December 2018, no. 407
Welcome to the December issue of ABR! Highlights include:
• Books of the Year: 34 critics and authors, including Michelle de Kretser, Fiona Wright, Beejay Silcox, Gregory Day, and Gideon Haigh, nominate their favourite books of 2018.
• Review of the Month: Glyn Davis on David Marr’s new collection of speeches, essays, and stories, My Country.
• Peter Goldsworthy lauds the Collected Poems of Les Murray.
• Professor Joy Damousi on the controversial vetoing of eleven ARC grants, and brief statements from a further thirteen academics.
• Andrea Goldsmith’s tribute to her late partner and poet Dorothy Porter.
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Open Page
Open Page with Anne Summers
Environmental Studies
Billy Griffiths reviews 'Burning Planet' by Andrew C. Scott
Science and Technology
Paul Humphries reviews 'The Best Australian Science Writing 2018' edited by John Pickrell
Essay Collection