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March 2004, no. 259
Welcome to the March 2004 issue of
Australian Book Review
!
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Poem
'Doo Town', a poem by Paul Kane
by
Paul Kane
Art
Art in Brief - March 2004
by Christopher Menz & Anne-Marie Thomas
Architecture
Glenn Murcutt: Buildings + projects 1962-2003
by Françoise Fromonot, translated by Charlotte Ellis
by
Dimity Reed
Children's Fiction
Fiona the Pig
by Leigh Hobbs
&
Too Many Pears!
by Jackie French, illus. Bruce Whatley
by
Ruth Starke
History
A History of Modern Germany Since 1915
by Frank B. Tipton
by
Günter Minnerup
Memoir
The Boy in the Boat
by Brian O'Raleigh
&
A Story Dreamt Long Ago
by Phyllis McDuff
by
Richard Johnstone
Memoir
A Patchwork Life
by Eva Marks
&
Point of Departure
by Pamela Hardy
by
Joy Hooton
Memoir
The Boy Adeodatus: The portrait of a lucky young bastard
by Bernard Smith
by
Warren Osmond
Art
Plenty: Art into poetry
by Peter Steele
by
Stephen Edgar
Art
Peter Booth: Human/Nature
by Jason Smith (with contributions from John Embling and Robert Lindsay)
by
Patrick McCaughey
Biography
A Studio in Montparnasse: Bessie Davidson, an Australian artist in Paris
by Penelope Little
by
Sarah Thomas
Politics
East Timor: A rough passage to independence
by James Dunn
by
Jill Jolliffe
Poetry
Peter Goldsworthy reviews 'The Book of My Enemy: Collected verse 1958–2003' by Clive James
by
Peter Goldsworthy
Poetry
'William Dobell's Cypriot' a poem by Clive James
by
Clive James
Art
Yvonne Audette: Paintings and drawings
by Christopher Heathcote, Bruce James, Gerard Vaughan and Kristy Grant
by
Jason Smith
Poetry
Wolf Notes
by Judith Beveridge
by
Jennifer Strauss
Australian History
City of Light: A History of Perth Since the 1950s
by Jenny Gregory
by
David Hutchinson
Fiction
The Child of an Ancient People
by Anouar Benmalek (translated by Andrew Riemer)
by
Simon Caterson
Feminism
Liz Conor reviews 'The End of Equality: Work, Babies and Women’s Choices in 21st Century Australia' by Anne Summers
by
Liz Conor
Politics
The Howard Years
edited by Robert Manne
by
Neal Blewett
Fiction
The Different World of Fin Starling
by Elizabeth Stead
by
Dianne Dempsey
Film
Orson Welles: The stories of his life
by Peter Conrad
by
Brian McFarlane
Commentary
La Trobe University Essay | 'Sweet Profusion: The National Gallery of Victoria renewed' by Daniel Thomas
by
Daniel Thomas
Japan
Modern Japanese Culture: The insider view
by Leith Morton
by
William H. Coaldrake
History
‘Madness’ in Australia: Histories, heritage and the asylum
edited by Catharine Coleborne and Dolly MacKinnon
by
Garry Walter
Poetry
The Sleep of a Learning Man
by Anthony Lawrence
by
Peter Pierce
History
India, China, Austraila: Trade and society 1788 - 1850
by James Broadbent, Suzanne Rickard and Margaret Steven
by
Christopher Menz
Commentary
'History as Therapy' by Tom Griffiths
by
Tom Griffiths
Art
John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque
edited by David Hansen
by
Mary Eagle
Non-fiction
From the Mountains to the Bush: Italian immigrants write home from Australia
by Jacqueline Templeton, edited by John Lack and assisted by Gioconda di Lorenzo
by
John Thompson
Fred Williams: An Australian vision
by Irena Zdanowicz and Stephen Coppel
by
Sebastian Smee
Fiction
A Private Man
by Malcolm Knox
by
José Borghino
Photography
Patricia Anderson reviews 'At Home In Australia' by Peter Conrad
by
Patricia Anderson
Poem
Rain
by
Judith Beveridge
Children's and Young Adult Fiction
Katharine England reviews five children's books
by
Katharine England
Anthropology
Law in a Lawless Land: Diary of a limpieza in Colombia
by Michael T. Taussig
by
Stephen Muecke
Mr Felton's Bequests
by John Poynter
by
John Rickard
Letters
Letters to the Editor - March 2004
by
Hidden Author
Non-fiction
A Gardener’s Log
by Edna Walling
by
Sara Hardy
Advances
Advances - March 2004
by
Australian Book Review
Law
Adventures in Law and Justice: Exploring big legal questions in everyday life
by Brian Horrigan
by
Grant Bailey
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