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February 2011, no. 328
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Letters to the Editor
by
James Ley, Rowena Lennox, Ian Britain
ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
'Suitable for a Lampshade', a new story by Josephine Rowe
by
Josephine Rowe
Fiction
Felicity Plunkett reviews 'Five Bells' by Gail Jones
by
Felicity Plunkett
Essay Collection
The biographer’s contract
by
Frances Spalding
Advances
News from the Editor's Desk
by
Hidden Author
Open Page
Open Page with Hazel Rowley
by
Australian Book Review
Literary Studies
Shirley Walker reviews 'Nine Lives'
by
Shirley Walker
Literary Studies
RS White reviews 'Shakespeare, Sex, and Love' by Stanley Wells, 'Shakespeare’s Freedom' by Stephen Greenblatt, and 'Shakespeare’s Individualism' by Peter Holbrook
by
R.S. White
Cultural Studies
David Throsby reviews 'Piracy'
by
David Throsby
Short Stories
Laurie Steed reviews 'Other Stories' by Wayne MacAuley
by
Laurie Steed
Fiction
Jay Daniel Thompson reviews ' The Blood Countess' by Tara Moss
by
Jay Daniel Thompson
Fiction
Thuy On reviews 'The Philanthropist' by John Tesarsch
by
Thuy On
Poetry
'Philip Hodgins – A Dream', a new poem by Brendan Ryan
by
Brendan Ryan
Poetry
'Paper Gardener', a new poem by Ian Templeman
by
Ian Templeman
Poetry
The Best Australian Poems 2010
edited by Robert Adamson
by
Philip Mead
Anthology
Chris Flynn reviews 'The Best Australian Stories 2010' edited by Cate Kennedy and 'New Australian Stories 2' edited by Aviva Tuffield
by
Chris Flynn
Anthology
Alex Lewis reviews 'I Can See My House From Here: UTS Writers’ Anthology 2010' edited by Alice Grundy et al.
by
Alex Lewis
Young Adult Fiction
Gillian Dooley reviews 'A Waltz for Matilda' by Jackie French
by
Gillian Dooley
Young Adult Fiction
Pam Macintyre reviews 'Good Oil' by Laura Buzo
by
Pam Macintyre
Young Adult Fiction
Stephen Mansfield reviews 'Noah's Law' by Randa Abdel-Fattah
by
Stephen Mansfield
Art
Sheridan Palmer reviews 'Face' by Anne Gray and 'The Naked Face' by Vivien Gaston
by
Sheridan Palmer
Poetry
Peter Craven reviews 'The Rest on the Flight: Selected Poems' by Peter Porter
by
Peter Craven
Poetry
Martin Duwell reviews 'Colombine: New & Selected Poems' by Jennifer Harrison
by
Martin Duwell
Poetry
Seasons of doubt & burning: New and selected poems
by Robyn Rowland
by
Maria Takolander
Australian History
John Rickard reviews 'Savage or Civilised? Manners in Colonial Australia' by Penny Russell
by
John Rickard
Politics
Clement Macintyre reviews 'The Lure of Politics: Geoff Gallop’s Government 2001–2006' by Lesley van Schoubroeck
by
Clement Macintyre
Indigenous Studies
Peter Menkhorst reviews 'Culture Crisis: Anthropology and politics in Aboriginal Australia' edited by Jon Altman and Melinda Hinkson
by
David Trigger
Society
Here on Earth: An argument for hope
by Tim Flannery
by
Timothy Roberts
Society
Alan ‘The Red Fox’ Reid: Pressman Par Excellence
by Ross Fitzgerald and Stephen Holt
by
Tom D.C. Roberts
Film
The Sound of Pictures: Listening to the Movies, From Hitchcock to High Fidelity
by Andrew Ford
by
Robert Gibson
Commentary
Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire
by Nicholas Thomas
by
Alan Frost
Literary Studies
Merchants of Culture: he Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century
by John B. Thompson
by
Terri-ann White
How to Make Gravy
by Paul Kelly
by
Anna Goldsworthy
Environment
The Penguin Book of the Ocean
by James Bradley
by
Gregory Kratzmann
Biography
Newman’s Unquiet Grave: The Reluctant Saint
by John Cornwell
by
Glyn Davis
Biography
Katherine Mansfield: The Story Teller
by Kathleen Jones
by
Lisa Gorton
Art
What Is Contemporary Art?
by Terry Smith
by
Joanna Mendelssohn
Theatre
Talking Theatre: Interviews with Theatre People
by Richard Eyre
by
Michael Morley
East Timor
Finding Santana
by Jill Jolliffe
by
Joan Grant
Natural History
Platypus
by Ann Moyal
by
Peter Menkhorst
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