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- ↑ Menzies-Pike, Catriona (6 December 2024). "Review: The Season by Helen Garner – a 'nanna's book about footy' from an Australian literary great". The Guardian . Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ↑ Jake Niall (23 November 2024). "'I thought, geez, this is a happy story: Helen Garner on her footy book". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 31 December 2024.