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December 2008–January 2009, no. 307
Welcome to the December 2008–January 2009 issue of
Australian Book Review.
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Picture Books
The Art of Graeme Base
by Julie Watts
by
Stephanie Owen Reeder
Poem
'Nocturnal' a poem by Stephen Edgar
by
Stephen Edgar
Language
Speaking our Language: The story of Australian English
by Bruce Moore
by
Sarah Ogilvie
Non-fiction
Descent into Chaos: How the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid
by
Riaz Hassan
Memoir
Ma Folie Française
by Marisa Raoul
by
Rebecca Starford
The Racket: How abortion became legal in Australia
by Gideon Haigh
by
Lisa Featherstone
Poem
'Wilderness' a poem by Brendan Ryan
by
Brendan Ryan
Fiction
To Light Attained: A novel
by Morris Lurie
by
Peter Pierce
The Forgotten Garden
by Kate Morton
by
Lisa Bennett
History
Burning Books
by Matthew Fishburn
by
Ian Morrison
Biography
Robert Helpmann: A Servant of Art
by Anna Bemrose
by
Ian Britain
Tender Morsels
by Margo Lanagan
by
Kate McFadyen
Making Women Count: A history of the women’s electoral lobby in Australia
by Marian Sawer
by
Kate Goldsworthy
Cartoons
Comic Commentators: Contemporary political cartooning in Australia
edited by Robert Phiddian and Haydon Manning
by
Iain Topliss
Fiction
Taking Off
by Matt Howard
by
Hannah Kent
The Age Of Wonder: How the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
by Richard Holmes
by
John Hay
Poetry
Telling a Hawk from a Handsaw
by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
by
Gregory Kratzmann
History
The American Future: A History
by Simon Schama
by
Glyn Davis
The Best Australian Stories 2008
edited by Delia Falconer
by
Jeffrey Poacher
Whatever Happened To Brenda Hean?
by Scott Millwood
by
Jay Daniel Thompson
The Trip
by George Papaellinas
by
Jay Daniel Thompson
Arts Of Publication: Scholarly publishing in Australia and beyond
edited by Lucy Neave, James Connor and Amanda Crawford
by
Jay Daniel Thompson
Books of the Year
Best Books of 2008 Young adult and children’s books
by
Hidden Author
Where The Streets Had A Name
by Randa Abdel-Fattah
by
Yossi Klein
Modern Times: The untold story of modernism in Australia
edited by Ann Stephen, Philip Goad and Andrew McNamara (eds)
by
Sarah Scott
View From The Lucky Hotel
by Sandy Fitts
by
Lyn McCredden
Bridge
by Peter Bishop
by
Luke Morgan
Australian Poetry
The Best Australian Poems 2008
edited by Peter Rose
&
The Best Australian Poetry 2008
edited by David Brooks
by
Anthony Lynch
Australian History
Forgetting Aborigines
by Chris Healy
by
Anthony Moran
Fiction
The Keys to the Kingdom: Superior Saturday
by Garth Nix
by
Benjamin Chandler
Books of the Year
Best Books of the Year 2008
by
Australian Book Review
Biography
The Many Lives of Kenneth Myer
by Sue Ebury
by
Brenda Niall
Biography
Jack Fingleton: The Man who stood up to Bradman
by Greg Growden
by
Brian Stoddart
Fiction
Dreamland
by Tom Gilling
by
Carmel Shute
Short Stories
Families: Modern Australian short stories
edited by Barry Oakley
by
Christina Hill
Non-fiction
Strange Museums: A Journey through Poland
by Fiona McGregor
by
Claudia Hyles
Poem
'The Dogs of Darghan Street' by David Brooks
by
David Brooks
Poetry
Uncommon Light
by Brook Emery
by
Elizabeth Campbell
Poetry
Growing Up with Mr Menzies
by John Jenkins
by
Geoff Page
History
Churchill and Australia
by Graham Freudenberg
by
Geoffrey Blainey
Commentary
'Literary resurrectionism' by Graham Tulloch
by
Graham Tulloch
Commentary
'Ten Weeks in America' by Morag Fraser
by
Morag Fraser
Commentary
'Hope was in the air – a year in America' by Stuart Macintyre
by
Stuart Macintyre
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Advances - December 2008
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Australian Book Review
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