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July–August 2008, no. 303
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Wet Ink, No. 10
by
Andrew Burns
Fiction
Louise Swinn reviews
The Boat
by Nam Le
by
Louise Swinn
Fiction
Bird
by Sophie Cunningham
by
Ruth Starke
Up for grabs
by
Judith Armstrong
Surfeit of minstrels
by
Robert Phiddian
Memoir
Tiger luck
by
Joan Grant
Australian History
Sceptic and gadfly
by
Peter Cochrane
Cultural Studies
Writing from the roots
by
Helene Chung
Film
Re-ambiguate the positive
by
Brian McFarlane
Non-fiction
Fertile times
by
Peter Rodgers
Politics
After the ball
by
Dennis Altman
Poetry
Train to Leura
by
Vivian Smith
Fiction
King of chameleons
by
Lisa Bennett
Fiction
Prime Cuts: Stories
by Angus Gaunt
by
Dan Toner
Journal
Going Down Swinging: No. 26
edited by Steve Grimwade and Lisa Greenaway
by
Andrew Burns
Fiction
Blood Sunset
by Jarad Henry
by
Tony Smith
Journal
Blast: no. 7
edited by Ann Nugent
by
Andrew Burns
Poetry
‘Dinner by the River’ by Andrew Taylor
by
Andrew Taylor
Everybody’s offspring
by
Wayne Reynolds
How to do Biography: A primer
by Nigel Hamilton
by
Brenda Niall
Favourable winds
by
Don Aitkin
The Household Guide to Dying
by
Christina Hill
Anything goes
by
Beverley Kingston
Keeping up with Jones
by
Adam Rivett
Future eaters
by
John Thompson
A remarkably plastic moment
by
Nick Bisley
Taken to the sea’s verge
by
Lyn McCredden
A dillybag of goodies
by
Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Would of, should of
by
Juliette Hughes
Cursory romance
by
James Bradley
Disconcerted memory
by
Paul Hetherington
Hit with a Waddy
by
Nigel Pearn
July 2008 - Letters
by
Australian Book Review
July 2008 - Advances
by
Australian Book Review
Film
Decaying icons
by
Jake Wilson
Biography
A very easeful death
by
Patrick Buckridge
Military History
Diminishing returns
by
Geoffrey Blainey
Non-fiction
Foster's art of excess
by
James Ley
Commentary
An orchestra of ideas: Afterthoughts on Mr Manoly Lascaris
by
Vrasidas Karalis
Memoir
My Reading Life
by Bob Carr
by
Neal Blewett
Memoir
A Family History of Smoking
by Andrew Riemer
by
Andrea Goldsmith
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