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JOURNAL ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Eileen Alderton: ‘Strife in a Quiet Town’ Women's Weekly, 28 December 1977
Charles Blackshield: ‘Moral dilemmas but no censure’ The Manly Daily, 31 May 1978, p. 20
Graham Clark: ‘The Latest in Paper backs ’, The Courier Mail, 23 February 1991
Hugo Giles: ‘Witting’s First Novel Given a Second Chance’, The Saturday Mercury, 20 July 1991, p. 22
Marion Halligan: ‘Illuminating Excursion into a Writer's Past’ The Canberra Times, 16 March 1991, p. B8
Andrew Horton: ‘Sane view of others’ Saturday Evening Mercury, 10 December 1977
Thea Hush: ‘Life in a country town–or is it?’ The Australian, 5 April 1978
Mark MacLeod: ‘Critics' Choice’ The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 December 1977
C.J. McKenzie: ‘Housewife "Scribbler" churns out a minor masterpiece’ (Newspaper not acknowledged), December 1977
Penelope Nelson: Paperbacks The Weekend Australian, 2/3 March 1991, p. 6
Rod Nicholls: ‘You must admit it has something’ The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 November 1977
Barry Oakley: ‘Rituals of the Heartland’ National Times, 14 November 1977, p. 57
Barry Oakley: ‘Best Reading of 1977’ National Times, 5 December 1977, p. 61
Barbara Giles: Book Notes Australian Book Review, 1986, No. 82, p. 35
Keith Russell: ‘Elders and Betters?’ Quadrant, July 1986, pp. 114—119
Anonymous Untitled Review, The New Yorker, 23 July 1990, p. 88
Robyn Brinkley: ‘A Familiar Theme told with Clarity’ , Newcastle Herald, 14 July 1990, p. 12
Verna Coleman: ‘Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl’ , Quadrant, 1990, Vol. 34 No. 263, pp. 110—111
Dennis Davison: ‘Satire and style for catholic [tastes]’ , Weekend Australian, 16/17 September, 1989
Judy Duffy: ‘I for Intriguing’ , Australian Book Review, 1989, No. 114, p. 3
Ralph Elliott: ‘Ethos Evocative of Kafka’ Canberra Times, 18 November 1989, p. B5
Cheri Fein: ‘She Wants to Be a Human’, The New York Times Book Review, 16 September 1990, p. 35
Hugo Giles: ‘Second Novel is a Triumph and a Treasure’, The Saturday Mercury, 2 December 1989, p. 22
Lyn Jacobs: ‘Wry Retrospectives ...’, The CRNLE Reviews Journal, No. 1, 1990, Flinders University of South Australia, 1990, p. 103
Nancy Keesing: ‘A Novel of Becoming’, Overland, 1990, No. 117, pp. 94—95
Josephine Kneipp: ‘I for Isobel’, Planet, Queensland University of Technology, August 1989
Alexandra Long: ‘Complex Vision of a Childhood Apart’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 September 1989, p. 82
Annie Reynolds: ‘Survival and Renewal’, Island, 1990, No. 43/44, p. 21—24
Patricia Rolfe: ‘Davidson's Freefall’, The Bulletin, 29 August 1989, p. 112
Jane Sullivan: ‘A for Amy’, Supplement to Australian Book Review, 1991, pp. 17—18
Janette Turner Hospital: ‘Strange Ships, and Biting Insights’, The Age Saturday Extra, 9 September 1989, p. 10
Elizabeth van Acker: ‘Rewriting Gender Scripts’, Social Alternatives, 1990, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 56—57
Connie Burns: ‘Uneconomic But Honest’, Australian Book Review, 1990, No. 122, pp. 37—38
Helen Daniel (ed.) Untitled Review of Marriages, The Good Reading Guide, Angus & Robertson, 1989, p. 283
Katherine England: ‘Charting the Tides of Love’, The Advertiser, 21 July 1990, p. 14
