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December 2008–January 2009, no. 307

December 2008–January 2009, no. 307

Welcome to the December 2008–January 2009 issue of Australian Book Review.

ONLINE ONLY
 

Full Contents

Picture Books

The Art of Graeme Base by Julie Watts

Memoir

Ma Folie Française by Marisa Raoul

Fiction

To Light Attained: A novel by Morris Lurie

History

Burning Books by Matthew Fishburn

Biography

Robert Helpmann: A Servant of Art by Anna Bemrose

Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan

Cartoons

Comic Commentators: Contemporary political cartooning in Australia edited by Robert Phiddian and Haydon Manning

Fiction

Taking Off by Matt Howard

Poetry

Telling a Hawk from a Handsaw by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

History

The American Future: A History by Simon Schama

The Trip by George Papaellinas

Arts Of Publication: Scholarly publishing in Australia and beyond edited by Lucy Neave, James Connor and Amanda Crawford

Where The Streets Had A Name by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Modern Times: The untold story of modernism in Australia edited by Ann Stephen, Philip Goad and Andrew McNamara (eds)

Bridge by Peter Bishop

Australian Poetry

The Best Australian Poems 2008 edited by Peter Rose & The Best Australian Poetry 2008 edited by David Brooks

Australian History

Forgetting Aborigines by Chris Healy

Biography

The Many Lives of Kenneth Myer by Sue Ebury

Fiction

Dreamland by Tom Gilling

Short Stories

Families: Modern Australian short stories edited by Barry Oakley

Non-fiction

Strange Museums: A Journey through Poland by Fiona McGregor

Poetry

Uncommon Light by Brook Emery

Poetry

Growing Up with Mr Menzies by John Jenkins

History

Churchill and Australia by Graham Freudenberg