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April 2019, no. 410
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Publisher of the Month
Meredith Curnow is Publisher of the Month
Memoir
Astrid Edwards reviews
Diving into Glass: A memoir
by Caro Llewellyn
by
Astrid Edwards
History
Josh Specht reviews
A People’s History of Computing in the United States
by Joy Lisi Rankin
by
Joshua Specht
Poem
'Lost World Sonnets', a new poem by Bronwyn Lea
by
Bronwyn Lea
Memoir
Lewis Rosenberg reviews
Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, humanist, heretic
by Stanley Corngold
by
Lewis Rosenberg
Religion
Paul Collins reviews
New Jerusalem
by Paul Ham
by
Paul Collins
Poetry
Joan Fleming reviews
Short Poems of New Zealand
edited by Jenny Bornholdt
by
Joan Fleming
Poetry
Jen Webb reviews
Blakwork
by Alison Whittaker and
Walking with Camels: The story of Bertha Strehlow
by Leni Shilton
by
Jen Webb
Memoir
Jarrod Hore reviews
Kindred: A Cradle Mountain love story
by Kate Legge
by
Jarrod Hore
Fiction
Jacinta Mulders reviews
The Hollow Bones
by Leah Kaminsky
by
Jacinta Mulders
History
Alison Broinowski reviews
Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the present
by Christopher Harding
by
Alison Broinowski
Politics
Lyndon Megarrity reviews
Elections Matter
edited by Benjamin T. Jones, Frank Bongiorno, and John Uhr
by
Lyndon Megarrity
Memoir
Jacqueline Kent reviews
The Blackburns: Private lives, public ambition
by Carolyn Rasmussen
by
Jacqueline Kent
Theatre
Ian Dickson reviews
Dramatic Exchanges: The lives and letters of the National Theatre
edited by Daniel Rosenthal
by
Ian Dickson
Fiction
Jane Rawson reviews
The Glad Shout
by Alice Robinson
by
Jane Rawson
Fiction
Naama Grey-Smith reviews
A Universe of Sufficient Size
by Miriam Sved
by
Naama Grey-Smith
Fiction
Robin Gerster reviews
The War Artist
by Simon Cleary
by
Robin Gerster
Fiction
Susan Varga reviews
The Happiness Glass
by Carol Lefevre
by
Susan Varga
Fiction
Francesca Sasnaitis reviews
Invented Lives
by Andrea Goldsmith
by
Francesca Sasnaitis
Fiction
Bronwyn Lea reviews
Islands
by Peggy Frew
by
Bronwyn Lea
Fiction
Paul Giles reviews
A Season on Earth
by Gerald Murnane
by
Paul Giles
Politics
Andrew Broertjes reviews
Political Troglodytes and Economic Lunatics
by Dominic Kelly and
Rise of the Right
by Greg Barns
by
Andrew Broertjes
Politics
Glyn Davis reviews
Prime Movers: From Pericles to Gandhi
by Ferdinand Mount
by
Glyn Davis
Politics
Simon Tormey reviews
Whiteshift: Populism, immigration, and the future of white majorities
by Eric Kaufmann
by
Simon Tormey
Literary Studies
Tim Mehigan reviews
Beyond the Ancient Quarrel: Literature, philosophy and J.M. Coetzee
edited by Patrick Hayes and Jan Wilm
by
Tim Mehigan
Commentary
'Forced marriage: MAFS and reality television’s chamber of horrors' by Alecia Simmonds
by
Alecia Simmonds
Australian History
Zora Simic reviews
The Seventies: The personal, the political and the making of modern Australia
by Michelle Arrow
by
Zora Simic
Australian History
Kerryn Goldsworthy reviews
A History of South Australia
by Paul Sendziuk and Robert Foster
by
Kerryn Goldsworthy
Photography
Philip Jones reviews
Capturing Nature: Early scientific photography at the Australian Museum 1857–1893
by Vanessa Finney
by
Philip Jones
Russian History
Sheila Fitzpatrick reviews
The Kremlin Letters
edited by David Reynolds and Vladimir Pechatnov
by
Sheila Fitzpatrick
Religion
Barney Zwartz reviews
In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, homosexuality, hypocrisy
by Frédéric Martel
by
Barney Zwartz
Commentary
Alex Tighe reviews
Delayed Response: The art of waiting from the ancient to the instant world
by Jason Farman
by
Alex Tighe
Commentary
Suzy Freeman-Greene reviews
Choice Words: A collection of writing about abortion
edited by Louise Swinn
by
Suzy Freeman-Greene
Commentary
Russell Blackford reviews
Trigger Warnings: Political correctness and the rise of the right
by Jeff Sparrow
by
Russell Blackford
Advances
News from the Editor's Desk - April 2019
by
Australian Book Review
Letters
Letters to the Editor - April 2019
by
Marilyn Lake
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