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December 2005–January 2006, no. 277
Welcome to the December 2005-January 2006 issue of
Australian Book Review
!
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Poetry
Lisa Gorton reviews 'Friendly Fire' by Jennifer Maiden
by
Lisa Gorton
Best Books of the Year 2005
by
Australian Book Review
Fiction
On, Off
by Colleen McCullough
by
Robyn Williams
Fiction
The Wing of Night
by Brenda Walker
by
Aviva Tuffield
Language
Australia's Language Potential
by Michael Clyne
by
Bruce Moore
Memoir
Martini: A memoir
by Frank Moorhouse
by
Craig Sherborne
Biography
The Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins, Australia's unknown hero
by Simon Nasht
by
Paul de Serville
Fiction
Man of Water
by Chris McLeod
&
Sunnyside
by Joanna Murray-Smith
by
Rachel Buchanan
East Timor
A Not-So-Distant Horror: Mass violence in East Timor
by Joseph Nevins
by
Richard Broinowski
Climate Change
The Weather Makers
by Tim Flannery
&
Living In The Hothouse
by Ian Lowe
by
Robyn Eckersley
Poem
‘Do You Copy?’ a poem by Chris Edwards
by
Chris Edwards
Poem
‘Europe: An Edge’ a poem by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
by
Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Poem
‘Goldiluxe’ a poem by Peter Steele
by
Peter Steele
Letters
Letters - December 2005–January 2006
by
Hidden Author
Advances
Advances | December 2005-January 2006
by
Hidden Author
Books of the Year
Best Children's Books of the Year 2005
by
Hidden Author
Biography
Margaret Olley: Far from a still life
by Meg Stewart
by
Brenda Niall
Animal Rights
In Defence of Animals: The second wave
edited by Peter Singer
by
Chilla Bulbeck
Biography
The Life of George Bass: Surgeon and sailor of the enlightenment
by Miriam Estensen
by
Gillian Dooley
Fiction
Heart Cancer
by Bill Leak
&
Moments Of Truth
by Bill Leaks
by
Iain Topliss
Australian History
A City Lost and Found: Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne
by Robyn Annear
by
Ian Morrison
Australian Fiction
The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy 2004
edited by Bill Congreve and Michelle Marquardt
&
A Tour Guide in Utopia
by Lucy Sussex
by
Jake Wilson
Memoir
The Beginner Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize: A life in science
by Peter Doherty
by
John Carmody
Biography
T.W. Edgeworth David: A life
by David Branagan
by
John Thompson
Australian History
'Men And Women of Australia!': Our greatest modern speeches
edited by Michael Fullilove
by
Jonathan Pearlman
Fiction
The Grasshopper Shoe
by Carolyn Leach-Paholski
&
A New Map of the Universe
by Annabel Smith
by
Kate McFadyen
Fiction
Original Face
by Nicholas Jose
by
Luke Beesley
Art
Arthur Boyd and Saint Francis of Assisi: Pastels, lithographs and tapestries, 1964–1974
by Margaret Pont
by
Luke Morgan
Fiction
Subtopia
by A.L. McCann
by
Maria Takolander
Fiction
Snapshot
by Garry Disher
&
A Thing of Blood
by Robert Gott
by
Rick Thompson
Fiction
Evil: A novel
by Diane Bell
by
Stephanie Trigg
Australian History
Encyclopedia of Melbourne
edited by Andrew Brown-May and Shurlee Swain
by
Tony Marshall
Politics
A Figure of Speech: A political memoir
by Graham Freudenberg
by
Troy Bramston
Australian History
Crackpots, Ratbags and Rebels
by Robert Holden
&
Up Close
by Peter Wilmoth
by
Vivienne Kelly
Religion
God’s New Man: The election of Benedict XVI and the legacy of John Paul II
by Paul Collins
by
Adam Carr
Children's and Young Adult Fiction
Nigel Pearn reviews five children's books
by
Nigel Pearn
Politics
The Third Try
by Alison Broinowski and James Wilkinson
&
Australian and US Military Cooperation
by Christopher Hubbard
by
Daniel Flitton
Australian Fiction
The Commonwealth of Thieves: The Sydney experiment
by Tom Keneally
by
Alan Atkinson
Poetry
The New Arcadia
by John Kinsella
by
Judith Bishop
Commentary
‘National News’ by Michelle Potter
by
Michelle Potter
Poetry
Avenues & Runways
by Aidan Coleman
&
Throwing Stones at the Sun
by Cameron Lowe
by
Martin Duwell
Literary Studies
Dance of the Nomad: A study of the selected notebooks of A.D. Hope
by Ann McCulloch
by
Peter Steele
Children's and Young Adult Fiction
Ruth Starke reviews ‘The Reef’ by David Caddy, ‘Death of a Princess’ by Susan Geason, ‘The Legend of Big Red’ by James Roy, and ‘Catastrophe Cat’ by Mary Small
by
Ruth Starke
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