August 2023, no. 456
Welcome to the August issue of ABR! This month we celebrate great short fiction with the announcement and publication of the shortlist for the 2023 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The winner will be revealed at an online ceremony on 17 August. Also in the August issue, Dennis Altman explores some of the complexities facing Australian Jews regarding Australia’s relationship with Israel, James Ley reflects on J.M. Coetzee’s novel The Life and Times of Michael K forty years after its original publication, and Jonathan Green reviews a new biography of Rupert Murdoch. Elsewhere, Kevin Foster examines the first of two new books on the Ben Roberts-Smith case, Joan Beaumont reviews a new work of history from Robin Prior, and Shannon Burns considers a new book on Gerald Murnane.