Magazine/periodical studies
Articles
- Review of The Archibald Paradox: A Strange Case of Authorship by Sylvia Lawson
Sylvia Lawson's The Archibald Paradox is the most detailed account yet published of the life and work of J. F. Archibald, co-founder (though even that…
1 May 1985 - Review of The Journalistic Javelin: An Illustrated History of the Bulletin by Patricia Wolfe, and The Bulletin 29 January 1980 (Centenary issue).
Histories of the Bulletin by journalists associated with the paper during its century of survival, or continual reincarnation, have their own history by now. When…
1 October 1980 - Review of 'Ezra Pound in Melbourne', Helix Nos. 3 & 14, ed. Les Harrop and Noel Stock
This splendidly presented double issue of the journal Helix has a fittingly double character. At its heart is some fascinating documentation of the 'Melbourne Vortex'…
1 October 1984 - Review of The Transported Imagination: Australian Interwar Magazines and the Geographical Imaginaries of Colonial Modernity, by Victoria Kuttainen, Susann Liebich and Sarah Galletly
On the cover of The Transported Imagination: Australian Interwar Magazines and the Geographical Imaginaries of Colonial Modernity fashionably dressed men and women lean against…
5 July 2019 - The Commercial Function of Historical Book Reviews: An Interrogation of the Angus & Robertson Archives
Book reviews have an understudied commercial function, acting as a crucial link between publishers and the press within the interactive book trade. For most of…
30 April 2021 - ‘A Talented Daughter of the Mallee’: Myra Morris Meets Regional Readers
Myra Morris (1893–1966) was a prolific author of poems, short stories, novels and children’s books. Best known for her short stories, which were published in…
28 October 2021