November 2017, no. 396

November 2017, no. 396

Welcome to the November Arts issue! Highlights include:

ABR RAFT Fellowship: 'If This Is a Jew' by Elisabeth Holdsworth

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Martin Luther: Rebel in an age of upheaval by Heinz Schilling, translated by Rona Johnston

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2017 Arts Highlights of the Year

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A Long Way from Home by Peter Carey

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Bitch Doctrine: Essays for dissenting adults by Laurie Penny

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News from the Editor's Desk - November 2017

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Making Modern Australia: The Whitlam government’s 21st century agenda edited by Jenny Hocking

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First Person by Richard Flanagan

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Incorrigible Optimist: A political memoir by Gareth Evans

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Whiteley on Trial by Gabriella Coslovich

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The Retreat of Western Liberalism by Edward Luce & The Fate of the West: by Bill Emmott

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Asylum By Boat: Origins of Australia’s refugee policy by Claire Higgins

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Everybody Lies: What the Internet can tell us about who we really are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

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The Passage of Love by Alex Miller

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The Rules Do Not Apply: A memoir by Ariel Levy

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Rubik by Elizabeth Tan

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The Book of Dirt by Bram Presser

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'ghost flock' by Annamaria Weldon

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'Imprints of Water' by Joan Fleming

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A Sea-Chase by Roger McDonald

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Blind Spot by Teju Cole

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How Shakespeare Put Politics on the Stage: Power and succession in the history plays by Peter Lake

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Ernest Newman: A critical biography by Paul Watt

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Rayner Hoff: The life of a sculptor by Deborah Beck

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The Poisoned Chalice: Peter Hall and the Sydney Opera House by Anne Watson

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Balancing Acts: Behind the scenes at the National Theatre by Nicholas Hytner

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Thea Astley: Selected poems edited by Cheryl Taylor

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The Unwomanly Face of War by by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

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Watching Out: Reflections on justice and injustice by Julian Burnside

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Koh-I-Noor: The history of the world’s most infamous diamond by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand

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Open Page with Roger McDonald

Letters to the Editor - November 2017

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