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March 2010, no. 319
Welcome to the March 2010 issue of
Australian Book Review.
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Children's Fiction
Baby Wombat's Week
by Jackie French & Bruce Whatley
&
Jasper & Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle
by Kevin Rudd & Rhys Muldoon
by
Stephanie Owen Reeder
Australian History
Richard Harding reviews 'The Unforgiving Rope' by Simon Adams
by
Richard Harding
Poem
'In the Inner West' by Rhyll McMaster
by
Rhyll McMaster
Poem
'dream aboriginal family at buckingham palace', a poem by Michael Farrell
by
Michael Farrell
Literary Studies
A New Literary History of America
edited by Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors
by
James Ley
Politics
Patrick Allington reviews 'Boyer Lectures: A very Australian conversation' by Peter Cosgrove
by
Patrick Allington
Politics
Manfred B. Steger reviews 'Aesthetics and World Politics' by Roland Bleiker
by
Manfred B Steger
Fiction
Stillwater Creek
by Alison Booth
by
Ruth Starke
Poem
Storm over Port Phillip
by
Thomas Shapcott
Australian History
The Governors of New South Wales 1788–2010
edited by David Clune and Ken Turner
by
Nicholas Brown
Fiction
Stealing Picasso
by Anson Cameron
by
Tim Howard
Journal
Southerly, Vol. 69, No. 2: Southerly At Seventy
edited by David Brooks and Elizabeth McMahon
by
Jeffrey Poacher
Philosophy
Killing in War
by Jeff McMahan
by
Tony Coady
Short Story
She brings the light in
by
Michael Whitting
Fiction
Where Have You Been?
by Wendy James
by
Amy Baillieu
Fiction
In the Mood
by Laura Bloom
by
Judith Loriente
Music
Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht: The Story of a Friendship
by Erdmut Wizisla, translated by Christine Shuttleworth
by
Michael Morley
Fiction
Keeping Faith
by Roger Averill
by
Adam Rivett
Open Page
Open Page with Carmel Bird
by
Hidden Author
Poetry
Views of the Hudson: A New York Book of Psalms
by Angela Gardner
by
Prithvi Varatharajan
Film
Baby Dante and the Apocalypse
by
Peter Craven
Dance
Robert Helpmann: A rare sense of the theatre
by Kathrine Sorley Walker
by
Lee Christofis
Fiction
Judith Loriente reviews 'In the Mood' by Laura Bloom
by
Judith Loriente
Fiction
Don Anderson reviews 'Below the Styx' by Michael Meehan
by
Don Anderson
Fiction
Gillian Dooley reviews 'Child of the Twilight' by Carmel Bird
by
Gillian Dooley
Fiction
Kirsten Law reviews 'Come Back to Me' by Sarah Foster
by
Kirsten Law
Fiction
Adam Rivett reviews 'Keeping Faith' by Roger Averill
by
Adam Rivett
Essay Collection
Susan Steggall reviews 'A Singular Voice' edited by Candice Bruce, Dinah Dysart and Jo Holder
by
Susan Steggall
Literary Studies
David Callahan reviews 'Brian Castro's Fiction' by Bernadette Brennan
by
David Callahan
Biography
Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the secrets of Brideshead
by Paula Byrne
by
Glyn Davis
Music
Paul Genoni reviews 'Cultural Seeds' edited by Karen Welberry and Tanya Dalziell
by
Paul Genoni
Short Stories
Murray Waldren reviews 'Gravel' by Peter Goldsworthy
by
Murray Waldren
Australian History
Dan Rule reviews 'How to Make Trouble and Influence People' by Iain McIntyre
by
Dan Rule
Tribute
Jane Goodall on 'The hypnotic voice of J.D. Salinger'
by
Jane Goodall
Fiction
Claudia Hyles reviews 'The Listener' by Shira Nayman
by
Claudia Hyles
Fiction
Judith Armstrong reviews 'The President's Wife' by Thea Welsh
by
Judith Armstrong
Interview
Brian McFarlane reviews 'The Spoken Word: British Writers'
by
Brian McFarlane
Biography
Lyndon Megarrity reviews 'They Called Him Old Smoothie' by Peter Golding
by
Lyndon Megarrity
Letters to the Editor - March 2010
by
Hidden Author
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