Article: Starting a Journal: ALS, Hobart 1963: James McAuley, A D Hope and Geoffrey Dutton.(Australian Literary Studies)(Critical Essay)

The approach of the fortieth year of ALS, and a recent visit to Hobart,(1) brought back memories of how the journal began. I would like here to recover aspects of these as I remember them.

The journal was launched at the University of Tasmania Staff Club on 6 August 1963. A photograph and a brief write-up the next day in the Hobart Mercury recorded the occasion.(2) On the right is the late A.D. Hope who was not only the launcher and the distinguished visitor from the `mainland', but also an important influence and encourager of the new venture -- the godfather, in a benevolent sense. Hope looks genial and spry, balancing a wine glass in one hand and in the other a ...

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