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April 2017, no. 390
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elcome to the April issue! Highlights include:
Colin Golvan on
Albert Namatjira’s copyright
Elizabeth McMahon on
NZ literature
Kerryn Goldsworthy reviews
The Refugees
Open Page with
Ashley Hay
Andrew Fuhrmann on
Paul Robeson
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Law
John Eldridge reviews 'On Fantasy Island: Britain, Europe and Human Rights' by Conor Gearty
by
John Eldridge
Poetry
Susan Sheridan reviews 'New and Selected Poems of Anna Wickham' edited by Nathanael O’Reilly
by
Susan Sheridan
Poetry
Geoff Page reviews 'The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry' by John Kinsella and Tracy Ryan (eds)
by
Geoff Page
History
Colin Nettelbeck reviews 'Les Parisiennes: How the women of Paris lived, loved, and died in the 1940s' by Anne Sebba
by
Colin Nettelbeck
History
Christopher Allen reviews 'Imperial Triumph: The Roman world from Hadrian to Constantine' by Michael Kulikowski
by
Christopher Allen
Fiction
Benjamin Chandler reviews 'The Change Trilogy: The Silent Invasion' by James Bradley
by
Benjamin Chandler
Fiction
Anna MacDonald reviews 'The Trapeze Act' by Libby Angel
by
Anna MacDonald
Fiction
Sara Savage reviews 'The Permanent Resident' by Roanna Gonsalves
by
Sara Savage
Fiction
Blanche Clark reviews 'The Restorer' by Michael Sala
by
Blanche Clark
Fiction
Kerryn Goldsworthy reviews 'The Refugees' by Viet Thanh Nguyen
by
Kerryn Goldsworthy
Fiction
Fiona Wright review 'From the Wreck' by Jane Rawson
by
Fiona Wright
Open Page
Open Page with Ashley Hay
Poet of the Month
Paul Hetherington is Poet of the Month
Critic of the Month
Felicity Plunkett is Critic of the Month
Biography
Patrick McCaughey reviews 'Kenneth Clark: Life, Art and Civilization' by James Stourton
by
Patrick McCaughey
Biography
Andrew Fuhrmann reviews 'No Way but This: In Search of Paul Robeson' by Jeff Sparrow
by
Andrew Fuhrmann
Biography
Kevin Foster review 'Valiant For Truth: The life of Chester Wilmot, war correspondent' by Neil McDonald with Peter Brune
by
Kevin Foster
History
Mark Edele reviews 'Stalin and the Scientists: A History of triumph and tragedy 1905–1953' by Simon Ings
by
Mark Edele
Science and Technology
Nick Haslam reviews 'A Day in the Life of the Brain: The neuroscience of consciousness from dawn till dusk' by Susan Greenfield
by
Nick Haslam
Memoir
Suzy Freeman-Greene reviews 'The Political is Personal: A 20th century memoir' by Judith Buckrich
by
Suzy Freeman-Greene
Memoir
Alison Broinowski reviews 'Subtle Moments: Scenes on a life’s journey' by Bruce Grant
by
Alison Broinowski
Religion
Michael McGirr reviews 'The Tempest-Tossed Church: Being a Catholic today' by Gerard Windsor
by
Michael McGirr
Poem
'Ship', a new poem by Paul Hetherington
by
Paul Hetherington
Society
Paul Morgan reviews 'Peak: Reinventing middle age' by Patricia Edgar and Don Edgar
by
Paul Morgan
Biography
Katy Gerner reviews 'Hamilton Hume: Our greatest explorer' by Robert Macklin
by
Katy Gerner
Memoir
Gillian Dooley reviews 'After' by Nikki Gemmell
by
Gillian Dooley
Literary Studies
Tali Lavi review 'Behind the Text: Candid conversations with Australian creative nonfiction writers' by Sue Joseph
by
Tali Lavi
Literary Studies
Gillian Dooley reviews 'Australian Literary Studies' edited by Julieanne Lamond
by
Gillian Dooley
Fiction
Brenda Walker reviews 'Old Growth' by John Kinsella
by
Brenda Walker
Fiction
Beejay Silcox reviews '4321' by Paul Auster
by
Beejay Silcox
Politics
Dennis Altman reviews 'Disposable Leaders: Media and leadership coups from Menzies to Abbott' by Rodney Tiffen
by
Dennis Altman
Memoir
Diana Bagnall reviews 'The Case Against Fragrance' by Kate Grenville
by
Diana Bagnall
Society
Deborah Zion reviews 'Time to Die' by Rodney Syme
by
Deborah Zion
Society
Mark McKenna reviews 'Illicit Love: Interracial sex and marriage in the United States and Australia' by Ann McGrath
by
Mark McKenna
History
Alan Atkinson reviews 'Scurvy: The disease of discovery' by Jonathan Lamb
by
Alan Atkinson
Literary Studies
Paul Giles reviews 'The Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume 9: The world novel in English to 1950' edited by Ralph Crane, Jane Stafford, and Mark Williams
by
Paul Giles
Literary Studies
Elizabeth McMahon reviews 'A History of New Zealand Literature' edited by Mark Williams
by
Elizabeth McMahon
Letters
Letters to the Editor - April 2017
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Austrlian Book Review
Advances
News from the Editor's desk - April 2017
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Australian Book Review
Commentary
'The Copyright of Albert Namatjira' by Colin Golvan
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Colin Golvan
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