Australian Book Review

April 2018, no. 400

April 2018, no. 400

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Poetry

'The Boathouse' by Judith Beveridge

by Judith Beveridge

Poetry

'Spring Idylls' by Gig Ryan

Open Page

Open Page with Sarah Sentilles

Publisher of the Month

Publisher of the Month with Nathan Hollier

Poetry

Jill Jones reviews 'Interval' by Judith Bishop

Fiction

Anna MacDonald reviews 'The Everlasting Sunday' by Robert Lukins

by Anna MacDonald

Literary Studies

Richard Walsh reviews 'What Editors Do: The art, craft, and business of book editing' edited by Peter Ginna

by Richard Walsh

Fiction

Brian Matthews reviews 'A Stolen Season' by Rodney Hall

by Brian Matthews

Classics

Julia Kindt reviews 'Mythos' by Stephen Fry

True Crime

Anna MacDonald reviews 'A Scandal in Bohemia: The life and death of Mollie Dean' by Gideon Haigh

by Anna MacDonald

Politics

Rémy Davison reviews 'America Looks to Australia: The hidden role of Richard Casey in the creation of the Australia–America alliance, 1940–1942' by James Prior

by Rémy Davison

Essay Collection

Johanna Leggatt reviews 'The Mother of all Questions: Further feminisms' by Rebecca Solnit

by Johanna Leggatt

Essay Collection

Patrick McCaughey reviews 'The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick' edited by Darryl Pinckney

by Patrick McCaughey

Essay Collection

Sarah Holland-Batt reviews 'Feel Free: Essays' by Zadie Smith

by Sarah Holland-Batt

Letters

Felicity Plunkett reviews 'The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 1: 1940-1956' edited by Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil

by Felicity Plunkett

Poem

'Inverting Hölderlin’s "Geh unter, schöne Sonne"' by John Kinsella

by John Kinsella

Biography

Lyndon Megarrity reviews 'The Boy from Baradine' by Craig Emerson

by Lyndon Megarrity

Biography

Simon Caterson reviews 'Truth’s Fool: Derek Freeman and the war over cultural anthropology' by Peter Hempenstall

by Simon Caterson

Biography

Geoffrey Blainey reviews 'Three Duties and Talleyrand’s Dictum: Keith Waller: Portrait of a working diplomat' by Alan Fewster

by Geoffrey Blainey

Russia

Barbara Keys reviews 'Gorbachev: His life and times' by William Taubman

by Barbara Keys

Advances

News from the Editor's Desk - April 2018

by Australian Book Review

Letters

Letters to the Editor - April 2018

by Australian Book Review

Advances

Editorial on ABR's 400th issue by Peter Rose

Commentary

'Odysseus and me' by Andrea Goldsmith

by Andrea Goldsmith

Fiction

Ashley Hay reviews 'In the Garden of the Fugitives' by Ceridwen Dovey

Fiction

Kerryn Goldsworthy reviews 'The Death of Noah Glass' by Gail Jones

by Kerryn Goldsworthy

Calibre Prize

2018 Calibre Essay Prize (Winner): 'We Three Hundred' by Lucas Grainger-Brown

by Lucas Grainger-Brown

Anthropology

Kim Mahood reviews 'Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering ancient Australia' by Billy Griffiths

Memoir

James Walter reviews 'John Curtin’s War: Volume I' by John Edwards

by James Walter

Russian History

Sheila Fitzpatrick review 'Red Flag Unfurled: History, historians, and the Russian Revolution' by Ronald Grigor Suny

by Sheila Fitzpatrick

Biography

Ian Donaldson reviews 'Simon Leys: Navigator between worlds' by Philippe Paquet, translated by Julie Rose

by Ian Donaldson

Commentary

'Defying the moment' by Beejay Silcox

by Beejay Silcox

Advances

400th issue subscriber giveaway

by Australian Book Review

Music

Anwen Crawford reviews 'Sticky Fingers: The life and times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone magazine' by Joe Hagan

by Anwen Crawford

Russia

Kieran Pender reviews 'The Long Hangover: Putin’s new Russia and the ghosts of the past' by Shaun Walker

by Kieran Pender

Memoir

Neal Blewett reviews 'Not for the Faint-hearted' by Kevin Rudd

by Neal Blewett

Fiction

Gregory Day reviews 'Incredible Floridas' by Stephen Orr

China

David Brophy reviews 'Silent Invasion: China’s Influence in Australia' by Clive Hamilton

by David Brophy