Australian Book Review

February 2011, no. 328

February 2011, no. 328

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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

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

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

Anthology

Chris Flynn reviews 'The Best Australian Stories 2010' edited by Cate Kennedy and 'New Australian Stories 2' edited by Aviva Tuffield

Anthology

Alex Lewis reviews 'I Can See My House From Here: UTS Writers’ Anthology 2010' edited by Alice Grundy et al.

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

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

Biography

Katherine Mansfield: The Story Teller by Kathleen Jones

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

Natural History

Platypus by Ann Moyal

by Peter Menkhorst