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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 11, 1971
Page
4
A brisk survey arguing American violence exceeds other nations in scope and brutality from Leif Ericson to modern times. It credits race and industrial conflicts, Reconstruction whites, gang wars, student violence, and media sensationalism, with critical stance toward establishment complicity.
Reading it aloud ten Australian poets in general are not notable lets of their own works. RD Fitz Gerald reads a short selection on a 4S rpm record tucked with a hardcover book of poems from University of Queensland Press. The package costs $2.95 with notes and bibliography.
Edward McLachlan follows his first Simon picture book with Simon and the Chalk Drawing Army from Brockhampton Press priced at 2.60. Simon revisits chalk drawings world as soldiers seize control and drill all.
The Commonwealth Literary Fund announced 23 awards for 1972. Eleven $6,000 full fellowships and seven $3,000 six month awards, plus five $1,500 special project grants with no conditions. Most fellowships fund novels or biographies. no poets or multimedia writers were funded. The awards reflect a shift toward traditional forms and cautious projects, prompting hopes for Australian literature’s growth through diverse but conservative works.
The prize panel awarded 1,500 to aging writers for diverse projects while most full fellowships favored established authors over avant garde talent. The piece questions government patronage, urging support for underdogs and new voices rather than market-driven conformity.
A National Theatre revival of Boucicault’s London Assurance stars Juli Dench and Donald Sinden, with Eyre’s edits noted in footnotes. The piece links Victorian theatre craft to modern taste, praising entertaining acting, timing, and the play’s mixture of farce and melodrama.
A critical look at Spike Mays ex soldier autobiography. The reviewer notes the awkward title and cover yet lauds the book as a vivid personal history of demobilisation into civilian life. It traces Mays from army demobilisation in 1934 to later education and Edinburgh University.
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