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Alternative title: ALR
Issue Details: First known date: 2006... vol. 1 no. 4 December 2006 of The Australian Literary Review est. 2006 The Australian Literary Review
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Lazy Summer Thriller, Rosemary Sorensen , single work review
— Review of The Unknown Terrorist Richard Flanagan , 2006 single work novel ; (p. 5)
Timeless Allure of Live Action, Gabrielle Wolf , single work column (p. 12)
Pleasure Between the Covers, Lindsay Tanner , single work column
Lindsay Tanner comes 'out of the closet and publicly admit[s] to the authors I have always really liked to read'.
 (p. 13)
In Search of the Next Level, Sal Humphreys , single work essay (p. 14-15, 27)
Online, Everyone's a Critic, Genevieve Tucker , single work essay
Tucker discusses the opening up of literary criticism through the arrival of weblogs.
 (p. 16, 27)
Note: Includes a list of Australian and international literary weblogs.
Facts Set the Truth Free, Richard Nile , single work criticism

Nile argues that: 'In reading history, as with literature, we seek to better understand the motives of those involved. And we accept that, as with our own lives, there are both intended and unintended consequences of our actions.

'To argue otherwise is to reiterate a falsehood of casue and effect in a world divided by goodies and baddies. Life is more wondrous and complex, more powerful and terrifying, but we are better informed because of the good literature and the good histories we read. We do not require counterfactuals to know that this may be so.'

 (p. 18)
Forensic Voyeurism, Rosalind Smith , single work criticism
Smith examines the rise of the true crime genre in the Australian setting. She includes Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang and Helen Garner's The First Stone and Joe Cinque's Consolation in her overview.
 (p. 19)
Blessings of Mother Karuna, John Charalambous , single work short story (p. 20-22)
Eagle Pointi"Davey would sometimes take himself up to the cliffs.", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 23)
The Booki"There is a fish called flower of the wave", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 23)
The Casti"I flick out my line - it's pale and thin as the antennae", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 23)
Dispatches from the Reviewing Front..., Stephen Matchett , single work column
Matchett examines the reviews of Chris Masters' Jonestown, noting the different approach of those reviewers more used to writing for the op-ed, rather than the literary, pages.
 (p. 26)
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