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February–March 1998, no. 198
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Journalism
Lisa Kerrigan reviews HEAT #6, Quadrant #342, Blast #35, Nocturnal Submissions #5, and Siglo #9
by
Lisa Kerrigan
Children's and Young Adult Fiction
Refuge
by Libby Gleeson
by
Tess Brady
Art
Lying About the Landscape
edited by Geoff Levitus
by
Peter Haynes
Editorial
by
Helen Daniel
Film
Oscar and Lucinda
by
Peter Craven
Australian History
Who’s Who in Australia 1998
by Maryanne Neto
by
John Arnold
Fiction
Left, Right and Centre: A tale of sex, greed and power
by Tim Ferguson
by
Simon Clews
Memoir
A Hack’s Progress
by Phillip Knightley
by
Ann Skea
Essay Collection
An Instinct for the Kill
by Antonella Gambotto
by
Airlie Lawson
Commentary
'Anticipation' by Don Miller
by
Don Miller
Society
Brothers and Sisters: Intimate portraits of sibling relationships
by Joan Sauers
by
Karen Lamb
Commentary
Confessions of a Culture War Villain
by
David Williamson
The Ghost Names Sing
by Dennis Haskell
&
Album of Domestic Exiles
by Andrew Sant
by
Brian Henry
Memoir
Cross Lines
by
Kerryn Goldsworthy
Sport
Sporting Tales
by
Garry Disher
Letters
Letters to the Editor - February-March 1998
by
Hidden Author
John Howard: Prime Minister
by David Barnett and Pru Goward
by
Joe Rich
Children's Fiction
Rise & Shine
by David Legge
&
I Know That
by Candida Baker, illustrated by Alison Kubbos
by
Nicola Robinson
Australian Fiction
Straight, Bent and Barbara Vine
by Garry Disher
&
Raisins and Almonds
by Kerry Greenwood
by
Stuart Coupe
Film
Ubu Films: Sydney underground movies 1965-1970
by Peter Mudie
by
Juno Gemes
Fiction
The Love Song of Lucy McBride
by Steven Carroll
by
Kevin Brophy
Poetry
The Kangaroo Farm
by Martin Harrison
by
David McCooey
Gender
The Incredible Woman
by Jocelynne A. Scutt
&
The Incredible Woman
by Jocelynne A. Scutt
by
Kate Macdonell
Biography
Imants Tillers and the Book of Power
by Wystan Curnow
by
Edward Colless
Australian History
Paradise Mislaid: In search of the Australian tribe of Paraguay
by Anne Whitehead
by
Richard Hall
Cricket
The Summer Game: Australian Test Cricket 1949–1971
by Gideon Haigh
by
Laurie Clancy
Poetry
Frank Wilmot
edited by Philip Mead
&
Frank Wilmot
by Hugh Andersen
by
Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Commentary
Four Days in Tinsel Town: The equal of seven anywhere else By Tom Thompson
by
Tom Thompson
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