Hugo Giles: ‘More than Just a Loo Wall Scribbler’, The Saturday Mercury, 30 June 1990, p. 21
Lyn Jacobs: ‘Wry Retrospectives ...’, The CRNLE Reviews Journal, No. 1, 1990, p. 103, Flinders University of South Australia, 1990
Judy Johnston: ‘Women's Lore: a Practical Feminism’, Southerly, 1990, Vol. 50 No. 4, pp. 535—538
J. Nieuwenhuizen: Forecasts, The Australian Bookseller and Publisher, 1990, Vol. 69 No. 1003, p. 22
Rosemary O'Grady: ‘The Fantastic, Grotesque World of Reality’, The Age Saturday Extra, 30 June 1990, p. 9
Catherine Pratt: Untitled Review of Marriages, Redoubt, 1992, No. 13 pp. 100—104
Barbara Quick: ‘Ties That Don't Bind’, The New York Times Book Review, 6 January 1991, p. 24
Andrew Riemer: ‘Theoretician Versus Genius’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 June 1990, p. 78
Patricia Rolfe: ‘Small but Perfectly Formed’, The Bulletin, 3 July 1990, p. 95
Stephen Saunders: ‘Bad Undercurrent Found in the Vault’, The Canberra Times, 1 July 1990, p. 18
Beauty is the Straw–published 1991
Kevin Brophy: ‘Daisies at funerals’, Australian Book Review, 1991, No. 130, p. 30
Heather Cam: ‘Perennial Clamour of Sisterly Voices’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 September 1991, p. 42
Diane Fahey: ‘Mapping New and Old Topographies’, Southerly, 1992, Vol. 52 No. 1, pp. 140—148
Barbara Giles: ‘Fullness and Frugality’ Overland, 1991, No. 124, pp. 83—85
Stephen Kelen: ‘Five Poets Cover Wide Range of Styles’ The Canberra Times, 13 July 1991, p. C8
David Kelly: Untitled Review of Beauty is the Straw, OzMuse, 1991, Vol. 1 No. 8, pp. 8—10
Philip Mead: ‘How Poetry is Packaged’ Australian Society, 1991, Vol. 10 No. 8, pp. 40—42
Donald Moore: ‘Lively Verse in Tune with Nature’ Newcastle Herald, 25 May 1991, p. 16
Penelope Nelson: ‘Nowhere Safe from Poetry’ Quadrant, 1992, Vol. 36 No. 3, pp. 84—85
A Change in the Lighting–published 1994
Peter Coleman: ‘Starting a new life after 30 domestic years’ The Weekend Australian, The Weekend Review, 30 April/1 May, 1994, p. 6
Peter Craven: ‘Lighting Provides that Warm Inner Glow’ The Age, Sunday Agenda, 8 May 1994, p. 10
Katherine England: ‘Telling Insight’ The Advertiser, Weekend Books, 21 May 1994, p. 21
Helen Daniel: ‘Caught in the Glare of a Marriage Breakdown’ Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum, 30 April 1994, p. 10A
Beverley Farmer: ‘ Chasms of Pain ’, The Age, Books Extra, Saturday 7 May 1994, p. 7
Robin Lucas: ‘Dimly Lit Lives Fail to Shine’, The Bulletin , Vol. 116, No. 5919, 10 May 1994, pp. 96—97
Yvonne Miels: ‘Hang Evil’, Australian Book Review, No. 160, May 1994, p. 16
Susan Nicholls: ‘The Rage of Loss, the Pleasure of Discovery’, The Canberra Times, 28 May 1994, p. C11
In and Out the Window–published 1995
Peter Coleman: ‘Crimes of the Heart’, The Weekend Australian, Magazine, 27 August 1995, p. 4
Peter Craven: ‘Peter Craven looks at the career of Amy Witting and reviews her latest book In and Out the Window’, Australian Book Review, September 1995, pp. 40—42
Peter Craven: ‘The Year of Publishing Dangerously’, The Independent Monthly, Vol. 7, No. 6, December/January 1995-1996, pp. 87-90
David Gaunt: Review of In and Out the Window, Australian Bookseller and Publisher, August, 1995, p. 30
Daphne Guiness: Untitled, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 August, 1995, Spectrum, p. 12A
