September 2001, no. 234

Theatre

The Pram Factory: The Australian Performing Group recollected by Tim Robertson

by Helen Thomson

Biography

Peter Costello: The new Liberal by Shaun Carney

by John Button

Opera

Who’s Afraid of Richard Wagner?

by Andrew Riemer

Politics

Peter Costello: The new liberal by Shaun Carney

by John Button

By and Large by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

by Martin Duwell

Memoir

Love this Life: Lyrics, 1978–2001 by Neil Finn

by Shaun Carney

Australian History

Making the Australian Male: Middle-class masculinity 1870–1920 by Martin Crotty

by John Rickard

Law

Songs without Music: Aesthetic dimensions of law and justice by Desmond Manderson

by Michael Kirby

Poetry

Collected Poems, 1970–1998 by John Forbes

by Ivor Indyk

Memoir

The Singing Elms: The autobiography of Lauris Elms by Lauris Elms

by Alastair Jackson

Fiction

Adi Wimmer reviews 'An Innocent Gentleman' by Elizabeth Jolley

by Adi Wimmer

Biography

The Solitary Watcher: Rick Amor and his art by Gary Catalano

by Bernard Smith

Travel

The Picador Book of Journeys edited by Robyn Davidson

by Nicola Walker

Diaries

Diary by Jeffrey Tate

by Jeffrey Tate

Art

Gallery Notes by Patrick McCaughey

by Patrick McCaughey

Advances

'Editorial' by Peter Rose

by Peter Rose

Literary Studies

Shakespeare in Australia

by Peter Craven

Poetry

Other Worlds: Poems 1997–2001 by Dorothy Porter

by Peter Minter

Poem

‘Carnations’ a poem by Peter Skrzynecki

by Peter Skrzynecki

Australian History

Looking for Leadership: Australia in the Howard Years by Donald Horne

by Guy Rundle

Anthropology

The Culture Cult: Designer tribalism and other essays by Roger Sandall

by Patrick Wolfe

Commentary

Author! Author!

by José Borghino

Children's and Young Adult Fiction

Ruth Starke reviews four children's books

by Ruth Starke

Gender

Splitting the World Open: Taller Poppies and Me by Susan Mitchell

by Anna Broinowski

Politics

Australia's Mandarins: The Frank and the Fearless? by Patrick Weller

by Peter Edwards

Australian History

Debating the City: An Anthology edited by Jennifer Barrett and Caroline Butler-Bowden

by John McPhee

Film

Myth and Meaning: Australian Film Directors in Their Own Words by Peter Malone

by Brian McFarlane

Australian Fiction

The Blind Eye by Georgia Blain & Bella Vista by Catherine Jinks

by Dianne Dempsey

Children's Fiction

Jody Fickes Shapiro reviews 4 books

by Jody Fickes Shapiro

Letters

Letters - September 2001

by Australian Book Review

September 2001, no. 234

Full Contents

The Pram Factory: The Australian Performing Group recollected by Tim Robertson

Peter Costello: The new Liberal by Shaun Carney

Peter Costello: The new liberal by Shaun Carney

By and Large by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

Love this Life: Lyrics, 1978–2001 by Neil Finn

Making the Australian Male: Middle-class masculinity 1870–1920 by Martin Crotty

Songs without Music: Aesthetic dimensions of law and justice by Desmond Manderson

Collected Poems, 1970–1998 by John Forbes

The Singing Elms: The autobiography of Lauris Elms by Lauris Elms

The Solitary Watcher: Rick Amor and his art by Gary Catalano

The Picador Book of Journeys edited by Robyn Davidson

Diary by Jeffrey Tate

Other Worlds: Poems 1997–2001 by Dorothy Porter

Looking for Leadership: Australia in the Howard Years by Donald Horne

The Culture Cult: Designer tribalism and other essays by Roger Sandall

Splitting the World Open: Taller Poppies and Me by Susan Mitchell

Australia's Mandarins: The Frank and the Fearless? by Patrick Weller

Debating the City: An Anthology edited by Jennifer Barrett and Caroline Butler-Bowden

Myth and Meaning: Australian Film Directors in Their Own Words by Peter Malone

The Blind Eye by Georgia Blain & Bella Vista by Catherine Jinks