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April 2018, no. 400
W
elcome to the April 400th issue! Highlights include:
Beejay Silcox on Australian magazine culture
Lucas Grainger-Brown’s Calibre Prize-winning essay
Neal Blewett’s review of Kevin Rudd’s memoir
David Brophy on
Silent Invasion
by Clive Hamilton
Poetry by
John Kinsella
,
Gig Ryan
, and
Judith Beveridge
Sarah Sentilles is our Open Page guest
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Poetry
'The Boathouse' by Judith Beveridge
by
Judith Beveridge
Poetry
'Spring Idylls' by Gig Ryan
by
Gig Ryan
Open Page
Open Page with Sarah Sentilles
Publisher of the Month
Publisher of the Month with Nathan Hollier
Poetry
Jill Jones reviews 'Interval' by Judith Bishop
by
Jill Jones
Fiction
Anna MacDonald reviews 'The Everlasting Sunday' by Robert Lukins
by
Anna MacDonald
Literary Studies
Richard Walsh reviews 'What Editors Do: The art, craft, and business of book editing' edited by Peter Ginna
by
Richard Walsh
Fiction
Brian Matthews reviews 'A Stolen Season' by Rodney Hall
by
Brian Matthews
Classics
Julia Kindt reviews 'Mythos' by Stephen Fry
by
Julia Kindt
True Crime
Anna MacDonald reviews 'A Scandal in Bohemia: The life and death of Mollie Dean' by Gideon Haigh
by
Anna MacDonald
Politics
Rémy Davison reviews 'America Looks to Australia: The hidden role of Richard Casey in the creation of the Australia–America alliance, 1940–1942' by James Prior
by
Rémy Davison
Essay Collection
Johanna Leggatt reviews 'The Mother of all Questions: Further feminisms' by Rebecca Solnit
by
Johanna Leggatt
Essay Collection
Patrick McCaughey reviews 'The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick' edited by Darryl Pinckney
by
Patrick McCaughey
Essay Collection
Sarah Holland-Batt reviews 'Feel Free: Essays' by Zadie Smith
by
Sarah Holland-Batt
Letters
Felicity Plunkett reviews 'The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 1: 1940-1956' edited by Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil
by
Felicity Plunkett
Poem
'Inverting Hölderlin’s "Geh unter, schöne Sonne"' by John Kinsella
by
John Kinsella
Biography
Lyndon Megarrity reviews 'The Boy from Baradine' by Craig Emerson
by
Lyndon Megarrity
Biography
Simon Caterson reviews 'Truth’s Fool: Derek Freeman and the war over cultural anthropology' by Peter Hempenstall
by
Simon Caterson
Biography
Geoffrey Blainey reviews 'Three Duties and Talleyrand’s Dictum: Keith Waller: Portrait of a working diplomat' by Alan Fewster
by
Geoffrey Blainey
Russia
Barbara Keys reviews 'Gorbachev: His life and times' by William Taubman
by
Barbara Keys
Advances
News from the Editor's Desk - April 2018
by
Australian Book Review
Letters
Letters to the Editor - April 2018
by
Australian Book Review
Advances
Editorial on ABR's 400th issue by Peter Rose
by
Peter Rose
Commentary
'Odysseus and me' by Andrea Goldsmith
by
Andrea Goldsmith
Fiction
Ashley Hay reviews 'In the Garden of the Fugitives' by Ceridwen Dovey
by
Ashley Hay
Fiction
Kerryn Goldsworthy reviews 'The Death of Noah Glass' by Gail Jones
by
Kerryn Goldsworthy
Calibre Prize
2018 Calibre Essay Prize (Winner): 'We Three Hundred' by Lucas Grainger-Brown
by
Lucas Grainger-Brown
Anthropology
Kim Mahood reviews 'Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering ancient Australia' by Billy Griffiths
by
Kim Mahood
Memoir
James Walter reviews 'John Curtin’s War: Volume I' by John Edwards
by
James Walter
Russian History
Sheila Fitzpatrick review 'Red Flag Unfurled: History, historians, and the Russian Revolution' by Ronald Grigor Suny
by
Sheila Fitzpatrick
Biography
Ian Donaldson reviews 'Simon Leys: Navigator between worlds' by Philippe Paquet, translated by Julie Rose
by
Ian Donaldson
Commentary
'Defying the moment' by Beejay Silcox
by
Beejay Silcox
Advances
400th issue subscriber giveaway
by
Australian Book Review
Music
Anwen Crawford reviews 'Sticky Fingers: The life and times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone magazine' by Joe Hagan
by
Anwen Crawford
Russia
Kieran Pender reviews 'The Long Hangover: Putin’s new Russia and the ghosts of the past' by Shaun Walker
by
Kieran Pender
Memoir
Neal Blewett reviews 'Not for the Faint-hearted' by Kevin Rudd
by
Neal Blewett
Fiction
Gregory Day reviews 'Incredible Floridas' by Stephen Orr
by
Gregory Day
China
David Brophy reviews 'Silent Invasion: China’s Influence in Australia' by Clive Hamilton
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David Brophy
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