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  ........... ........... ............ Latest Addition: 20 Nov. 2003                
   
dotlit Book Reviews
Reviews Feature: Biographies and Autobiographies
10 Reviews (20 Nov. 2003)
Ordinary Lives, Everyday People: Bonding with Boofy by Pat Skinner
by Viki Blaik (20 Nov. 2003)
Most Engaging: 'Throwing Matches at Icebergs'
by Donna Lee Brien (20 Nov. 2003)
Loneliness and Solidtude: 'The Alphabet of Light and Dark' by Danielle Wood
by Grant Kennett (20 Nov. 2003)
A Day in the Life of a Secretive Feline:
'The Secret Cat' by Megan Yarrow and Andrew Fitzsimons
by Donna Lee Brien (20 Nov. 2003)
Uncharted Territory: 'Sushi Central' by Alasdair Duncan
by Grant Kennett (20 Nov. 2003)
The Art and the Imagination: 'Explorations in
Creative Writing' by Kevin Brophy
by Sue Bond (20 Nov. 2003)
History of Place and Timeliness: 'Looking for
Blackfella's Point: An Australian History of Place' by Mark McKenna
by Donna Lee Brien (20 Nov. 2003)
Vivid Imagery: 'If Bees Rode Shiny Bicycles'
by Afrodite Inglis Olver (20 Nov. 2003)
Merry Mardi Mak
by Steven Maxwell (20 Nov. 2003)
Charmed, I'm Sure: 'The Bright Shapes and the
True Names: A Memoir' by Patrick McCaughey
by Donna Lee Brien (20 Nov. 2003)
Deceptively Simplistic: 'the letter' by Carl Steadman
by Kathryn Mulheran (20 Nov. 2003)
Reviews Feature: Hypertexts
14 Reviews (15 Aug. 2003)
Oh Dear Diary
by Steven Maxwell (15 Aug. 2003)
Invigorating: Three Volumes of Travel Poetry
by Cyril Wong (15 Aug. 2003)
Advice for Young People: 'Live Your Dreams' by Ian Thorpe
by Steven Maxwell (15 Aug. 2003)
Sense of Depth and Time: 'Fantastic Street' by David Kelly
by Talina McKenzie (15 Aug. 2003)
Love on a Trawler: 'Deadly Tide' by Sandy Curtis
by Sarah Fairbrother (15 Aug. 2003)
Memoir as Social History: 'The Queen of Peace Room' by Magie Dominic
by Donna Lee Brien (3 June 2003)
'Mrs Cook: The Real and Imagined Life of the Captain’s Wife' by Marele Day
by Donna Lee Brien (3 June 2003)
Reviews Feature: Biographies
22 Reviews (12 Nov. 2002)
Back from the Wilderness: 'Angel Rock' by Darren Williams
by Neil Foster (12 Nov. 2002)
Remembered Dreams, Fears and Joys: 'Of a Boy' by Sonya Hartnett
by Romy Ash (12 Nov. 2002)
Word Pictures: 'An Accident in the Evening' by Phil Brown
by Richelle Rae (12 Nov. 2002)
Literary Orgasm: 'My Lover's Back' by MTC Cronin
by Richelle Rae (12 Nov. 2002)
Jewel of an Album: 'The New Passion Club' by Linda Neil
by Carmen Leigh Keates (27 July 2002)
Love, Grief, and Wisdom: 'The God in the Ink' by Kathryn Lomer
by Rhianna Boyle (27 July 2002)
Above the Din: 'The Angel of Barbican High' by Michelle A. Taylor
by Romy Alice Ash (27 July 2002)
Tar-Black Humour: 'Rush' by Daniel Mason
by Benjamin Law (27 July 2002)
Rich Exploration: 'In One Skin' by Kristin Olsson
by Zoe Zepherelli (27 July 2002)
'World of Chickens' by Nick Earls
by Carole Andrew (27 July 2002)
Literary Fast Food - Nick Earls's 'World of Chickens'
by Neil Foster (10 Apr. 2002)
Goddess & and the Galaxy Boy by Ingrid Woodrow
by Romy Ash (10 Apr. 2002)
The End of Idealism: A Deserving Miles Franklin Prize Winner
by Verity Morgan (24 Nov. 2001)
Delicate Prose: 'Dream Stuff' by David Malouf
by Rhianna Boyle (24 Nov. 2001)
Magical: 'Swimming with the Jellyfish' by Vicki Hastrich
by Gemma Walsh (24 Nov. 2001)
Engrossing Read: 'The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco' by John Birmingham
by Jessica Jones (24 Nov. 2001)
Pertinent Story: 'The Year of Wonders' by Geraldine Brooks
by Blythe Seinor (24 Nov. 2001)
Across Generations: Angela Martin's 'Beyond Duck
River' and Maggie Blick's 'Remembering Malcolm Macquarie'
by Donna Lee Brien (30 Oct. 2001)
Dreams of Peace: 'Breaking Ranks: Turbulent Travels
in the Promised Land' by Benjamin Black
by Blythe Seinor (30 Oct. 2001)
Layers of Meaning: 'Collected Stories' by Janette Turner Hospital
by Rhianna Boyle (30 Oct. 2001)
Vivid Images: 'Collected Stories' by Liam Davison
by Donna Lee Brien (30 Oct. 2001)
Amiable and Lighthearted: 'Alex Jackson Grommet' by Pat Flynn
by Peter Christiansen (30 Oct. 2001)
Handsome Edition: 'The Jerilderie Letter' by Ned Kelly,
edited and introduced by Alex McDermott
by Donna Lee Brien (30 Oct. 2001)
Immediately Engaging: 'True History of the Kelly Gang' by Peter Carey
by Donna Lee Brien (30 Oct. 2001)
Angry Adolescent: 'Nirvana's Children' by Concon Ranulfo
by Peter Christiansen (30 Oct. 2001)
Well-Edited Collection: 'Small Suburban Crimes: UTS Writers Anthology 2001'
by Donna Lee Brien (30 Oct. 2001)
Enlightening Memoir: 'Roundabout at Bangalow:
An Intimate Chronicle' by Shirley Walker
by Gemma Walsh (30 Oct. 2001)
Highly Creative: 'We Too Shall Be Mothers' by Sallie Muirden
by Donna Lee Brien (30 Oct. 2001)
'Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight' by Samuel Wagan Watson
by Carmen Leigh Keates (8 Aug.2001)
'Editing Made Easy: Secrets of the Professionals' by Bruce Kaplan
by Narelle Marlow (8 Aug. 2001)
'Volcanic Stories: Searching for the Volcano & Other Stories' by Jane Downing
by Carmen Leigh Keates (8 Aug. 2001)
'*Water Always Writes in *Plural' by Linda Carroli and Josephine Wilson
by Michelle Howe (8 Aug. 2001)
'The Bus' by Fred Biggar
by Kerri Ullrich (1 Aug.2001)
'Six Sex Scenes' by Adrienne Eisen
by Jessica Jones (1 Aug. 2001)
'Storyscape' by Lisa Bode
by Rohan Smith (1 Aug. 2001)
'Lovers & Losers of the Last Century', by Valerie Kirwan
by Penelope Davie (17 June 2001)
'The Lovemakers' by Alan Wearne
by Carmen Leigh Keates (17 June 2001)
An Exiting New Talent in Queensland Writing:
The Architect by Jillian Watkinson
by Verity Morgan (8 June 2001)
Memories of Earth (Somewhere Specific):
Craft for a Dry Lake

