Issue Details: First known date: 1999... vol. 7 no. 4 Summer 1999 of Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults est. 1993 Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Cleavage in Adelaide, Ruth Starke , single work criticism
Documents the publicity campaign which arose from a 12 year old girl reading Nikki Gemmell's Cleave : A Novel which she had borrowed from her school library. Starke focuses on the conduct of the campaign, activated by the girl's mother, through talkback radio and the use of petitions. Starke's conclusion is that, when the need arises, writers should take issue with censorship through negotiation with the "decision-makers" rather than in the court of the "shock jocks".
(p. 3-6)
Dark Undercurrents, Sophie Masson , single work criticism
Masson discusses the implications for Australian society of the dominant image of Marsden's text in The Rabbits. She highlights some possible 'readings' of the "heavily loaded sub-text" in the light of symbolic understandings of 'rabbits' in both Europe and Australia. Masson raises the complexity of extablishing identity in a "settler" society and the dangers inherent in deconstructing history by appropriating the viewpoint of indigenous culture.
(p. 7-8)
Why Don't They Read Proper Books?, Sonya Hartnett , single work criticism (p. 9-10)
...And Nick Earls, Inside the Head, Nick Earls , single work prose (p. 11-12)
And in the Audience : Anna Ryan-Punch, Anna Ryan-Punch , single work column
A response to a session of the 1999 Melbourne Writer's Week Festival titled Why Don't They Read Proper Books?. Ryan-Punch suggests that greater faith should be placed in adolescent readers to self-mediate the suitability of books according to their own developmental and interest levels.
(p. 13)
Horseplay, Alison Goodman , single work criticism
Goodman discusses her writing techniques, particularly her practice of making her work "visually" available to her audience. Goodman explains her use of storyboards - a technique used in film making - in enabling her to write in a direct linear mode from the beginning to the end of her novels.
(p. 14-15)
"48 Shades of Brown" by Nick Earls, Ruth Starke , single work review
— Review of 48 Shades of Brown Nick Earls , 1999 single work novel ;
(p. 19)
'Snigger James on Grey' by Mark Svendsen, Michael Pryor , single work review
— Review of Snigger James on Grey Mark Svendsen , 1999 single work novel ;
(p. 22)
Mishap and Skulduggery, William Norris , single work review
— Review of The Last Voyage of the Albatross Barry Klemm , 1999 single work novel ; Dead Reckoning James McQueen , 1998 single work children's fiction ;
(p. 23)
Whimpers, Laughs, Tears, Deaths and a Little Reconciliation, single work criticism
Brief overivew of Young Adult literature published by Australian authors during the 1990s.
(p. 24-25)
'Once Upon a Place' by Robert Ingpen, Susan Mayor Cox , single work review
— Review of Once Upon a Place Robert Ingpen , 1999 single work picture book ;
(p. 26-27)
'The Ivory Trial' by Victor Kelleher, Jane Ponting , single work review
— Review of The Ivory Trail Victor Kelleher , 1999 single work novel ;
(p. 29)
Son of Samuel, Amaara Raheem , single work short story (p. 31-32)
[Review] Doomchild, Lucy Sussex , single work review
— Review of Doomchild Moses Aaron , 1999 single work children's fiction ;
(p. 37) Section: Booknotes
Untitled, Stella Lees , single work review
— Review of Wish Felice Arena , 1999 single work novel ;
(p. 37) Section: Booknotes
Untitled, Kevin Steinberger , single work review
— Review of The Worst Band in the Universe Graeme Base , 1999 single work picture book ;
(p. 38) Section: Booknotes
Untitled, Stella Lees , single work review
— Review of Crash! The Search for the Stinson Jennifer Beck , Dyan Blacklock , 1999 single work information book ;
(p. 38-39) Section: Booknotes
Untitled, Diana Hodge , single work review
— Review of Stuck in Fast Forward Damien Broderick , Rory Barnes , 1999 single work novel ;
(p. 39) Section: Booknotes
Untitled, Michael Pryor , single work review
— Review of No Standing Zone Margaret Clark , 1999 single work novel ;
(p. 39-40) Section: Booknotes
Untitled, Stella Lees , single work review
— Review of No Other Way Michael Dugan , 1999 single work novel ;
(p. 40-41) Section: Booknotes

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