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March 2005, no. 269
Welcome to the March 2005 issue of
Australian Book Review.
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Memoir
Tales Of Two Hemispheres: Boyer Lectures 2004
by Peter Conrad
by
John Thompson
Letters
'Samara's Wrought Iron Butterfly' by Judith Bishop
by
Judith Bishop
Opera
The Opera Lover's Companion
by Charles Osborne
by
Alastair Jackson
Fiction
Surrender
by Sonya Hartnett
by
Lisa Gorton
Biography
Huge Deal: the fortunes and follies of Hugh D. McIntosh
by Frank Van Straten
by
Peter Ryan
Nature Writing
Owls: Journeys around the world
by David Hollands
by
Peter Menkhorst
Nature Writing
Australian Magpie
by Gisela Kaplan
&
Kookaburra
by Sarah Legge
by
Nick Drayson
Cultural Studies
Haunted Nations: The colonial dimensions of multiculturalisms
by Sneja Gunew
by
Nikos Papastergiadis
Art
Rustic cubism: Anne Dangar and the art colony at Moly-Sabata
by Bruce Adams
by
Penny Webb
Sport
Game For Anything
by Gideon Haigh
&
The Best Australian Sports Writing 2004
edited by Garrie Hutchinson
by
Rod Beecham
Fiction
Butterfly Song
by Terri Janke
by
Thuy On
Journals
Meanjin
edited by Ian Britain
&
Overland 177
edited by Nathan Hollier
by
James Ley
Biography
Malinowski: Odyssey of an anthropologist 1884-1920
by Michael W. Young
by
Tim Rowse
Letters
Letters - March 2005
by
Hidden Author
Environmental Studies
The Retreat of the Elephants: An environmental history of China
by Mark Elvin
by
Antonia Finnane
Prize Shortlist
2005 ABR Poetry Prize Shortlist
by
Jennifer Harrison, Stephen Edgar, Mark Tredinnick, Maria Takolander, Sandra Hill and Kevin Gillam
Advances
Advances - March 2005
by
Hidden Author
Picture Books
Moira Robinson reviews five books
by
Moira Robinson
Anthology
Who Wants to Create Australia?: Essays on poetry and ideas in contemporary Australia
by Martin Harrison
by
Ivor Indyk
History
Presenting Japanese Buddhism to the West: Orientalism, Occidentalism and the Columbian Exposition
by Judith Snodgrass
by
Alison Broinowski
Anthology
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
edited by H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison
by
Angus Trumble
Biography
The Flawed Architect: Henry Kissinger and American Foreign Policy
by Jussi Hanhimäki
by
Barry Jones
Photography
An Eye For Photography: The camera in Australia
by Alan Davies
by
Isobel Crombie
Australian History
The Enduring Rip: A history of Queenscliffe
by Barry Hill
by
Jo Case
Photography
Intersections: Photography, history, and the national library of Australia
by Helen Ennis
by
Julie Robinson
Children's and Young Adult Fiction
Elizabeth Braithwaite reviews four books
by
Elizabeth Braithwaite
Memoir
Witnessing History: One woman’s fight for freedom and Falun Gong
by Jennifer Zeng
by
Helene Chung Martin
Language
Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary
edited by James Lambert
by
Gary Simes
Photography
Body Culture: Max Dupain, photography, and Australian culture, 1919–1939
by Isobel Crombie
by
Ian North
Theatre
A Leader of His Craft: Theatre reviews by H.G. Kippax
edited by Harry Heseltine
by
Ken Healey
Theatre
Nigel Hawthorne On Stage
by Kathleen Riley
by
John Golder
Cultural Studies
Histories of sexuality: Antiquity to sexual revolution
by Stephen Garton
by
Lisa Featherstone
Fiction
Another
by Joel Deane
&
After Moonlight
by Merle Thornton
by
Maria Takolander
Education
A Great Australian School: Wesley College examined
by Andrew Lemon
by
Martin Crotty
Picture Books
Pictures Telling Stories
by Robert Ingpen and Sarah Mayor Cox
&
Illustrating Children's Books
by Martin Salisbury
by
Margaret Robson Kett
Fiction
Winter Journey
by Diane Armstrong
by
Michelle Griffin
Commentary
‘Books and Broadcasters’ by Bridget Griffen-Foley
by
Bridget Griffen-Foley
Commentary
‘Synergies in Dance and Music’ by Michelle Potter
by
Michelle Potter
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