Simon Hughes: ‘Two tales of differing lives’, The Age, 24 September, 1995, p. 8
Penelope Nelson & Anne Coombs: ‘The Year’s Best’, The Weekend Australian,: ‘Books’, 16/17 December 1995, pp. 8—9
Suzanne Roberts: ‘Tableaux Vivants’, Australian Women’s Book Review, No. 3-4, November 1995, pp. 2-3
Rosemary Sorensen: ‘Weird tales about school teachers and twin-setted librarians’, The Age, Saturday Extra, 9 September 1995, p. 9
David Wood: ‘Cardboard Cutouts’, The Courier Mail, 7 October 1995, p. 6
Collected Poems, published 1998
McInerney, Stephen: ‘The Straw of Beauty’ Quadrant, 1998, vol. 42 No. 5, May p. 85-86
Rodriguez, Judith Untitled Review HOBO Poetry Magazine, 1998, No. 17, June pp. 9-18
Shapcott, Thomas: ‘An Earlier Ambience’ Australian Review of Books, 1998, No. 199, pp. 45-46
Wearne, Alan: ‘Wit and Witting’ The Sydney Morning Herald (Spectrum) 1998, 4 July, p. 14
Debra Adelaide: ‘Retired, but Hardly Retiring’, The Sydney Morning Herald (spectrum), 24 October 1998, p. 9
Hilary Beaton: ‘Reflections on Human Nature’, The Courier Mail (Weekend), 5 September 1998, p. 8
Fiona Capp: ‘Paperbacks’, The Age Saturday Extra, 20 August 1998, p. 9
Graham Clark: ‘Paperbacks’, The Courier Mail, (Weekend), 27 March 1999, p. 8
Peter Craven: ‘Tea and Tennessee, The Weekend Australian, Review, 12-13 September 1998, p. 14
Katherine England: ‘Women in the Wars’ The Advertiser (Weekend), 12 September 1998, p. 23
Jane Fraser: ‘Untitled Review’, The Australian’s Review of Books, Vol. 8. No. 6, September 1998, p. 28
Stephanie Green: ‘Untitled Review’, Westerley, Vol. 43, No. 4, Summer 1998, pp. 137-139
Marion Halligan: ‘Witting’s Voice’, Australian Book Review, No. 205, October 1998, pp. 19-20
Diana Simmonds: ‘Witting’s Winning Ways’, The Bulletin, No. 117, No. 6143, 6 October 1998, p. 75
Carmel MacDonald-Graheme: ‘Vintage Witting’, Hecate’s Australian Women’s Book Review, Vol. 10, 1998, p. 38
Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop, published 1999
Verna Coleman: ‘Amy’s Magic Mountain’, The Adelaide Review, No. 192, September 1999, pp. 39-40
Peter Craven: ‘Triumph in Face of Adversity’, The Age (Saturday Extra), 24 July 1999, p. 8
Katherine England: ‘From Misery to Healing’, The Advertiser (Weekend), 23 October 1999, p. 25
Helen Garner: ‘Consuming Hunger’, The Australian’s Review of Books, Vol. 4, No. 7, August 1999, p. 6
Suzanne Hemming: ‘An Eye for Detail’, Hecate’s Australian Women’s Book Review, Vol. 11, 1999, pp. 17-18
Kathy Hunt: ‘Back from the Dead Country ’, The Bulletin, Vol. 117, No. 6180 29 June 1999, p. 116
Amanda Lohrey: ‘Consumption of the Enemy Within’, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Specturm), 24 July 1999, p. 9
Diana Simmonds: ‘Late-Blooming Legend’, The Weekend Australian (Review), 26-27 June 1999, p. 13
Michael Thomas: ‘Isobel’s Unabsorbing Tale of Self-Absorption’, The Canberra Sunday Times, 24 July 1999, p. 18
Cameron Woodhead: ‘Return of Isobel’, Australian Book Review, No. 213, August 1999, p. 22
Faces and Voices–Collected Short Stories, published 2000
Fiona Capp, ‘Paperbacks’, The Age, Saturday Extra, 29 April 2000, p. 8
Veronica Sen, Paperbacks’, Canberra Sunday Times, 4 June 2000, p. 57
Peter Craven, 'Deft Realism', Australina Book Review, No. 223, August 2000, pp. 32-33
Susan Kurosawa, ‘ Memorable minutiae ’, The Weekend Australian, 10-11 November 2001, p. R12.
