December 2007–January 2008, no. 297

Books of the Year

Books of the Year 2007

Biography

Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice by Janet Malcolm

by Peter Rose

'The Wattle Bird', a poem by Dorothy Porter

by Dorothy Porter

Religion

Like Us: How arrogance is dividing Islam and the West by Waleed Aly

by Jonathan Pearlman

Fiction

The Complete Stories by David Malouf

by Patrick Allington

Poetry

Transit by Mike Ladd

by Adrian Caesar

Society

Courage by Maria Tumarkin

by Judith Armstrong

International Studies

Undiplomatic Activities by Richard Wollcott, illustrations by David Rowe

by Joan Grant

Poem

It’s Raining in Wollongong

by Shane McCauley

Reference

The World of the Book by Des Cowley and Clare Williamson

by Ian Morrison

Fiction

The Trout Opera by Matthew Condon

by Peter Pierce

Letters

Letters to the Editor

by Jeanette Hoorn, John Mulvaney

Film

Jane Campion by Kathleen McHugh

by Jake Wilson

Fiction

On the Road: The original scroll by Jack Kerouac

by Richard Watts

Memoir

Dying: A memoir by Donald Horne and Myfanwy Horne

by Pamela Bone

Fiction

The Low Road by Chris Womersley

by Rebecca Starford

Biography

Sir Ronald Wilson: A matter of conscience by Antonio Buti

by Tony Blackshield

Fiction

The Memory Room by Christopher Koch

by Adrian Mitchell

Poetry

The Best Australian Poems 2007 edited by Peter Rose & The Best Australian Poetry 2007 edited by John Tranter

by Gregory Kratzmann

Short Stories

The Best Australian Stories 2007 edited by Robert Drewe

by Rosemary Sorensen

Politics

The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics edited by Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts

by Neal Blewett

Poetry

The Collected Verse of Mary Gilmore: Volume 2, 1930–1962 edited by Jennifer Strauss

by Ann Vickery

Cultural Studies

Advance Australia … Where?: How we’ve changed, why we’ve changed, and what will happen next by Hugh Mackay

by Lyndon Megarrity

Law

The Conviction of the Innocent: How the law can let us down by Chester Porter

by Philip Selth

Music

The Rite of Spring: 75 Years of ABC music-making by Martin Buzacott

by Robert Gibson

Fiction

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes by Mandy Sayer

by Christina Hill

Fiction

The Children by Charlotte Wood

by Stephanie Bishop

History

The Enlightenment and the Book: Scottish authors and their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland and America by Richard B. Sher

by Graham Tulloch

Poetry

The Incoming Tide by Petra White

by Andrew Sant

Fiction

The Ghost's Child by Sonya Hartnett

by Rebecca Starford

Military History

The Torch and the Sword: A history of the army cadet movement in Australia by Craig A.J. Stockings

by Gillian Dooley

Environmental Studies

The Forest Wars by Judith Ajani

by Peter Mares

History

The Darker Nations: A people's history of the third world by Vijay Prashad

by Brian Stoddart

Searching for Schindler: A memoir by Tom Keneally

by Chad Habel

Non-fiction

Stories, Pictures and Reality: Two children tell by Virginia Lowe

by Ruth Starke

Politics

Power Without Responsibility?: Ministerial staffers in Australian governments from Whitlam to Howard by Anne Tiernan

by John Uhr

Poetry

Divagations by Stéphane Mallarmé, trans. Barbara Johnson

by Jill Anderson

Biography

Shakespeare's Wife by Germaine Greer

by James Ley

Jamaica by Malcolm Knox

by Brian McFarlane

Memoir

Muck by Craig Sherborne

by Gay Bilson

Biography

Sunrise West by Jacob G. Rosenberg

by Peter Rose

Indigo 1 edited by Donna Ward

by Georgie Arnott

Politics

An Australian Republic by Greg Barnes and Anna Krawtec-Wheaton

by Rory Dufficy

Poetry

Handfeeding the Crocodile by Gina Mercer

by Andrew Burns

History

Forgotten Wars: The end of Britain's Asian emprie by Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper

