Australian Book Review
300 and all that!
Next month marks the 300th issue of ABR. We’re feeling very generous as we approach this milestone. We invite current subscribers to give away a free six-month subscription to ABR when they renew. This is your chance to introduce a friend or colleague to ABR (recipients of these gifts must not be current or recently lapsed subscribers). All you have to do is to complete the co ... (read more)
(for the siblings)
they are there on the cusp of alittle hill, in the trampled splendour
of a suburban yard. they are three,elephantine trunks standing against a
background of untidy sky, their oilyconfidences drab on Escher limbs,
and the still bricks and lost picketsheighten the haecceity of these three.
I go and sit with them often. I sitbetween them, face to a bleary just-risen
moon and ... (read more)
Never mind the students
Dear editor,
Andrew Norton (ABR, May 2004) is right to argue that the legislation governing the Nelson market in Australian universities gives the government too much power. The education minister refused to guarantee academic liberty, imposed a one-size-fits-all template for the structure of the university councils, and can now dictate the mix of courses that are taught. ... (read more)
Changes at ABR
At our recent AGM we farewelled Vicki Nicholson our longest-serving board member, and welcomed two new members. Bridget Griffen-Foley and Paul Hetherington (from Sydney and Canberra, respectively) have both served on the editorial advisory board. Paul Hetherington reviews both poetry and fiction in our pages. Dr Griffen-Foley’s bimonthly media columns appear in alternate issues. ... (read more)
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