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December 2011–January 2012, no. 337
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Advances
News from the Editor's Desk
by
Hidden Author
Letters
Letters to the Editor - December 2011-January 2012
by
Hidden Author
Politics
The Sweet Spot: How Australia Made Its Own Luck – And Could Now Throw It All Away
by Peter Hartcher
&
The Fog On The Hill: How NSW Labor lost its way
by Frank Sartor
by
Joel Deane
Features
Norman Etherington reviews 'An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark' by Mark McKenna
by
Norman Etherington
Poetry
Thirty Australian Poets
edited by Felicity Plunkett
by
Fiona Wright
Poetry
Australian Poetry since 1788
edited by Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray
by
Michael Hofmann
Story
'Russell Drysdale’s Trousers', a new story by Catherine Moffat
by
Catherine Moffat
Essay
ABR Sidney Myer Fund Fellowship: 'Sweeping Up the Ashes' by Rachel Buchanan
by
Rachel Buchanan
Open Page
Open Page with Frank Moorhouse
by
Hidden Author
Biography
Joseph Lyons: The People’s Prime Minister
by Anne Henderson
by
David Day
Anthology
The Best Australian Stories 2011
edited by Cate Kennedy
by
Ruth Starke
Poem
'Penillion of Tuning the Harpsichord', a new poem by John Kinsella
by
John Kinsella
Poem
'Savonarola', a new poem by Gig Ryan
by
Gig Ryan
Fiction
Forecast: Turbulence
by Janette Turner Hospital
by
Rhyll McMaster
Fiction
Blood
by Tony Birch
by
Chris Flynn
Fiction
Animal People
by Charlotte Wood
by
Miriam Zolin
Fiction
War & Peace and Sonya
by Judith Armstrong
by
Carol Middleton
Fiction
Inherited
by Amanda Curtin
by
Francesca Sasnaitis
Fiction
The Dark Wet
by Jess Huon
by
Elena Gomez
Film
The Tall Man
by
Jake Wilson
Art
Burning Issues: Fire in Art and the Social Imagination
by Alan Krell
by
Peter Hill
Journal
Australian Poetry Journal: Beginnings
edited by Bronwyn Lea
by
Peter Kenneally
History
The Reformation of the Landscape: Religion, Identity, and Memory in Early Modern Britain and Ireland
by Alexandra Walsham
by
Wilfrid Prest
Society
The Joy of Secularism: 11 Essays for How We Live Now
edited by George Levine
by
Tamas Pataki
Politics
Why Leaders Lie: The Truth about Lying in International Politics
by John Mearsheimer
by
Bruce Grant
Cultural Studies
The Flight Attendant’s Shoe
by Prudence Black
by
Susan Sheridan
Young Adult Fiction
The Coming of the Whirlpool: Ship Kings Book One
by Andrew McGahan
by
Gillian Dooley
Young Adult Fiction
Alaska
by Sue Saliba
&
Clara in Washington
by Penny Tangey
by
Stephen Mansfield
Memoir
Dancing with Warriors
by Philip Flood
by
Richard Broinowski
Poetry
New and Selected Poems
by Gig Ryan
by
James Harms
Poetry
The Wing Collection: New and Selected Poems
by Diane Fahey
by
Rose Lucas
Poetry
Slo-Mo Tsunami and Other Poems
by Bruce Dawe
by
Martin Duwell
Features
Books of the Year: Children and Young Adults 2011
by
Bec Kavanagh et al.
Features
Books of the Year 2011
by
Patrick Allington et al.
Picture Books
Joy Lawn surveys a number of new children's picture books
by
Joy Lawn
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