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Alternative title: ABR
Issue Details: First known date: 2006... no. 278 February 2006 of Australian Book Review est. 1961 Australian Book Review
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Notes

  • Includes an author index for Australian Book Review, nos.268-277, 2005.
  • Contents indexed selectively.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Major Announcement During Writers' Week, single work column
ABR reports on recent newsworthy events in the world of Australian literature including the death of Michael Thwaites.
 (p. 1)
The Greengrocer's Strategy, Ken L. Goodwin , single work correspondence (p. 4)
Not So Fugitive, Peter Kirkpatrick , single work correspondence (p. 4)
Ironic Tributes, Dennis Altman , single work correspondence
Dennis Altman suggests that Australia might afford better recognition of its writers by placing their images on postage stamps. He points out that Patrick White is, he suspects, the only Australian Nobel laureate not be represented on a stamp.
 (p. 4)
Text Misses the Point, Jack Bradstreet , single work correspondence (p. 5)
(Dis)missing the Point, Kerry Leves , single work correspondence
Kerry Leves takes issue with Michael Sariban's description of Yve Louis's poem sequence 'The Green Hood' as 'an exercise in archaism'.
 (p. 5-6)
Whipping Boy, Ray Marginson , single work correspondence
Ray Marginson corrects an error of attribution in Sir John Medley: A Memoir.
 (p. 6)
Noni Durack's First Novel, Noni Durack , single work correspondence
Christina Hill's review of Noni Durack's Beyond the Legend claimed it was Durack's first novel. Durack sets the record straight - her first novel was The Interloper (1961).
 (p. 6)
An Intensified Bag of Tricks, Gregory Kratzmann , single work review
— Review of The Universe Looks Down Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 2005 single work poetry ; (p. 9-10)
What it Feels Likei"It is two fathers punching each other in the footy sheds", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 15)
No Grown-Ups, Peter Goldsworthy , single work review
— Review of The Wreck of the Batavia and Prosper Simon Leys , 2005 selected work prose essay autobiography ; (p. 16)
The Lacquer of Virtue, John Slavin , single work review
— Review of Timing Is Everything : A Life Backstage at the Opera Moffatt Oxenbould , 2005 single work autobiography ; (p. 24-25)
An Image of Sound Waves, Kerryn Goldsworthy , single work review
— Review of Dreams of Speaking Gail Jones , 2006 single work novel ; (p. 26)
A Woolly Romp, Michael Williams , single work review
— Review of The Ballad of Desmond Kale Roger McDonald , 2005 single work novel ; (p. 27)
History's Twists, W. H. Chong , single work review
— Review of The Summons David Whish-Wilson , 2006 single work novel ; (p. 28)
Poetry and Obsession, Paul Hetherington , single work review
— Review of The Poet : A Novella Alex Skovron , 2005 single work novella ; (p. 29)
Unknown Quantities, James Ley , single work review
— Review of The Best Australian Stories 2005 2005 anthology short story ; (p. 32)
Taking Our Bearings, Michelle Griffin , single work review
— Review of The Bone House Beverley Farmer , 2005 selected work essay ; (p. 34-35)
Attention! Attention!i"Readers, listeners, watchers be warned,", James Gleeson , single work poetry satire (p. 39)
A Formal Life, John Button , single work review
— Review of One Brief Interval : A Memoir Edward Woodward , 2005 single work autobiography ; (p. 42)
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