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July–August 2011, no. 333
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Full Contents
Children's Fiction
Ruth Starke reviews eight recent children's books
by
Ruth Starke
Young Adult Fiction
Bec Kavanagh reviews 'Pig Boy' by J.C. Burke
by
Bec Kavanagh
Advances
News from the Editor's Desk
by
Hidden Author
Letters
Letters to the Editor - July-August 2011
by
Hidden Author
Asian Studies
There Goes the Neighbourhood: Australia and the Rise of Asia
by Michael Wesley
by
Hugh White
Features
Feeling the Heat
by Jo Chandler
by
Rosaleen Love
Biography
Book Life: The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell
by Eileen Chanin
by
Paul Brunton
Memoir
Final Proof: Memoirs of a publisher
by Peter Ryan
by
Sue Ebury
Features
Owen Richardson reviews 'The Pale King' by David Foster Wallace
by
Owen Richardson
Commentary
'Memories of Joan Sutherland' by Patricia Harewood
by
Patricia Harewood
Open Page
Open Page with Delia Falconer
by
Australian Book Review
Fiction
Jay Daniel Thompson reviews 'When We Have Wings' by Claire Corbett
by
Jay Daniel Thompson
Fiction
Tim Brewer reviews 'Bearings' by Leah Swann
by
Tim Brewer
Fiction
Gregory Kratzmann reviews 'The Stranger's Child' by Alan Hollinghurst
by
Gregory Kratzmann
Fiction
Brenda Niall reviews 'A Man of Parts' by David Lodge
by
Brenda Niall
Fiction
Felicity Plunkett reviews 'The Amateur Science of Love' by Craig Sherborne
by
Felicity Plunkett
Fiction
Francesca Sasnaitis reviews 'Harry Curry' by Stuart Littlemore
by
Francesca Sasnaitis
Fiction
Christine Piper reviews 'The Vanishing Act' by Mette Jakobsen
by
Christine Piper
Fiction
Amy Baillieu reviews 'Love, Honour & O'Brien' by Jennifer Rowe
by
Amy Baillieu
Fiction
Carol Middleton reviews 'The Lace Tablecloth' by Anastasia Gessa-Liveriadis
by
Carol Middleton
Australian History
John Rickard reviews '1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia' by James Boyce
by
John Rickard
Film
Jane Eyre
by
Melinda Harvey
Poem
'Morandi and the Hard Problem', a new poem by Stephen Edgar
by
Stephen Edgar
Poem
'Camaldulensis', a new poem by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
by
Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Poem
'Osip Mandelstam and Rosemary Dobson: A translation', a new poem by Rosemary Dobson
by
Rosemary Dobson
Art
Vienna: Art and Design: Klimt, Schiele, Hoffmann, Loos
by Christian Witt-Dörring et al.
by
Andrew Montana
Cultural Studies
Between the Leaves: Stories of Australian Women, Writing and Gardens
by Katie Holmes
by
Penny Hanley
Cookery Books
Teresa Oates and Angela Villella: Mangia! Mangia!; and Nouha Taouk: Whispers from a Lebanese Kitchen
by
Christopher Menz
Music
Richard Strauss: A musical life
by Raymond Holden
by
Michael Morley
Biography
From Vienna to Yogyakarta: The Life of Herb Feith
by Jemma Purdey
by
Joan Grant
Commentary
'Hautes Fenêtres: Thoughts on the place of translation in recent Australian poetry' by Simon West
by
Simon West
Commentary
'The divine stenographer: Victor Hugo and the glory of narrative' by Brian Nelson
by
Brian Nelson
Poetry
New Impressions of Africa: Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique
by Raymond Roussel, translated by Mark Ford
by
William Heyward
History
Grazia Gunn reviews 'Cairo: Histories of a City' by Nezar AlSayyad
by
Grazia Gunn
Language
Green’s Dictionary of Slang
by Jonathon Green
by
Bruce Moore
Military History
Australia and the ‘New World Order’: From Peacekeeping to Peace Enforcement: 1988–1991
by David Horner
by
Peter Edwards
Military History
Peter Pierce reviews 'P.O.W.: Australian Prisoners of War in Hitler’s Reich' by Peter Monteath
by
Peter Pierce
Journalism
Reporter: Forty Years Covering Asia
by John McBeth
by
Richard Broinowski
Features
2011 Calibre Prize (winner): 'Who Killed Matilda?'
by
Moira McKinnon
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