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April 2012, no. 340
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Full Contents
Seymour Biography Lecture
Pushing against the dark: Writing about the hidden self
by
Robert Dessaix
Poem
'Night Guard, The Futures Museum after the ACMI Star Voyager Exhibition', a new poem by Lisa Gorton
by
Lisa Gorton
Open Page
Open Page with Brenda Niall
by
Australian Book Review
Fiction
Peter Conrad reviews 'The Hanging Garden' by Patrick White
by
Peter Conrad
Australian History
Frank Bongiorno reviews 'A History of Australia' by Mark Peel and Christina Twomey
by
Frank Bongiorno
Film
Memoirs of a Young Bastard: The diaries of Tim Burstall November 1953 to December 1954
edited by Hilary McPhee with Ann Standish
by
John Thompson
Food
A Cook’s Life
by Stephanie Alexander
by
Gay Bilson
Politics
Peter Mares reviews 'Frontier Justice' by Andy Lamey and 'Contesting Citizenship' by Anne McNevin
by
Peter Mares
Features
Maria Takolander reviews 'Young Poets: An Australian anthology' edited by John Leonard
by
Maria Takolander
Literary Studies
James Ley reviews 'The Lives of the Novelists' by John Sutherland
by
James Ley
Fiction
Inside Creative Writing: Interviews with contemporary writers
edited by Graeme Harper
by
Ruth Starke
Biography
True North: The story of Mary and Elizabeth Durack
by Brenda Niall
by
Susan Sheridan
Biography
Alfred Kazin
by Richard M. Cook
&
Alfred Kazin’s Journals
edited by Richard M. Cook
by
Don Anderson
Biography
The Keats Brothers: The life of John and George
by Denise Gigante
by
William Christie
Memoir
Fishing the River of Time
by Tony Taylor
by
Carol Middleton
Memoir
There Stands My House: A memoir
by Hans Keilson
by
William Heyward
Politics
Matthew Lamb reviews 'The Australian Moment: How We Were Made for These Times' by George Megalogenis
by
Matthew Lamb
Graphic Novel
Ronnie Scott reviews 'Blue' by Pat Grant
by
Ronnie Scott
International Studies
The Strongman: Vladimir Putin and the struggle for Russia
by Angus Roxburgh
by
Geoff Winestock
Fiction
Dean Biron reviews 'Closer to Stone' by Simon Cleary
by
Dean Biron
Fiction
Francesca Sasnaitis reviews 'The Longing' by Candice Bruce
by
Francesca Sasnaitis
Fiction
Elena Gomez reviews 'Unaccountable Hours' by Stephen Scourfield
by
Elena Gomez
Fiction
Alan Vaarwerk reviews 'After the Darkness' by Honey Brown
by
Alan Vaarwerk
Fiction
Jeremy Fisher reviews 'The Light Between Oceans' by M.L. Stedman
by
Jeremy Fisher
Fiction
Alice Robinson reviews 'The Fine Colour of Rust' by P.A. O'Reilly
by
Alice Robinson
Poetry
Martin Duwell reviews 'The Welfare of My Enemy' by Anthony Lawrence
by
Martin Duwell
Poetry
Mark Treddinick reviews 'Vishvarūpa' by Michelle Cahill
by
Mark Treddinick
Language
'Parasitic dictionaries and spam books' by Sarah Ogilvie
by
Sarah Ogilvie
Cultural Studies
Race and the Modern Exotic: Three 'Australian' women on global display
by Angela Woollacott
by
John Rickard
Military History
Craig Wilcox reviews 'Desert Boys' by Peter Rees
by
Craig Wilcox
Journal
Us and Them: On the importance of animals (Quarterly Essay 45)
by Anna Krien
by
Alex O'Brien
East Timor
Making Them Indonesians: Child transfers out of East Timor
by Helene van Klinken
by
Jill Jolliffe
Advances
News from the Editor's Desk
by
Hidden Author
Letters
Letters to the Editor – April 2012
by
Hidden Author
Fiction
Lucas Smith reviews 'The Cartographer' by Peter Twohig
by
Lucas Smith
Film
Coriolanus
by
Michael Morley
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