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Alternative title: ABR
Issue Details: First known date: 2003... no. 250 April 2003 of Australian Book Review est. 1961 Australian Book Review
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Brett's T-Shirt, Juno Gemes , single work correspondence
Gemes rues the lack of accuracy, depth and appropriate acknowledgements in Black and Whiteley : Barry Dickins in Search of Brett and suggests shortcomings in Edwina Preston's review of this work.
 (p. 4)
Missing Victim, Louis Nowra , single work correspondence
Nowra comments on the process of writing the screenplay for Black and White, his own feelings about the death of Mary Hattan and the subsequent trial of Max Stuart, and changes to his original script made by the director and producer.
 (p. 4)
Where the Sea Meets the Deserti"Antony and Cleopatra swam at Mersa Matruh", Clive James , single work poetry (p. 19)
Resolution Was All, Peter Pierce , single work review
— Review of One Fourteenth of an Elephant : A Memoir of Life and Death on the Burma-Thailand Railway Ian Denys Peek , 2003 single work autobiography ; If This Should be Farewell : A Family Separated by War : The Journal and Letters of Ernest and Mary Hodgkin, 1942-1945 Ernest Hodgkin , Mary Hodgkin , 2003 selected work autobiography correspondence diary ; (p. 21-22)
In Town for the Marchi"Today in Castlereagh Street I", Clive James , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Oily Ratbag and the Recycled Waratah: Early Years of ABR, Kerryn Goldsworthy , single work criticism
Goldsworthy recalls the earliest issues of Australian Book Review from the era 1961-1973 (prior to the journal's publishing hiatus and its revival in 1978).
 (p. 23-24)
Dredging It Up, Ceridwen Spark , single work review
— Review of The Secrets Behind My Smile June Dally-Watkins , Louise Gee , 2002 single work autobiography ; Kerryn & Jackie : The Shared Life of Kerryn Phelps and Jackie Stricker Susan Mitchell , 2002 single work biography ; (p. 25-26)
Sounding-Boards of the Heart, Michael McGirr , single work review
— Review of Wings of the Kite-Hawk Nicolas Rothwell , 2003 single work autobiography ; (p. 27)
A Dark Quilt, Joy W. Hooton , single work review
— Review of The Thirteenth Night : A Mother's Story Jan McNess , 2003 single work autobiography ; Something More Wonderful : A True Story Sonia Orchard , 2003 single work autobiography ; (p. 28-29)
The Language of a Private World, Peter Bishop , single work essay
Bishop canvasses a range of writers and composers from the eighteenth to the twentieth century whom he considers to have produced great works. He places particular emphasis on Pushkin, Schopenhauer and Stravinsky.
 (p. 30-35)
Frantic Swans, Michael Williams , single work review
— Review of Swan Bay : A Novel of Destiny, Desire and Death Rod Jones , 2003 single work novel ; (p. 36)
Getting to the Point, Carolyn Tetaz , single work review
— Review of The Point Marion Halligan , 2003 single work novel ; (p. 37)
Pastiche, Not a Homage, Simon Caterson , single work review
— Review of The Lamplighter Anthony O'Neill , 2003 single work novel ; (p. 38)
Look, No Snipers, Thuy On , single work review
— Review of Mahjar : A Novel Eva Sallis , 2003 single work novel ; (p. 39)
Archangels of Evolution, Stephanie Trigg , single work review
— Review of All This Is So John F. Roe , 2002 single work novel ; (p. 40)
Codai"when life says shut", Geraldine McKenzie , single work poetry (p. 41)
Being There, Oliver Dennis , single work review
— Review of Mangroves Laurie Duggan , 2003 selected work poetry ; (p. 42)
No Time to Waste, Martin Duwell , single work review
— Review of Poems For America : New Poems David Rowbotham , 2002 selected work poetry ; (p. 43)
Tendering the Cup, Peter Steele , single work review
— Review of Gwen Harwood : Collected Poems 1943-1995 Gwen Harwood , 2003 collected work poetry ; (p. 44-45)
The Awful Truthi"Despite the vast data at hand", Chris Edwards , single work poetry (p. 45)
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