Australian Book Review

October 2001, no. 235

October 2001, no. 235

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Full Contents

Letter collection

Yarn Spinners: A story in letters edited by Marilla North

by Jacqueline Kent

Military History

Gallipoli by Les Carlyon

Editorial

Editorial – October 2001

Fiction

2007: A true story, waiting to happen by Robyn Williams

by Peter Pierce

Poem

Inside Robert Creeley’s Collected Poems

by Robert Adamson

Commentary

'H.G. Wells in Australia' by Barry Smith

Poetry

Saving from the Wreck: Essays on poetry by Peter Porter

by Peter Steele

Fiction

Gould’s Book of Fish: A novel in twelve fish by Richard Flanagan

by Brian Matthews

Letters

Letters to the Editor - October 2001

by Australian Book Review

Poetry

Tigers on the Silk Road by Katherine Gallagher

Fiction

Evelyn Juers reviews 'The Feel of Steel' by Helen Garner

by Evelyn Juers

Commentary

'Tampa' by Julian Burnside

by Julian Burnside

Poem

Two poems by Clive James

History

Three books on Matthew Flinders

Australian History

Colonial Consorts: The wives of Victoria’s governors, 1839–1900 by Marguerite Hancock

by Paul de Serville

Poetry

Bestseller by M.T.C. Cronin

Australian History

The Boyer Collection: Highlights of the Boyer lectures 1959–2000 edited by Donald McDonald

by Andrew Riemer

Fiction

The Tree by Deborah Ratliff

by Delia Falconer

Biography

Two Prayers to One God: A Journey towards Identity and Belonging by George Szego

by Tamas Pataki

Commentary

Letter from Manila

by Dennis Altman

Biography

Rose Boys by Peter Rose

by Richard Freadman

Non-fiction

Post-Colonial Transformation by Bill Ashcroft

by Leela Gandhi

Theatre

Postcolonial Plays: An Anthology edited by Helen Gilbert

by John McCallum

Essay Collection

Don Anderson reviews 'Reliable Essays: The best of Clive James' and 'Even As We Speak: New essays 1993–2001' by Clive James

by Don Anderson

Bestseller by M.T.C. Cronin

Biography

A Saucepan in the Sky by Brian Nicholls

by Robin Gerster

Literary Studies

England Through Colonial Eyes in Twentieth Century Fiction by Ann Blake, Leela Gandhi and Sue Thomas

by Gillian Whitlock

Fiction

The Death of Pan by Tom Petsinis

by David Matthews

Australian History

The Origins of Irish Convict Transportation to New South Wales by Bob Reece

by Alan Atkinson

Politics

The Patchwork Nation: Rebuilding Community, Rethinking Government by Don Edgar

by Peter Saunders

Children's Fiction

Harriet Huxtable and the Purpose of Rats by Louise Pike

by Margaret Robson Kett