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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 29, 1972
Page
4
A critical survey of Donald Carr's Deadly Feast of Life examines plant and animal defense poisons, biological control ideas, DDT fears, and the dangers of certain foods and feeding practices. The piece praises some insights while faulting overlong jargon and lack of visuals, and it offers asides on nutrition, vegetarianism, and even Elizabethan theatre imagery.
The book on Sir Maurice Hankey by Roskill, official British naval historian of 1939 45, compiles Hankey’s correspondence and conference work with meticulous detail. It reveals his political influence and conservative outlook, yet reads as heavy and flat rather than lively prose.
The Australian press notes a fresh parliamentary quotebook titled The Hansard Panels from Eclipse Books. It distills Hansard quotes with wit and down to earth humor, featuring lines from Arthur Calwell Athol Townley Clyde Cameron and former PM John Gorton alongside context on parliamentary broadcasting and public interest.
The author argues for funding changes, including subsidising short experimental radio and teleo scripts, earmarking a 1,500 fellowship for College of Advanced Education writing graduates, and promoting fiction, radio and TV writing. He notes limited Australian market for parochial fiction and urges supporting literary novels comparably to verse.
Maurice Dunlevy urges reform of the Australian arts funding system. He criticizes the Fund for apathy toward television and radio writers, calls for targeted patronage in creative fields, and argues government patronage should shield writers from market pressures while preserving originality. He signs off to the Advisory Board.
A critical review of Owar R. Schmalzbach’s Profiles in Murder, arguing the book’s 12 case studies illuminate how warping of personality drives homicide and question whether the insanity standard is outdated. The author, a Sydney government psychiatrist, weighs both sides of revising laws on murder and insanity.
England's Graham, best selling author, releases Angels Pearl and Little God a conventional middlebrow character study. A fat solicitor and a boxer battle for a girl's affection as she wavers between them. The 414 page work offers light entertainment with no demanding ideas.
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