Australian Book Review

October 2017, no. 395

October 2017, no. 395

Welcome to the October Environment issue! Highlights include:

Stephen Orr’s Eucalypt Fellowship essay, ‘Ambassadors from another time’
Mark Edele on the centenary of the Russian Revolution
Susan Reid on the proposed Adani Carmichael Coal Mine
Tim Flannery’s review of Call of the Reed Warbler
Beejay Silcox on Michelle de Kretser’s new novel
A photo essay by Philip Jones
Open Page with Josephine Wilson

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Environment

Ambassadors from Another Time

Education

Ilana Snyder reviews 'Required Reading: Literature in Australian schools since 1945' edited by Tim Dolin, Joanne Jones, and Patricia Dowsett

by Ilana Snyder

India

Mridula Nath Chakraborty reviews 'Inglorious Empire: What the British did to India' by Shashi Tharoor

by Mridula Nath Chakraborty

Ornithology

Richard Noske reviews 'The Australian Bird Guide' by Peter Menkhorst, Danny Rogers, Rohan Clarke, Jeff Davies, Peter Marsack, and Kim Franklin

by Richard Noske

Biology

Matthew Chrulew reviews 'Zoo Ethics: The challenges of compassionate conservation' by Jenny Gray

by Matthew Chrulew

Climate Change

Peter Christoff reviews 'Burn Out: The endgame for fossil fuels' by Dieter Helm

by Peter Christoff

Environment

A survey of environmental writing

by Australian Book Review

Environmental Studies

Lauren Rickards reviews 'Defiant Earth: The fate of the humans in the Anthropocene' by Clive Hamilton

by Lauren Rickards

Photography

'Among Trees' by Philip Jones

by Philip Jones

Environmental Studies

Kate Griffiths reviews 'Sunlight and Seaweed: An argument for how to feed, power, and clean up the world' by Tim Flannery

by Kate Griffiths

Fiction

Simon Caterson reviews 'A Legacy of Spies' by John le Carré

by Simon Caterson

Fiction

David Whish-Wilson reviews 'City of Crows' by Chris Womersley

by David Whish-Wilson

Fiction

Jay Daniel Thompson reviews 'Wimmera' by Mark Brandi

by Jay Daniel Thompson

Fiction

Gretchen Shirm reviews 'Rain Birds' by Harriet McKnight

by Gretchen Shirm

Environment

Roger McDonald reviews 'The Songs of Trees: Stories from nature’s great connectors' by David George Haskell

by Roger McDonald

Fiction

Nicole Abadee reviews 'Home Fire' by Kamila Shamsie

by Nicole Abadee

Fiction

Shannon Burns reviews 'The Last Days of Jeanne d’Arc' by Ali Alizadeh

by Shannon Burns

Poem

'The New Maps Keep a Weather Eye' by Judith Bishop

by Judith Bishop

Poem

'Attention, Please' by Peter Rose

Open Page

Open Page with Josephine Wilson

Environment

Tim Flannery reviews 'Call of the Reed Warbler: A new agriculture – a new earth' by Charles Massy

by Tim Flannery

Commentary

'Adani and the Galilee Basin' by Susan Reid

Environment

Deb Anderson reviews 'Slow Catastrophes: Living with drought in Australia' by Rebecca Jones

by Deb Anderson

Fiction

Beejay Silcox reviews 'The Life to Come' by Michelle de Kretser

by Beejay Silcox

Religion

Barney Zwartz reviews 'Cardinal: The rise and fall of George Pell' by Louise Milligan

by Barney Zwartz

Russia

'Why should you care about the Russian Revolution?' by Mark Edele

Letters

Letters to the Editor - October 2017

by Australian Book Review

Advances

News from the Editor's Desk - October 2017

by Australian Book Review