Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 One of the First and One of the Finest : Beatrice Davis, Book Editor
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Beatrice Davis and 'The Sacredness of the Printed Word' Rowena McDonald , 2012 single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October-November vol. 27 no. 3/4 2012; (p. 13-30)

'Beatrice Davis was the general editor for the Sydney publishing firm Angus & Robertson (A&R) from the late 1930s to the early 1970s and a central figure in the literary culture and production of books in Australia. In her role as publisher's reader and head of A&R's large general editorial department, her judgement of literary fiction held sway in Australian publishing for over three decades at a time when A&R was regarded as the pre-eminent publisher In addition, she was an office holder in the Australian English Association, a judge on the Bulletin's S.H Prior Memorial Prize novel competition, and a judge on the Miles Franklin Award from its inception in 1957 to her death in 1992. Her dismissal from A&R in 1973 has been regarded as a symbolic moment in the transformations underway in publishing at that time. It is largely through Beatrice Davis that a new generation of book editors has come both to connect with a long tradition of editing and to measure the distance between that tradition and today's editing context.' (from Author's introduction)

Lady of Letters S. E. Lee , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 52 no. 2 1992; (p. 143-148)

— Review of One of the First and One of the Finest : Beatrice Davis, Book Editor Anthony Barker , 1991 single work biography
Other People's Lives Susan Powell , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , January vol. 2 no. 4 1992; (p. 7-10)
Paperbacks Penelope Nelson , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 December 1991; (p. rev 5)

— Review of One of the First and One of the Finest : Beatrice Davis, Book Editor Anthony Barker , 1991 single work biography ; Conversations in Cabs Jim McClelland , 1991 selected work prose
Book Notes 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 November 1991; (p. 49)

— Review of One of the First and One of the Finest : Beatrice Davis, Book Editor Anthony Barker , 1991 single work biography
Forecasts Kevin Mark , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , August vol. 71 no. 1018 1991; (p. 22,24)

— Review of One of the First and One of the Finest : Beatrice Davis, Book Editor Anthony Barker , 1991 single work biography
Foreword : Harbourside Homage to Anna's Guardian Elizabeth Swanson , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 October 1991; (p. rev 5)

— Review of One of the First and One of the Finest : Beatrice Davis, Book Editor Anthony Barker , 1991 single work biography
Book Notes 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 November 1991; (p. 49)

— Review of One of the First and One of the Finest : Beatrice Davis, Book Editor Anthony Barker , 1991 single work biography
Paperbacks Penelope Nelson , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 December 1991; (p. rev 5)

— Review of One of the First and One of the Finest : Beatrice Davis, Book Editor Anthony Barker , 1991 single work biography ; Conversations in Cabs Jim McClelland , 1991 selected work prose
Lady of Letters S. E. Lee , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 52 no. 2 1992; (p. 143-148)

— Review of One of the First and One of the Finest : Beatrice Davis, Book Editor Anthony Barker , 1991 single work biography
Other People's Lives Susan Powell , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , January vol. 2 no. 4 1992; (p. 7-10)
Beatrice Davis and 'The Sacredness of the Printed Word' Rowena McDonald , 2012 single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October-November vol. 27 no. 3/4 2012; (p. 13-30)

'Beatrice Davis was the general editor for the Sydney publishing firm Angus & Robertson (A&R) from the late 1930s to the early 1970s and a central figure in the literary culture and production of books in Australia. In her role as publisher's reader and head of A&R's large general editorial department, her judgement of literary fiction held sway in Australian publishing for over three decades at a time when A&R was regarded as the pre-eminent publisher In addition, she was an office holder in the Australian English Association, a judge on the Bulletin's S.H Prior Memorial Prize novel competition, and a judge on the Miles Franklin Award from its inception in 1957 to her death in 1992. Her dismissal from A&R in 1973 has been regarded as a symbolic moment in the transformations underway in publishing at that time. It is largely through Beatrice Davis that a new generation of book editors has come both to connect with a long tradition of editing and to measure the distance between that tradition and today's editing context.' (from Author's introduction)

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