Australian Book Review

October 2011, no. 335

October 2011, no. 335

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Full Contents

Advances

News from the Editor's Desk

by Hidden Author

Letters

Letters to the Editor - October 2011

by Hidden Author

Features

Morag Fraser reviews 'Autumn Laing' by Alex Miller

by Morag Fraser

Fiction

Jo Case reviews 'All That I Am' by Anna Funder

Fiction

Sophie Cunningham reviews 'Sarah Thornhill' by Kate Grenville

by Sophie Cunningham

Features

Chris Flynn and Peter Carey on the challenging times for mid-list authors

Features

Margaret Harris and Fiona Morrison on 'The Man Who Loved Children' and 'Letty Fox' by Christina Stead

by Margaret Harris and Fiona Morrison

Open Page

Open Page with Anna Funder

by Australian Book Review

ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

Jolley Prize 2011 (Winner): 'The Neighbour’s Beans' by Gregory Day

ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

Jolley Prize 2011: 'Before He Left the Family' by Carrie Tiffany

by Carrie Tiffany

ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

Jolley Prize 2011 (Shortlist): 'Milk Tray' by Claire Aman

ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

Jolley Prize 2011 (Shortlist): 'What’s Richard Ford Got to Do with It?' by Gaylene Carbis

by Gaylene Carbis

Essays

Paul Morgan on Raimond Gaita's 'After Romulus'

Letters

Sue Ebury reviews 'Letters to My Daughter: Robert Menzies, Letters, 1955–1975' edited by Heather Henderson

Society

Kerryn Goldsworthy: Adelaide

Journal

Sally Heath (ed.): Meanjin Vol. 70, No. 3

Journal

John Arnold (ed.): La Trobe Journal, No. 87

by Jay Daniel Thompson

Art

Deborah Hart: Fred Williams

Film

Peter Rose reviews 'The Eye of the Storm'

Graphic Story

'2048', a new story by Bruce Mutard

by Bruce Mutard

Fiction

Don Anderson reviews 'The Street Sweeper' by Elliot Perlman

by Don Anderson

Fiction

Mark Gomes reviews 'Jack and Jill' by Helen Hodgman

Fiction

Barry Hill reviews 'Kokoro' by Natsume Soseki, translated by Meredith McKinney

Fiction

Shaun Prescott reviews 'Machine Man' by Max Barry

by Shaun Prescott

Fiction

Adam Rivett reviews 'The Cook' by Wayne Macauley

Fiction

John Charalambous: Two Greeks

by Donata Carrazza

Fiction

Elisabeth Holdsworth reviews 'For the Patriarch' by Angelo Loukakis

by Elisabeth Holdsworth

Fiction

Amos Oz: Scenes from Village Life

by Colin Golvan

Fiction

Carol Middleton reviews 'The Girl and the Ghost-Grey Mare' by Rachael Treasure

by Carol Middleton

Law

A.J. Brown: Michael Kirby

by Julian Burnside

International Studies

Tariq Ali: The Obama Syndrome

by Dennis Altman

Australian History

Anna Johnston: The Paper War

by Grace Karskens

Literary Studies

Brian McFarlane reviews 'On Shakespeare' by John Bell

by Brian McFarlane

Young Adult Fiction

Thuy On reviews 'All I Ever Wanted' by Vikki Wakefield

Commentary

'A curious night at the Wheeler Centre' by Judith Armstrong

by Judith Armstrong