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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 6-7 December 2008 of The Sydney Morning Herald est. 1842 The Sydney Morning Herald
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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.
Young Playwrights Tackle Powerful Themes, Yasmine Fathy , single work column (p. 9)
The Winner of the Zaniest Name Is..., Garry Maddox , single work column (p. 11)
Note: port. (Jimmy the Exploder and Elissa Down)
Warnie: Smokes, Spin and Shenanigans, Stephanie Bunbury , single work column (p. 16)
Undercover, Susan Wyndham , single work column
A column canvassing current literary news including brief reports on some recent award winners and the Productivity Commission's inquiry into parallel importation rules. Wyndham also reports on the 2008 Creativity and Uncertainty conference held at Sydney's University of Technology and Helen Garner's keynote address to the conference.
 (p. 30) Section: Spectrum
Deep Compositions Spring from a Narrow Pool, Gerard Windsor , single work review
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2008 David Marr , 2008 anthology essay ; (p. 30-31) Section: Spectrum
What I'm Reading : Melina Marchetta, Melina Marchetta , single work column (p. 32) Section: Spectrum
A Peek behind the Masks and Mirrors, Brenda Niall , single work review
— Review of Stella Miles Franklin Jill Roe , 2008 single work biography ; (p. 32-33) Section: Spectrum
An Ordeal by Fire, Told to Poetic Perfection, Dorothy Johnston , single work review
— Review of Vertigo : A Pastoral Amanda Lohrey , 2008 single work novella ; (p. 32-33) Section: Spectrum
In Short : Fiction, Kerryn Goldsworthy , single work review
— Review of All Together Now Monica McInerney , 2008 selected work short story ; In Bed With 2008 anthology short story ; (p. 34) Section: Spectrum
The Hunter and Selector, Richard King , single work review
— Review of The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems Robert Adamson , 2008 selected work poetry ; (p. 35) Section: Spectrum
In Short : Nonfiction, Bruce Elder , single work review
— Review of Heath Ledger : Hollywood's Dark Star Brian J. Robb , 2008 single work biography ; (p. 35) Section: Spectrum
When Only the Best Will Do, A. P. Riemer , Richard King , Sue Turnbull , Catherine Keenan , Michael Sexton , single work column
The Herald's reviewers nominate, with brief commentary, their best books of 2008.
 (p. 37) Section: Spectrum
From the Clever Bee to the Vexatious Rat, Claire Scobie , single work review
— Review of The Finlay Lloyd Book About Animals 2008 anthology essay poetry ; (p. 39) Section: Spectrum
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