December 2016, no. 387
Welcome to our much-anticipated December issue!
• Books of the Year - More than forty senior critics, writers, broadcasters, and booksellers have nominated their favourite books of the year
• Publisher’s Picks - a dozen major publishers/editors nominate 2016 books from other publishing houses
• Paul Genoni on George Johnston and Charmian Clift’s time on Hydra
• Peter Craven on Tim Winton’s ‘rich and brilliant’ essay collection The Boy Behind the Curtain
• Fiona Gruber on Scientology
• Philosopher Peter Singer is our Open Page guest
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Full Contents
Open Page
Open page with Peter Singer
Children's Fiction
Margaret Robson Kett reviews 'The Bone Sparrow' by Zana Fraillon
Science and Technology
Ian Gibbins reviews 'The Best Australian Science Writing 2016' edited by Jo Chandler NewSouth
by Ian Gibbins
Science and Technology
Nick Haslam reviews 'Ivan Pavlov: A Russian life in science' by Daniel P. Todes
by Nick Haslam