by Carmen Leigh Keates (8 June 2001)
The Waiters by Martin Armiger
by Donna Lee Brien (1 June 2001)
Safe Haven by Sandy McCutcheon
by Donna Lee Brien (1 June 2001)
Mother Lode: Stories of Home Life and Home Death
by Susan Addison

by Donna Lee Brien (1 June 2001)
Look Back in Anger: 'Last Drinks'
by Andrew Stafford (1 June 2001)
Wherever I Go: Myles Lalor's 'Oral History'
by Donna Lee Brien (1 June 2001)
D.J.: Dorothy Jean Ross 1891-1982
by Donna Lee Brien (1 June 2001)
Cutting through the Skin by Michael McCoy
by Donna Lee Brien (1 June 2001)
Kaz Cooke's Living with Crazy Buttocks
by Jade Irene van der Lei (1 June 2001)
Cafe Scheherazade by Arnold Zable
by Donna Lee Brien (1 June 2001)
Story/telling: The Woodford Forum
Fresh Cuts: New Talents 2001

by Donna Lee Brien (1 June 2001)
Perfect Skin: A New High for Nick Earls
by Vineta O'Malley (30 May 2001)
And It Could Have Really Happened:
'Edward Britton'

by Donna Lee Brien (28 Jan. 2001)
Writing for the Screen Explained:
'Scriptwriting Updated
'
by Krissy Kneen and Anthony Mullins (28 Jan. 2001)
Girls, Murder and Dunlop Rubber:
'The Shark Net'

by Verity Morgan (2 Nov. 2000)
Myth, Magic, Pumpkins and Gold:
'Lucia's Measure'

by Penelope Davie (9 Oct. 2000)
Sense of Joy and Loss:
'Isabelle the Navigator'

by Penelope Davie (9 Oct. 2000)
Precursor of Australian Crime Fiction:
'The Murder of Madeline Brown'

by Donna Lee Brien (29 Sep. 2000)
Frailty, Resilience and Loss:
'Thursday's Child', by Sonya Hartnett

by Rosemary Williamson (11 Aug. 2000)
Love me! Love me not: 'Difficult Love',
edited by Philip Neilsen and Helen Horton

by Lechani Tema (11 Aug. 2000)
Exceptional First Novel:
'Love and Vertigo', by Hsu-Ming Teo

by Penelope Davie (9 Aug. 2000)
Filipo Giordano Bruno and the Mechanics of Social Control:
'The Last Confession', by Morris West

by Vineta O'Malley (7 Aug. 2000)
Dreaming of Equality:
'Snake Circle', by Roberta Sykes

by Donna Lee Brien (7 Aug. 2000)
An Auntie's Perspective:
'Auntie Rita', by Jackie Huggins and Rita Huggins

by Talim Arab (6 Aug. 2000)
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