by Peter Edwards

Media

The Content Makers: Understanding the media in Australia by Margaret Simons

by Bridget Griffen-Foley

Cultural Studies

American Notebook: A personal and political journey by Michael Gawenda

by Peter Haig

Oh, Yes, Then

by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

Common Grounds

by Katherine Gallagher

Biography

The Master by Sean Fagan and Dally Messenger III & The Ballad of Les Darcy by Peter FiztSimons

by Braham Dabscheck

Poetry

Necessity: Poems 1996–2006 edited by Barry Hill

by Nicholas Birns

Journal

Meanjin vol. 66, no. 2 edited by Ian Britain & Griffith Review 17 edited by Julianne Schultz

by Lyn McCredden

Science and Technology

Maralinga: Australia’s nuclear waste cover-up by Alan Parkinson

by Wayne Reynolds

Fiction

Long Afternoon of the World by Graeme Kinross-Smith

by Shirley Walker

Letters

Letters to the Editor

by Dean Biron, James Ley, Bruce Haigh

Poetry

Vertigo edited by Jordie Albiston & Awake Despite the Hour by Paul Mitchell

by David McCooey

Poetry

A Paddock in His Head by Brendan Ryan

by Geoff Page

December 2007–January 2008, no. 297

Full Contents

Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice by Janet Malcolm

Like Us: How arrogance is dividing Islam and the West by Waleed Aly

The Complete Stories by David Malouf

Transit by Mike Ladd

Courage by Maria Tumarkin

Undiplomatic Activities by Richard Wollcott, illustrations by David Rowe

The World of the Book by Des Cowley and Clare Williamson

The Trout Opera by Matthew Condon

Jane Campion by Kathleen McHugh

On the Road: The original scroll by Jack Kerouac

Dying: A memoir by Donald Horne and Myfanwy Horne

The Low Road by Chris Womersley

Sir Ronald Wilson: A matter of conscience by Antonio Buti

The Memory Room by Christopher Koch

The Best Australian Poems 2007 edited by Peter Rose & The Best Australian Poetry 2007 edited by John Tranter

The Best Australian Stories 2007 edited by Robert Drewe

The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics edited by Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts

The Collected Verse of Mary Gilmore: Volume 2, 1930–1962 edited by Jennifer Strauss

Advance Australia … Where?: How we’ve changed, why we’ve changed, and what will happen next by Hugh Mackay

The Conviction of the Innocent: How the law can let us down by Chester Porter

The Rite of Spring: 75 Years of ABC music-making by Martin Buzacott

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes by Mandy Sayer

The Children by Charlotte Wood

The Enlightenment and the Book: Scottish authors and their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland and America by Richard B. Sher

The Incoming Tide by Petra White

The Ghost's Child by Sonya Hartnett

The Torch and the Sword: A history of the army cadet movement in Australia by Craig A.J. Stockings

The Forest Wars by Judith Ajani

The Darker Nations: A people's history of the third world by Vijay Prashad

Searching for Schindler: A memoir by Tom Keneally

Stories, Pictures and Reality: Two children tell by Virginia Lowe

Power Without Responsibility?: Ministerial staffers in Australian governments from Whitlam to Howard by Anne Tiernan

Divagations by Stéphane Mallarmé, trans. Barbara Johnson

Shakespeare's Wife by Germaine Greer

Jamaica by Malcolm Knox

Muck by Craig Sherborne

Sunrise West by Jacob G. Rosenberg

Indigo 1 edited by Donna Ward

An Australian Republic by Greg Barnes and Anna Krawtec-Wheaton

Handfeeding the Crocodile by Gina Mercer

Forgotten Wars: The end of Britain's Asian emprie by Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper

The Content Makers: Understanding the media in Australia by Margaret Simons

American Notebook: A personal and political journey by Michael Gawenda

The Master by Sean Fagan and Dally Messenger III & The Ballad of Les Darcy by Peter FiztSimons

Necessity: Poems 1996–2006 edited by Barry Hill

Meanjin vol. 66, no. 2 edited by Ian Britain & Griffith Review 17 edited by Julianne Schultz

Maralinga: Australia’s nuclear waste cover-up by Alan Parkinson

Long Afternoon of the World by Graeme Kinross-Smith

Vertigo edited by Jordie Albiston & Awake Despite the Hour by Paul Mitchell

A Paddock in His Head by Brendan Ryan