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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 22-23 March 2008 of The Australian est. 1964 The Weekend Australian
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Untitled, Keith Russell , single work correspondence (p. 2) Section: Review
Former Comrade Attacks Burchett, Sian Powell , single work column (p. 2)
Publisher Expects Good Crop from Budding Authors, Deborah Hope , Ashleigh Wilson , single work column (p. 3)
Too Close To Home, Graeme Blundell , single work criticism
Graeme Blundell re-visits the original production of Jack Hibberd's Dimboola (directed by Blundell) and reflects on Hibberd's lack of popularity among theatre companies in the early twenty-first century. Blundell also refers to a 2008 production of the play, noting that Dimboola has been seen by more Australians 'than any other stage musical, comedy or straight play'.
 (p. 6) Section: Review
Note: port. (Jack Hibberd)
A Little Food Flight Reading, Judith Elen , single work review
— Review of The Long Table : My Love Affair with Food Mary Moody , 2008 single work autobiography ; (p. 8) Section: Travel
The Overflow, Rosemary Sorensen , single work column
A column canvassing current literary news including the probable demise of the National Museum's Making Tracks series as a result of Federal budget cuts.
 (p. 9) Section: Review
Enjoyable Yarn Fails To Make the Most of Its Themes, Jill Rowbotham , single work review
— Review of Trip of a Lifetime Liz Byrski , 2008 single work novel ; (p. 10) Section: Review
Kids' Lit, Rosemary Neill , single work review
— Review of The Great Outdoors Colin Thompson , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Heroes of Tobruk David Mulligan , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Pilgrim Jo Oliver , 2008 single work picture book ; In Ecstasy Kate McCaffrey , 2008 single work novel ; (p. 10) Section: Review
The Inner Life of an Intruder, Rosemary Sorensen , single work column (p. 10-11) Section: Review
Note: port. (Virginia Duigan)
Pelicansi"Where the river becomes a lake, a descent,", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 12) Section: Review
Philosophy Found in Soundbites of a Modern Milieu, Justin Clemens , single work review
— Review of Event : Poems Judith Bishop , 2007 selected work poetry ; We Will Disappear David Prater , 2007 selected work poetry ; (p. 14-15) Section: Review
The 14-Year-Old Virgin, Evan Williams , single work review
— Review of Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger Cathy Randall , 2008 single work film/TV ; (p. 22)
Writing Wrongs of Wilfred, Tibor Meray , extract biography (p. 23)
Note: port. (Wilfred Burchett)
Remember the Errors of a Rogue of Reportage Who Was Red Between the Lines, James Jeffrey , single work column (p. 23)
Showing His Sensitive Side, Deborah Hope , single work column
Deborah Hope canvasses some of the critics' responses to Peter Carey's His Illegal Self and discusses what she perceives as Carey's discomfort 'in his own skin'.
 (p. 40) Section: Review
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