Australian Book Review

July-August 2009, no. 313

July-August 2009, no. 313

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Full Contents

Advances

Advances - July–August 2009

by ABR

Letters

Letters - July-August 2009

by Nicholas Jose, Elisabeth Holdsworth, Susan Steggall, Juno Gemes, Ann Moyal, Adam Gall, and Angus Trumble

Fiction

Belinda Burns reviews 'The Unscratchables' by Anthony O'Neill

by Belinda Burns

Cultural Studies

Roland Bleiker reviews 'The Empire of Civilization' by Brett Bowden

by Roland Bleiker

Graphic Novels

The Example by Tom Taylor and Colin Wilson & Flinch by James Barclay, et al.

Short Story

'The Bet', a story by Peter Goldsworthy

by Peter Goldsworthy

Poem

'Wreck at Coogee Beach (1905–)', a poem by John Kinsella

by John Kinsella

Biography

Maurice Bowra: A life by Leslie Mitchell

by Ian Donaldson

Society

Born or Bred?: Martin Bryant: The making of a mass murderer by Robert Wainwright and Paola Totaro

Memoir

And So It Went: Night thoughts in a year of change by Bob Ellis

Commentary

Australian literature and the missing body

by Nicholas Jose

Commentary

Bitter Fruit

by Shirley Walker

Australian History

Terrorism and Intelligence in Australia: A history of ASIO and national surveillance by Frank Cain

by Andrew O'Neil

Selected Writing

Up from the Mission: Selected writings by Noel Pearson

Fiction

This Is How by M.J. Hyland

by Rebecca Starford

Fiction

The True Story of Butterfish by Nick Earls

Biography

The Ghost at the Wedding: A true story by Shirley Walker

by Brenda Niall

Open Page

Open Page with Michelle de Kretser

by Hidden Author

Poetry

The Darwin Poems by Emily Ballou

by Elizabeth Campbell

Fiction

The Bath Fugues by Brian Castro

by Jeffrey Poacher

History

Shooting Balibo: Blood and memory in East Timor by Tony Maniaty

by Jill Jolliffe

History

Seeking A Role: The United Kingdom 1951–1970 by Brian Harrison

by Neal Blewett

Art

John Brack by Kirsty Grant et al.

by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

Poetry

Fire Season by Kate Middleton

Poetry

Vincent Buckley edited by Chris Wallace-Crabbe & Journey Without Arrival by John McLaren

by Gregory Kratzmann

War

Captain Bullen’s War: The Vietnam War diary of Captain John Bullen edited by Paul Ham

by Elisabeth Holdsworth

History

Jock Given reviews 'Treason on the Airwaves' by Judith Keene

Australian Fiction

Adrian Mitchell reviews 'Tag' by Barry Heard

by Adrian Mitchell

Film

Nick Prescott reviews 'Terror and Joy: The films of Dušan Makavejev' by Lorraine Mortimer

by Nick Prescott

Australian History

Bill Metcalf reviews 'Made in Queensland' by Ross Fitzgerald, Lyndon Megarrity and David Symons

by Bill Metcalf

Fiction

Later Manuscripts: (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen) edited by Janet Todd and Linda Bree

by Graham Tulloch

Journals

Jay Daniel Thompson reviews 'Overland 195' edited by Jeff Sparrow

by Jay Daniel Thompson

Journals

Anthony Lynch reviews 'Antipodes, Vol. 22, No. 2'

by Anthony Lynch

Children's and Young Adult Fiction

Gillian Wills reviews 'Brown Skin Blue' by Belinda Jeffrey

by Gillian Wills

War

Alex Bellamy reviews 'Australian Peacekeeping' edited by David Horner, Peter Londey and Jean Bou

by Alex Bellamy

Non-fiction

Jane Goodall reviews 'Boy He Cry' by Roger Averill

by Jane Goodall

Journals

Tim Howard reviews 'Going Down Swinging, no. 28' edited by Lisa Greenaway and Klare Lanson

Non-fiction

Rory Dufficy reviews 'The Ethics of Waste' by Gay Hawkins

by Rory Dufficy