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April 2011, no. 330
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Full Contents
Fiction
Benjamin Chandler reviews 'Chasing Odysseus' by S.D. Gentill
by
Benjamin Chandler
Open Page
Open Page with Judith Beveridge
by
Hidden Author
Young Adult Fiction
Maya Linden reviews 'Darkwater' by Georgia Blain and 'This Is Shyness' by Leanne Hall
by
Maya Linden
Children's Non-Fiction
Nigel Pearn reviews ten non-fiction children's books
by
Nigel Pearn
Poetry
Gig Ryan reviews 'Ashes in the Air' by Ali Alizadeh
by
Gig Ryan
Poetry
Martin Duwell reviews 'Acts of Defiance: New and Selected Poems' by Dennis Haskell
by
Martin Duwell
Military History
The Korean War: Australia in the Giant’s Playground
by Cameron Forbes
by
Richard Broinowski
Literary Studies
The Cambridge Companion to English Novelists
by Adrian Poole
&
The Cambridge Companion to the Twentieth-Century English Novel
edited by Robert L. Caserio
by
Sarah Kanowski
Cricket
Out of the Running: The 2010–11 Ashes series
by Gideon Haigh
by
Bernard Whimpress
Fiction
Jay Daniel Thompson reviews 'Prime Cut' by Alan Carter
by
Jay Daniel Thompson
Literary Studies
Self Impression: Life-Writing, Autobiografiction, and the Forms of Modern Literature
by Max Saunders
by
Tim Dolin
Philosophy
Friedrich Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography
by Julian Young
by
Jack Reynolds
Cookery Books
The bowl or the salad?
by
Christopher Menz
Music
1001 Australian Nights
by Dave Graney
by
Mark Gomes
Television
Mad Men: Dream Come True TV
edited by Gary R. Edgerton
by
Lesley Chow
Poem
'Smalltown Études', a new poem by Dan Disney
by
Dan Disney
Film
Brighton Rock
by
Jake Wilson
Fiction
Amy Baillieu reviews 'Paris Dreaming' by Anita Heiss
by
Amy Baillieu
Features
Habeas Corpus: From England to Empire
by Paul D. Halliday
by
Michael Kirby
Features
Terry Lane reviews 'Speech Matters: Getting Free Speech Right' by Katharine Gelber
by
Terry Lane
Memoirs
Not Dark Yet: A Personal History
by David Walker
by
John Rickard
Fiction
Estelle Tang reviews 'The Source of the Sound' by Patrick Holland
by
Estelle Tang
Features
James Bradley reviews 'Bird Cloud' by Annie Proulx
by
James Bradley
Tribute
'Hazel Rowley: Biographer of big subjects' by Lucy Sussex
by
Lucy Sussex
Fiction
Adam Rivett reviews 'Gone' by Jennifer Mills
by
Adam Rivett
Fiction
Kate McFadyen reviews 'The Ghost of Waterloo' by Robin Adair
by
Kate McFadyen
Fiction
Brenda Niall reviews 'Blue Skies' by Helen Hodgman
by
Brenda Niall
Fiction
Carmel Bird reviews 'Little People' by Jane Sullivan
by
Carmel Bird
Fiction
Carol Middleton reviews 'Flock' by Lyn Hughes
by
Carol Middleton
Poem
'At Rajkote', a new poem by Judith Beveridge
by
Judith Beveridge
Society
My Word!: Plagiarism and College Culture
by Susan D. Blum
by
Timothy Roberts
Features
Stuart Macintyre reviews 'Curtin’s Empire' by James Curran
by
Stuart Macintyre
History
Robert Aldrich reviews 'Arab France: Islam and the Making of Modern Europe, 1798–1831' by Ian Coller
by
Robert Aldrich
Features
Norman Etherington reviews 'Botany Bay: The Real Story' by Alan Frost
by
Norman Etherington
Features
Charles Lock reviews 'Patrick White within the Western Literary Tradition' by John Beston and 'Remembering Patrick White' edited by Elizabeth McMahon and Brigitta Olubas
by
Charles Lock
Letters
Letters to the Editor - April 2011
by
Hidden Author
Advances
News from the Editor's Desk
by
Hidden Author
Commentary
Something is turning: The role of essays in a questioning culture
by
Jane Goodall
Law
John Bryson reviews 'From Moree to Mabo: The Mary Gaudron Story' by Pamela Burton
by
John Bryson
Features
Sue Ebury reviews 'Those Who Come After' by Elisabeth Holdsworth
by
Sue Ebury
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