Australian Book Review

November 2006, no. 286

November 2006, no. 286

Welcome to the November 2006 issue of Australian Book Review.

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Art

Juan Davila with Guy Brett and Roger Benjamin by Juan Davila

by David Hansen

Biography

ABR/La Trobe University Annual Lecture, 2006 - Ian Donaldson

by Ian Donaldson

Language

English: Meaning and culture by Anna Wierzbicka

Poem

‘Bestiary in Open Tuning’ by Anthony Lawrence

by Anthony Lawrence

Poem

‘Hands’ by David McCooey

by David McCooey

Australian Fiction

The Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan

by Peter Craven

Bratislava to Bourke Street

by Tom Shapcott

Nice people like you

by Louise Swinn

The Imaginary Gentleman by Helen Halstead

by Laura Carroll

History of hatred

by Geoffrey Blainey

Flagrant act of word-spreading

by Anna Goldsworthy

Fiction

Under the frangipani tree

by Kylie Stevenson

Picture Books

Celebrating the Ordinary

by Stephanie Owen Reeder

Fiction

Cleanskin by Gay Lynch

Commentary

Ode to the Test Pattern

by Bridget Griffen-Foley

Commentary

Orhan Pamuk wins the Nobel

by Laurie Herganhan

Non-fiction

Bits and pieces

Fiction

Death of a Whaler by Nerida Newton

by Corrie Hosking

Fiction

Reverting to type

by Marina Cornish

Literary Studies

'Have you a family?'

by Patrick Allington

Poetry

Open Dawe

by Nicholas Birns

Poetry

Sweeping the Light Back into the Mirror by Nathan Shepherdson

by Melissa Ashley

Biography

Old and grubby gods

by Kerryn Goldsworthy

Literary Studies

The trick will always win

by Stephen Muecke

Politics

The trouble with terrorism

by Michael Wesley

Too sensible to catch on

by Robert Phiddian

The missing host

by Brenda Niall

Urgent learning

by Philip Clark

Deflections of happiness

Commentary

Cross-cultural encounters

by Jaynie Anderson

Essay Collection

Agamemnon’s Kiss by Inga Clendinnen & Quarterly Essay 23 by Inga Clendinnen

by Morag Fraser

Australian Poetry

David Campbell: Hardening of the light: selected poems edited by Philip Mead

by Vivian Smith

History

Encyclopedia of Exploration, 1850–1940: The oceans, islands and polar regions by Raymond John Howgego

by Ian Morrison

Photography

Faces of the Living Dead: The belief in spirit photography by Martyn Jolly

by Isobel Crombie

Film

‘Six Degrees of Aspiration: Recent Australian Films’ by Brian McFarlane

by Brian McFarlane

Anthology

UTS Writers’ Anthology: Making Tracks edited by Melissa Bruce et al.

by Rebecca Starford

Literary Studies

Old Myths: Modern empires: power, language and identity in J.M. Coetzee’s work by Michela Canepari-Labib

by Gillian Dooley

Media

Narrative and Media by Helen Fulton et al.

by Jay Daniel Thompson

Politics

Ordinary People’s Politics: Australians talk about life, politics, and the future of their country by Judith Brett and Anthony Moran

Sport

The Champions: Conversations with great players and coaches of Australian football by Ben Collins

Art

Tony Tuckson by Geoffrey Legge et al.

Advances

Advances - November 2006

by Australian Book Review

Letters

Letters - November 2006

by Australian Book Review