Australian Book Review

February 2009, no. 308

February 2009, no. 308

Welcome to the February 2009 issue of Australian Book Review.

Full Contents

Poem

'Travel'

by Dorothy Porter

Poem

'Silverflash'

Biography

Gough Whitlam: A moment in history (Volume One) by Jenny Hocking

by Neal Blewett

Essays

The Best American Essays 2008 edited by Adam Gopnik & The Best Australian Essays 2008 edited by David Marr

Biography

Stella Miles Franklin: A biography by Jill Roe

by Kerryn Goldsworthy

Military History

The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (Second Edition) edited by Peter Dennis et al.

by David Horner

Politics

Liberals and Power: The road ahead by Peter van Onselen

by Norman Abjorensen

Biography

Graham Kennedy Treasures: Friends remember the king by Mike McColl Jones

by Sue Turnbull

Poetry

Autographs by Alex Skovron

by Richard Freadman

Commentary

'Ukulula': Obama-euphoria in Lancashire

by Peter Goldsworthy

International Studies

Israel’s Occupation by Neve Gordon

by Peter Rodgers

Memoir

Father Of The House: The memoirs of Kim E. Beazley by Kim E. Beazley

by Geoff Gallop

Art

Encounters with Australian Modern Art by Christopher Heathcote, Patrick McCaughey and Sarah Thomas

by Daniel Thomas

Fiction

Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett

Letters

Letters to the Editor

by Hidden Author

Politics

America and the World: Conversations on the future of American foreign policy by Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft, moderated by David Ignatius

Anthologies

Great Australian Eulogies by Richard Walsh

by Toby Davidson

Poetry

Unanimous Night by Michael Brennan

by Martin Duwell

Poetry

To Sculpt The Moment: Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2008 edited by Hunter Writers’ Centre

by Anthony Lynch

Anthologies

Talking With Margaret Throsby by Margaret Throsby

by Robert Gibson

History

The Collectors Of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru scientists into whitemen by Warwick Anderson

by Martha Macintyre

Fiction

The Great Arch by Vicki Hastrich

by Christina Hill

Media

The SBS Story: The challenge of cultural diversity by Ien Ang, Gay Hawkins and Lamia Dabboussy

Fiction

The Shallow End by Ashley Sievwright

Ornithology

The Wisdom of Birds: An illustrated history of ornithology by Tim Birkhead

by Peter Menkhorst

Lemniscate by Gaynor McGrath

Society

Wave Cultures: Feminism, subcultures, activism edited by Anita Harris

by Kate Goldsworthy

Letter collection

Nobody’s Valentine: Letters in the life of Valentine Alexa Leeper 1900–2001 by Marion Poynter

by John Rickard

Fiction

Stepping Out: A novel by Catherine Ray, translated by Julie Rose

by Denise O'Dea

Biography

Sybil Thorndike: A star of life by Jonathan Croall

by Brian McFarlane

Echo Chamber by Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph N. Cappella & Why Democracies Need an Unlovable Press by Michael Schudson

Biography

Fortunate Son: The unlikely rise of Keith Urban by Jeff Apter

by Suzie Gibson

Poetry

I Con: New and selected poems by Tim Thorne

by Anthony Lynch

Society

In the Vernacular: A generation of Australian culture and controversy by Stuart Cunningham

Australian History

Je Suis Australienne: Remarkable women in France, 1880–1945 by Rosemary Lancaster