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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 11-12 December 2004 of The Sydney Morning Herald est. 1842 The Sydney Morning Herald
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Lost Art of the Raconteur, Jenny Tabakoff , single work essay
Tabakoff suggests that the reason people are becoming less inclined to read novels is 'too few rattling good yarns'.
 (p. 9) Section: Spectrum
A Year of Reading Voraciously, A. P. Riemer , Jason Steger , Daphne Guinness , Michael Sexton , Meg Sorensen , Bruce Elder , Ruth Wajnryb , Matthew Ricketson , Malcolm Knox , Ceridwen Spark , Martin Duwell , Van Ikin , Helen Greenwood , Sue Turnbull , single work column
Sydney Morning Herald reviewers provide a brief overview of their favourite books for 2004. Many of the titles included are by Australian writers.
 (p. 10-11) Section: Spectrum
Everyman Critic Turns the Tables, Susan Wyndham , single work column
A column canvassing current literary news.
 (p. 12) Section: Spectrum
More Myth Than Hit in this Read, Christopher Heathcote , single work review
— Review of The Heart Garden : Sunday Reed and Heide Janine Burke , 2004 single work biography ; (p. 13) Section: Spectrum
Innocence Revived at the Cross, Malcolm Knox , single work review
— Review of Angel Puss Colleen McCullough , 2004 single work novel ; (p. 13) Section: Spectrum
In Short : Fiction, Michael McGirr , single work review
— Review of I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes Jaclyn Moriarty , 2004 single work novel ; Westerly vol. 49 no. November 2004 periodical issue ; Taking Care of Business : Cliff Hardy Cases Peter Corris , 2004 selected work short story ; (p. 14) Section: Spectrum
In Short : Non-Fiction, Bruce Elder , single work review
— Review of A Time of Secrets Mike Bowen , 2004 single work autobiography ; (p. 15) Section: Spectrum
Untitledi"If this world should worsen", Michael Leunig , single work poetry (p. 26)
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