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February–March 1986, no. 78
Welcome to the February–March 1986 issue of
Australian Book Review.
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Fiction
Pillbox
by Gary Langford
by
Ludmilla Forsyth
Poetry
Boy with A Telescope
by Jan Owen
&
The Twofold Place
by Alan Gould
by
Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Fiction
Helen Garner reviews
That Eye The Sky
by Tim Winton
by
Helen Garner
Memoir
12 Edmondstone Street
by David Malouf
by
Laurie Clancy
Commentary
'Trading Posts' by Michael Johnson
by
Michael Johnson
Commentary
Abbreviations
by
John Hanrahan
Self Portrait
'Self Portrait' by Barry Oakley
by
Barry Oakley
Advances
Starters and Writers
by
Mark Rubbo
Selected Writing
The Best of Max Harris: 21 years of browsing
by Max Harris
by
John Hanrahan
Commentary
'US Reporting' by Diana Smouha
by
Diana Smouha
Anthology
Unsettled Areas: Recent South Australian short fiction
edited by Andrew Taylor
by
Sandra Moore
History
The Scots Abroad: Labour, capital, enterprise 1750–1914
edited by R.A. Cage
by
Don Watson
Commentary
New lands, new literature
by
John McLaren
Commentary
'Our Newspapers’ Literary Page: From the full to the demanding – and back' by Kate Ahearne
by
Kate Ahearne
Short Stories
Ikons
by George Papaellinas
by
Beverley Farmer
Poetry
The Orange Tree: South Australian poetry to the present day
edited by K.F. Pearson and Christine Churches
by
Barbara Giles
Letters to the Editor - Feb March 1986
by
Roy Stall, Kathleen Armstrong, Anita de Souza, Peter G. Mansfield, Stuart Sayers
Poetry
Travelling
by Andrew Taylor
by
Michael Heyward
Cultural Studies
Guilt
by John Carroll
by
A.F. Davies
History
Culture and History Essays Presented to Jack Lindsay
edited by Bernard Smith
by
J.C. Doyle
Poetry
Mal Morgan reviews 'No Collars No Cuffs' by Geoff Goodfellow and 'The Bay of Salamis and Other Poems' by John Bray
by
Mal Morgan
Commentary
'Writers’ Week, Adelaide Festival - When writers sit down together' by Andrew Taylor
by
Andrew Taylor
Non-fiction
The Loser Now Will be Later to Win
by Frank Hardy
by
Vane Lindesay
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