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Alternative title: ABR
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... no. 340 April 2012 of Australian Book Review est. 1961 Australian Book Review
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* Contents derived from the 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Advances, single work column
A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the 2012 winner of the Peter Porter Poetry Prize. The prize was won by Michael Farrell for 'Beautiful Mother'. ABR also comments on David Marr's talk at the 2012 Adelaide Writers' Festival. Marr's talk, focusing on Patrick White's relationship with Adelaide, will appear in the May 2012 issue of ABR.
 (p. 1-2)
Missing the Point, Michael Jorgensen , single work correspondence
Michael Jorgensen disagrees with the views expressed in Bronwyn Lea's review ('Dubious Lessons') of Carrie Tiffany's Mateship with Birds.
 (p. 3)
Bronwyn Lea Replies:, Bronwyn Lea , single work correspondence
Bronwyn Lea responds to the views put by Michael Jorgensen in his criticism of her review of Carrie Tiffany's Mateship with Birds.
 (p. 3)
Neighbours, Jim Morgan , single work correspondence
Jim Morgan takes issue with the views expressed in Bernard Whimpress's review ('Boom Companions') of Morgan's The Premier and the Pastoralist: William Morgan and​ Peter Waite.
 (p. 3)
Bernard Whimpress Replies:, Bernard Whimpress , single work correspondence
Bernard Whimpress responds to criticisms made by Jim Morgan (in 'Neighbours') of Whimpress's review of Morgan's Premier and the Pastoralist: William Morgan and​ Peter Waite.
 (p. 3)
She Who Moves My Bones, Peter Conrad , single work review
— Review of The Hanging Garden Patrick White , 1981 single work novel ; (p. 12-13)
Follow Your Lusts!, John Thompson , single work review
— Review of The Memoirs of a Young Bastard : The Diaries of Tim Burstall, November 1953 to December 1954 Tim Burstall , 2012 single work diary ; (p. 20-21)
Of the Station, Susan Sheridan , single work review
— Review of True North : The Story of Mary and Elizabeth Durack Brenda Niall , 2012 single work biography ; (p. 21, 23)
I, My, and Me, Gay Bilson , single work review
— Review of A Cook's Life Stephanie Alexander , 2012 single work autobiography ; (p. 25-26)
Untitled, Carol Middleton , single work review
— Review of Fishing the River of Time Tony Taylor , 2012 single work prose ; (p. 26)
Pushing Against the Dark, Robert Dessaix , single work essay
Robert Dessaix expresses the view that 'the act of writing is an act of resistance against the mortal condition - not mortality, but the mortal condition, and not in the sense of winning the writer immortality of the clichéd kind ... but in the sense of deepening and magnifying the lived moment while writing'.
 (p. 32-40)
Night Guard, The Futures Museum : After the ACMI Star Voyager Exhibitioni"Rooms so familiar", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 41)
Dying Inside, Dean Biron , single work review
— Review of Closer to Stone Simon Cleary , 2012 single work novel ; (p. 42)
Umbra Penumbra, Francesca Sasnaitis , single work review
— Review of The Longing Candice Bruce , 2012 single work novel ; (p. 43)
Note: Written as: Francesca Sasnaitis.
Weight of It All, Elena Gomez , single work review
— Review of Unaccountable Hours : Three Novellas Stephen Scourfield , 2012 selected work novella ; (p. 44)
Gammons, Nahs, and Youzes, Ronnie Scott , single work review
— Review of Blue Pat Grant , 2012 single work graphic novel ; (p. 45)
[Review] After the Darkness, Alan Vaarwerk , single work review
— Review of After the Darkness Honey Brown , 2012 single work novel ; (p. 49)
Audible Dance, Maria Takolander , single work review
— Review of Young Poets : An Australian Anthology 2011 anthology poetry ; (p. 53)
Off the Radar, Martin Duwell , single work review
— Review of The Welfare of My Enemy Anthony Lawrence , 2011 single work poetry ; (p. 56)
Speech Music, Mark Tredinnick , single work review
— Review of Vishvarūpa Michelle Cahill , 2011 selected work poetry ; (p. 57)
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