September 2018, issue no. 404

Calibre Essay Prize now open

We welcome essays of all kinds.

Atticus: Harper Lee's classic character

In our Review of the Month: Clare Corbould reviews Joseph Crespino's 'biography' of Atticus Finch.

Peter Porter Poetry Prize now open

Deadline for our $8,500 prize is 3 December, 2018.

Leader of the Pack

Gideon Haigh reviews 'Reporter: A Memoir' by journalist Seymour Hersh.

An Open Letter on the ABC

ABR shares many Australians’ concerns about the health and viability of the ABC. The threats are myriad and sustained.

'Man Out of Time'

Johanna Leggatt reviews Stephanie Bishop's new novel 'Man Out of Time'

Welcome to the September issue of ABR! Highlights include:

• Review of the Month: Clare Corbould reviews Joseph Crespino's 'biography' of Atticus Finch, Harper Lee's great creation
• Brenda Niall on the correspondence of Vance and Nettie Palmer
• Gideon Haigh on Seymour Hersh's memoir
• Stephen Mills on Bob Carr's new memoir
• Beejay Silcox on Michael Ondaatje’s new novel Warlight
• Michael Shmith on journalist Les Hinton’s memoir
• Johanna Leggatt on Stephanie Bishop's Man Out of Time

Highlights from the current issue

David McInnis reviews 'Antipodal Shakespeare: Remembering and forgetting in Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, 1916–2016' by Gordon McMullan and Philip Mead et al.

David McInnis

In 1916, the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death coincided with the first anniversary of the Gallipoli landings, thus providing the impetus for this absorbing study of memory and fo More

Astrid Edwards reviews 'Dunera Lives: Volume 1: A visual history' by Ken Inglis, Seumas Spark, and Jay Winter with Carol Bunyan

Astrid Edwards

Dunera Lives: A visual history is a compelling examination of the experiences of Britain’s enemy aliens within Australia’s detention centres in World War II. This evocative vi More

Kári Gíslason reviews 'Scandinavians: In search of the soul of the North' by Robert Ferguson

Kári Gíslason

When I was twenty-seven, I visited mainland Scandinavia for the first time. I had spent the last of my travel money on a rail pass, and I was on a tight budget. One day, I thought I would More

Gerard Windsor reviews 'Absolute Power: How the pope became the most influential man in the world' by Paul Collins

Gerard Windsor

For more than thirty years, Paul Collins has been His Holiness’s loyal opposition. Absolute Power is the latest round in his spirited debate with the Vatican, the government which has the largest constituen More