December 2013–January 2014, no. 357

December 2013–January 2014, no. 357

Welcome to our summer edition! Never before have we published 78 people in a single issue. ‘Books of the Year’ is our major feature – always fun to commission. Find out what leading writers, critics and artists enjoyed reading in 2014. Poetry is a strength this month: we have poems from Felicity Plunkett, American Paula Bohince, and Porter Prize winner Michael Farrell, among others. Dion Kagan reviews that audacious French film Stranger by the Lake, and Ian Dickson admires the STC’s Waiting for Godot. Other highlights include Robert Dessaix on Colm Tóibín’s The Testament of Mary, Robyn Williams on Stephen Hawking, and former agent Mary Cunnane’s defence of the slush pile.

Books of the Year 2013

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#Queryfail

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My Brief History by Stephen Hawking

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The Mad Marathon: The story of the 2013 Election by Mungo MacCallum

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Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family by Gabrielle Carey

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Contemporary Asian Australian Poets edited by Adam Aitken, Kim Cheng Boey, and Michelle Cahill

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Gardens of Fire: An Investigative Memoir by Robert Kenny

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The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane

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Open Page with Garry Disher

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News from the Editor's Desk

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The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín

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Debbie Hamilton's 'Out of Bounds'

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Tide by John Kinsella

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His Stupid Boyhood: A Memoir by Peter Goldsworthy

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Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher

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Getting Warmer by Alan Carter

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The Shadow Year by Hannah Richell

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Watching You by Michael Robotham

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Banana Girl: A Memoir by Michele Lee

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Changing Gears: A Pedal-powered Detour from the Rat Race by Greg Foyster

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How to Tell Your Father to Drop Dead by Jeremy Fisher

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'Descending Geese at Katada', a new poem by Paula Bohince

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'Kangaroo Scientists of the Nineteenth Century', a new poem by Michael Farrell

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'Yellow', a new poem by Felicity Plunkett

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'Crying on cue', a new poem by Anthony Lynch

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'Your Paintings', a new poem by Lucy Dougan

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Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain by John Darwin

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The Baby Farmers: A Chilling Tale of Missing Babies, Shameful Secrets and Murder in 19th Century Australia by Annie Cossins

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The Writing Culture of Ordinary People in Europe, c.1860–1920 by Martyn Lyons

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Stranger by the Lake

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Cinema by Alain Badiou, translated by Susan Spitzer

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World Film Locations: Melbourne edited by Neil Mitchell

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Stolen Glimpses, Captive Shadows: Writing on Film 2002–2012 by Geoffrey O'Brien

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Waiting for Godot

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Living in a Modern Way: California Design 1930–1965 edited by Wendy Kaplan

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Even in the Dark by Rose Lucas

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Ephemeral Waters by Kate Middleton

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The Watchmaker's Imprint by Ian Templeman

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It Comes From All Directions by Rae Desmond Jones

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One Soufflé at a Time: A Memoir of Food and France by Anne Willan

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Shakespeare Beyond Doubt: Evidence, Argument, Controversy edited by Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells

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English as a Vocation: The Scrutiny Movement by Christopher Hilliard

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Pliny and the artistic culture of the Italian Renaissance: The Legacy of the ‘Natural History’ by Sarah Blake McHam

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For the True Believers: Great Labor Speeches that Shaped History edited by Troy Bramston

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An Unqualified Success: The Extraordinary Life of Allan Percy Fleming by Peter Golding

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Henry Friendly: Greatest Judge of His Era by David M. Dorsen

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Queen's College the University of Melbourne: A Pictorial History 1887–2012 edited by Jennifer Bars, Sophia T. Pavlovski-Ross, and David T. Runia

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The Last Girl by Michael Adams

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Wildlife by Fiona Wood

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Margaret Robson Kett reviews six new picture books

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