Kingdom of This World and Other Grand Novels Review
Alejo Carpentier’s The Kingdom of This World is a concise novel with epic themes about human condition and Caribbean revolutionary imagery seen through Ti Noel. Jean Larteguy’s The Bronze Drums offers spy adventure set in Laos with Gallic flair and Greene like touches. Christopher Isherwood’s A Meeting by the River explores monastic vows and a brother’s worldly life in Hindu mysticism, hindered by a bisexual episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alejo
Victor Gollancz
Jean Larteguy
W. H. En
Christopher Isherwood
Methuen
Dame Edith
Mexico
Carpentier
Caribbean
France
de Gaulle
East
Laos
Bond
Graham Greene
Greene
Leguy
Isher
Isherwood
Film Censorship in Australia A Critical Review
Neville March Handings surveys global film censorship regimes and finds Australia’s system centralized and restrictive. He compares Britain France the US and Canada noting Australia lags in adult versus youth screening and calls for a formal review and adoption of an X certificate. The book argues censorship reflects community attitudes and hampers freedom of speech with little judicial scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Commonwealth
United States
Great Britain
Neville Hunnings
France
Ussr
Denmark
India
Canada
Hunnings
Japan
Germany
Quebec
Montreal
Supreme Court
Film Censorship Board
Department of Customs and Exiese
Britain
Greater London Council
Danish Board of Film Censors
Jong
Quebec Board of Censors
Sydney
Customs and Excise
K. Anderson
Commonwealth Film Censor
Mr Hunnings
Rose coloured view in Bennett's NSW wanderings 1832 34
A summary of George Bennett’s journal 1832 1833 1834 detailing his travels in New South Wales Bathurst Goulburn Yass Tumut and the interior visits. It notes Aborigines flora fauna and the lifestyle of settlers and convicts with a rose tinted view tempered by critical notes on lamb-killing on Murrumbidgee runs and convict treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Batavia
Pedia Coast
Singapore
China
George Bennett
F.L.S. Libraries Board of South Australia
East Indies
Pacific
Australia
Sydney
Lbs
Bathurst
Goulburn
Yass
Tumut
Murrumbidgee
New hope for Bihar A MOUTHFUL OF PETALS
A review of New hope for Bihar by Wendy and Allan Scarfe recounts a six month unpaid stint with the Gandhian Movement for Welfare in Sokho Deara Bihar. The book portrays extreme poverty, colonial legacies, and medical shortages as Australian teachers aid villagers in a model ashram school and confront drought and caste hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shri Jayaprakash Narayan
Vidya
Wendy
Allan Scarfe
Wendy and
Heinemann
India
Bihar
Australia
Narayan
Sokho-Deara
Patna
Ashram
Wendy Sister
Alan Brother
Maggie
Birds by Brian Wildsmith review and companions
A review notes Birds by Brian Wildsmith for its vivid colors and emphasis on illustrations, pairing with Wake Up Hippopotamus illustrated by Chiyoko Nakatani and The Fantastic Toy Shop by Lis Weil. It highlights the visual world, cross age appeal, and the successful collaboration between author and artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eriko Kishida
Chiyako Nakatani
The
Bodley Head
Lis Weil
Respighi
Miss Weil
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alejo Carpentier
Edith Sitwell
Ti Noel
Noel
Oliver
Marlon Brando
the Wild One
Laslo Benedek
BBFC
Neville March Handings
George Allen and Unwin Ltd
Canberra
Conmam P.O
Canberra City
Act
Winston Churchill
Randolph Churchill
Heinemann Co
Angus Wilson Secker and
Warburg
Jonathan Aitken Secker
John Cleary Collins
Angus & Robertson
East Row
Civic Centre
Green Square
Kingston
Nsw
Public Library of
South Australia
By L. F. Fitzharding K
Ing
Hong Kong
Wendy Scarfe
H. V. Hewitt
Daphne Fisher
Brian Wildsmith
Oxford University Press
the Fantastic Toy Shop
Lisl Weil
Abelard Schuman
William Jay Smith
Don Bolognese
ZYG
TY Ltd
Tom Street
Fyshwick
A.C.T
Hmoyd's
Lampe
Thetis Court
Manuka
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