January-February 2019, no. 408
The Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume 2: 1956–1963 edited by Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil
Reviewed by Sarah Holland-Batt
Breaking News: The remaking of journalism and why it matters now by Alan Rusbridger
Reviewed by Jane Cadzow
2018 Publisher Picks
Reviewed by Nathan Hollier et al.
Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan
Reviewed by Danielle Clode
Net Loss: The inner life in the digital age (Quarterly Essay 72) by Sebastian Smee
Reviewed by Alex Tighe
The Land of Dreams: How Australians won their freedom,1788–1860 by David Kemp
Reviewed by Alan Atkinson
In Pursuit Of Civility: Manners and civilization in early modern England by Keith Thomas
Reviewed by Ian Donaldson
Sydney Noir edited by John Dale
Reviewed by Chris Flynn
The Luck of Friendship: The letters of Tennessee Williams and James Laughlin edited by Peggy L. Fox and Thomas Keith
Reviewed by Ian Dickson
Tiberius with a Telephone: The life and stories of William McMahon by Patrick Mullins
Reviewed by James Walter
These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
Reviewed by Ben Vine
The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A twentieth-century history by David Edgerton
Reviewed by Simon Tormey
The Secret World: A history of intelligence by Christopher Andrew
Reviewed by Kyle Wilson
The Environment: A History of the Idea by Paul Warde, Libby Robin, and Sverker Sörlin
Reviewed by James Dunk
Back from the Brink, 1997–2001: The Howard Government Volume II edited by Tom Frame
Reviewed by Lyndon Megarrity
Feeding the Ghost 1: Criticism on contemporary Australian poetry edited by Andy Kissane, David Musgrave, and Carolyn Rickett
Reviewed by John Hawke
Empire of Enchantment: The story of Indian magic by John Zubrzycki
Reviewed by Alexandra Roginski
Performing Hamlet: Actors in the modern age by Jonathan Croall
Reviewed by Brian McFarlane
Australian Art Exhibitions: Opening our eyes by Joanna Mendelssohn et al.
Reviewed by Ron Radford
Chromatopia: An illustrated history of colour by David Coles
Reviewed by Simon Caterson
White on White by Anne Elvey & The Sky Runs Right Through Us by Reneé Pettitt-Schipp
Reviewed by Amy Lin
The Empire’s New Clothes: The myth of the Commonwealth by Philip Murphy
Reviewed by Jim Davidson
The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes & Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump by Dan Pfeiffer
Reviewed by Varun Ghosh
Half Moon Lake by Kirsten Alexander
Reviewed by Jane Sullivan
The Valley by Steve Hawke
Reviewed by Helena Kadmos
Cedar Valley by Holly Throsby
Reviewed by Alice Nelson
horse by Ania Walwicz
Reviewed by Bernard Cohen
Leeward: A memoir by Geoffrey Lehmann
Reviewed by Morag Fraser
The World Only Spins Forward: The ascent of angels in America edited by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois
Reviewed by Tim Byrne
The Recovering: Intoxication and its aftermath by Leslie Jamison
Reviewed by Lucas Thompson