dunkle , single work criticism (p. 9-10)
The Play's the Thing, Mary Lord , single work review
— Review of Politics (A Farce) Barry Oakley , 1981 single work drama ; Furtive Love Peter Joseph Kenna , 1978 single work drama ; Contemporary Australian Drama : Perspectives Since 1955 1981 anthology criticism ; After 'The Doll' : Australian Drama Since 1955 Peter Fitzpatrick , 1979 multi chapter work criticism criticism ;
(p. 15-16)
The Play's the Thing, Mary Lord , single work review
— Review of The Golden Oldies, and Susannah's Dreaming Dorothy Hewett , 1981 selected work drama ; Furtive Love Peter Joseph Kenna , 1978 single work drama ; Yamashita Roger Pulvers , 1977 single work drama ; Marsupials and Politics : Two Comedies Barry Oakley , 1979 selected work drama ; No Names -- No Pack Drill Bob Herbert , 1979 single work drama ; After 'The Doll' : Australian Drama Since 1955 Peter Fitzpatrick , 1979 multi chapter work criticism criticism ; Any Fool Can and Other Radio Plays Ken Methold , 1980 selected work drama ; Life Pieces, 2 : More Australian Plays Allan Mackay , 1981 selected work drama ;
(p. 15-16)
The Plays the Thing, Mary Lord , single work review
— Review of This Old Man Comes Rolling Home Dorothy Hewett , 1967 single work drama ;
(p. 15-16)
Glimpses in a Mirror, John McLaren , single work review
— Review of Flaws in the Glass : A Self-Portrait Patrick White , 1981 single work autobiography ;
(p. 16-18)
Prisoner of History, Phillip Adams , single work review
— Review of Indirections : A Literary Autobiography Stephen Murray-Smith , 1981 single work criticism autobiography ;
(p. 26-27)
Books for Children : Picture Books : The Local Scene, Margaret Dunkle , single work review
— Review of Sunshine 1981 single work picture book ; In the Garden of Badthings Doug MacLeod , 1981 selected work poetry ; Barney Bracken and Friends Charles Newman , 1981 single work picture book ; Eucalyptus Peter Browne , 1980 single work picture book ; Joey's Egg-Shell People Tony Scanlon , 1981 single work picture book ; Jenny's Baby Brother Peter Smith , 1981 single work picture book ; Pete and Roland Bob Graham , 1981 single work picture book ; Mike's Birthday Bulldozer Nan Bodsworth , 1981 single work picture book ; A Tall Story Sally Fitzpatrick , 1981 single work picture book ;
(p. 28)
Alienated Males, Frances McInherny , single work review
— Review of Dirty Friends : Stories Morris Lurie , 1981 selected work short story ;
(p. 30-31)
Crying in the Wilderness, Jim Legasse , single work review
— Review of City of Women : A Novel David Ireland , 1981 single work novel ;
(p. 31-32)
Impeccable Deftness, Mary Lord , single work review
— Review of Darlinghurst Nights : And Morning Glories : Being 47 Strange Sights Observed from Eleventh Storeys, in a Land of Cream Puffs and Crime, by a Flat-Roof Professor; and Here Set Forth in Sketch and Rhyme Kenneth Slessor , 1933 selected work poetry ;
(p. 33-34)
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