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Ronni Phillips points out that the recent 'boom' in young adult dystopian fiction is not new when compared with the Australian young adult fiction she read growing up in the 1990s.
Robyn Archer's speech 'Taking the Name of the Capital in Vain: Mythbusting and Re-Mixing as We Approach the Centenary of Canberra 1913-2013', delivered to the National Press Club, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 4 April 2012, elicited comment in the Canberra Times including this column by Judith Ireland. See also comments by Paul Daley and Ian Warden on Archer's speech indexed under the subject Canberra 100 Celebrating the Centenary.