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Issue Details: First known date: 1929... vol. 1 no. 6 20 May 1929 of All About Books est. 1928 All About Books
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Notes

  • Includes opening article 'What Present-Day Authors will be Read in 1975?' by George Clarke and the review 'Modernist Poetry' by A.R.D. Fairburn.
  • The reader's recommendation for this issue is Ellis Barker's Good Health and Happiness.
  • Lengthy reviews included are of Douglas Haig's autobiography, a biography of John Wesley, and A.A. Milne's The Ivory Door.
  • Mrs. F Carr Rollett reviews 'Some Recent New Zealand Books'. Phil Grim reviews The Great Australian Wonderland by A.G. Bolam.
  • 'Brief Notes on Notable New Books' announces the publication of 41 non-fiction titles.
  • 'Best-seller' lists from England, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand are included under the title 'What England and America are Reading'.
  • Also includes the review 'The Scientific Discovery of Ghosts' by T. R. Adam.
  • Includes biographical piece accompanied by a photograph of romance/adventure writer and war nurse Joan Conquest.
  • Includes a humorous piece titled 'The Prohibition Question', a topic currently 'the fashion in all Australian and N.Z. papers'.
  • Includes notification of illustrator Ray Wenban's departure for England.
  • Also includes attendence reports of more meetings of Literary Societies.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1929 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Novels I Think You Would Like To Read, S. M. MacFarlane , single work review
— Review of The Barrakee Mystery Arthur W. Upfield , 1929 single work novel ; Return Ticket Frederick Howard , 1929 single work novel ; (p. 176-177)
The Ten-Foot-Square Hut, Ethel Anderson , single work review (p. 178)
What is Wrong With Australian Literature?, J.W. Leckie , single work criticism
Leckie identifies 'the root of the matter' as being that Australian short story writers are 'for the most part' working journalists.
 (p. 179)
Publisher Sharks, single work prose (p. 182)
War - As the Common Soldier has to Stand It, single work review
— Review of Im Westen nichts Neues Erich Maria Remarque , 1929 single work novel ; (p. 182)
An Interesting Page of Australian History, single work review
— Review of A Letter From Sydney The Principal Town of Australasia : & Other Writings on Colonization Edward Gibbon Wakefield , 1929 collected work correspondence ; (p. 183)
The Slide, Jack McLaren , single work short story adventure
Two friends, at odds over a girl, come together in adversity.
 (p. 184-186)
Personal and Biographical Notes on Australian Authors : Roderic Quinn, John Archibald, E. J. Brady , single work biography
Brady reminiscences about his schoolfriend (Quinn) and his mentor (Archibald).
 (p. 187)
What Ten Books Would You Take?, Rose Nuttall , single work criticism
Reviewer Nuttall lists ten books she would take to an isolated island of which three are by Australian authors.
 (p. 187)
A New Australian School Reader, single work review
This is a brief note on the publication of a new book in the series.
 (p. 189)
Magazines, Morals and Cricket in 1870, Jessie Urquhart , single work prose
Urquhart details the contents of a periodical issue from 1790 and speculates on changes to the content selection process.
 (p. 190)
An Australian Writer, single work biography (p. 191)
The Dreams of a Boy, single work review
— Review of The Autobiography of Kingsley Fairbridge Kingsley Ogilvie Fairbridge , 1927 single work autobiography ; (p. 196-197)
Fashion in Fiction, E. Marsden , single work criticism
Marsden discusses sales trends of fiction genres.
 (p. 200)
Welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Vance Palmer, single work column
Report of a reception for the Palmers organised by the Australian Literature Society 30 April, 1929.
 (p. 201)
A. B. Paterson, S. Ford , single work criticism
Report of Ford's address on Paterson to the Henry Lawson Memorial and Literary Society of Footscray, 17 April, 1929.
 (p. 202)
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