Australian Book Review

December 2003–January 2004, no. 257

December 2003–January 2004, no. 257

Welcome to the December 2003–January 2004 issue of Australian Book Review!

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Full Contents

Kuta Madness

by Brent Crosswell

Fiction

James Ley reviews 'Vernon God Little' by D.B.C. Pierre

Poem

‘The Metal Detectors’ by Jaya Savige

Poem

'Spires' by Rosemary Dobson

by Rosemary Dobson

Biography

Shadow of Doubt: My Father and Myself by Richard Freadman

Energised Fences

by Julian Burnside

George Orwell

by Robert Manne

Letters

December 2003 | Letters

by Hugh Dillon, Bridget Griffen-Foley, Katherine Wilson, Ken Goodwin, Sylvia Lawson, Michael Jorgensen

Politics

Orwell's Legacies

by Troy Bramston

Poetry

Fidelities of Summer

by Peter Steele

Australian History

Matrons behind the Bar

by Aviva Tuffield

Non-fiction

Energised Fences

by Julian Burnside

Politics

Dog whistle politics

by Neal Blewett

Feminism

Mad about the Boy

Advances

December 2003 - Advances

by Australian Book Review

Politics

Australian Republicanism: A reader by Mark McKenna and Wayne Hudson

Art

Goya by Robert Hughes

by Humphrey McQueen

Science and Technology

Stromlo: An Australian observatory by Tom Frame and Don Faulkner

by Robyn Williams

Fiction

The Boy by Julian Davies

by Owen Richardson

Non-fiction

The Italians in Australia by Gianfranco Cresciani

by Loretta Baldassar

Journal

Whitefella Jump Up by Germaine Greer & Made In England by David Malouf

by Morag Fraser

Short Stories

Secret Lives

by Kerryn Goldsworthy

Diaries

Diary

by Jacqueline Kent

Non-fiction

Hardy Times

by Christopher Hawkes

Non-fiction

Abundant Pleasures

by John Thompson

Books of the Year

Books of the Year 2003

by Australian Book Review

Books of the Year

Best Children's Books

by Australian Book Review

Sport

Memories of a Changing 'G'

by Amanda Smith

Biography

A Pasty-faced Nothing by Mike Munro

Non-fiction

A Death in Brazil: A book of omissions by Peter Robb

by Rowan Ireland

Politics

30 Days: A month at the heart of Blair’s war by Peter Stothard

by Richard Walsh

Poems

A Tasmanian Paradise Lost by Graeme Hetherington & Other Gravities by Kevin Gillam

by Brian Edwards

PEN | ‘PEN Joins ABR’ by Hsu-Ming Teo and ‘Aung Myint’ by Denise Leith

by Australian Book Review

Fiction

Geckos and Moths by Patricia Johnson & Forever in Paradise by Apelu Tielu

by Michael McGirr

Poetry

The Best Australian Poems 2003 edited by Peter Craven & The Best Australian Poetry 2003 edited by Martin Duwell

by David McCooey

Reference

The Uncyclopedia by Gideon Haigh & Names From Here and Far by William T. S. Noble

by Fred Ludowyk

Picture Books

Sherryl Clark reviews Six Children's Picture Books

by Sherryl Clark

Children's Non-Fiction

Dianne Schallmeiner reviews Seven Young Adult Non-Fiction Books

by Dianne Schallmeiner

Children's and Young Adult Fiction

Robyn Sheahan-Bright reviews Eight Young Adult Novels

by Robyn Sheahan-Bright