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August 1986, no. 83

Full Contents

The Australian Short Story Before Lawson edited by Cecil Hadgraft

Letters to the Editor

'Minding the Minders' by James Walter

'Starters & Writers' by Mark Rubbo

The Macmillan Dictionary of Biography by Barry Jones and M.V. Dixon

Abbreviations

Phoenix Rising By Good Design by Elizabeth Perkins

Teaching Children's Literature by Mark Macleod

Speaking by Janine Burke

Portrait: A west coast collection edited by B.R. Coffey and Wendy Jenkins