Ceridwen Spark, ‘ Posthumous Novel not Witting's Best ’, The Canberra Times, 3 November 2001, p 16.
author not acknowledged, Paperbacks Review 2001, The Courier Mail, 3 November 2001, p. 6.
Anonymous: ‘Top Literary Award to Woman Author’, The Advertiser, 20 November 1993
Susan Chenery: ‘A Woman not made for fame’, The Weekend Australian, The Weekend Review, 30 April/1 May 1994, p. 6
Sheryl Clarke: ‘A Keen Observer’, The Sun Herald, 18 November 1995
Peter Coleman: ‘The Secret World of Pseudonyms’, The Weekend Australian, 27 August 1995, p. 4
Condon, Matt: ‘Chasing Amy’, Sunday Life, p. 28.
Peter Craven: 'Nurturers and Creators', The Age, Books Extra, Saturday 7 May 1994, p. 7
Peter Craven: ‘An Unwitting Excellence’, The Sunday Herald, 25 March 1990, p. 36
Peter Craven: ‘Readings’, The Australian, Higher Education Supplement, 18 November 1993
Peter Craven: ‘Let’s hope the god’s aren’t crazy’, The Australian, Higher Education Supplement, 4 May 1994, p. 30
Peter Craven: ‘Standing up for strugglers, senatorially’, The Higher Education Supplement, The Australian, 19 May 1999, p. 38
Craven, Peter: ‘Giants among the pygmies’, The Higher Education Supplement, The Australian, 16 August 2000
Julian Croft: ‘Stories long on diversity’, The Weekend Australian, 28/29 September 1996, p. 9
Ian Hicks: ‘Understated Writer Honoured’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 November 1993 simultaneously published in abbreviated form as: ‘Witting wins Patrick White prize’ in The Age, 20 November 1993
Anne Lim: ‘Amy Witting recalls a moment of literary glory’, The Weekend Australian, 20/21 November 1993, p. 3
Barry Oakley (ed.): ‘The Year’s Best’, The Weekend Australian, 16/17 December 1995, Review pp. 8—9. Ann Coombs and Penelope Nelson comment on In and Out the Window.
Elizabeth Riddell: ‘It’s Really all about Writing’, Australian Bookseller & Publisher, March 1994, Vol. 73, No. 1945, pp. 14—16
Diana Simmonds: ‘A Cuddly Kind of Power’, The Bulletin, 19 June 1990, pp. 142—143
Jane Sullivan: Shelf Life, The Age, Saturday Extra, 25 May 1991, p. 7
Jane Sullivan: Shelf Life, The Age, Saturday Extra, 1 June 1994, p. 7
Jane Sullivan: ‘The Hard Slog and the Little Knack, The Age, Books Extra, 9 March 1996, p. 7
Jane Sullivan: ‘A life experience’, The Age, Saturday Extra, 3 July 1999, p. 8
Janette Turner Hospital: ‘A Writer Who Dared to be Different’, The Age, Saturday Extra, 14 October 1989, p. 10; simultaneously published as: ‘A Writer Comes in From the Cold’ in The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 October 1989, p. 80
William Wilde & Joy Hooton (eds.): Amy Witting, entry in The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Australia, 1994, pp. 823—824