Australian Book Review

June–July 2019, no. 412

June–July 2019, no. 412

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Memoir

Alice Whitmore reviews Requiem with Yellow Butterflies by James Halford

by Alice Whitmore

Fiction

Nicole Abadee reviews Frankissstein: A love story by Jeanette Winterson

by Nicole Abadee

Commentary

Epiphany: 'Braving Glyndebourne' by Robyn Archer

by Robyn Archer

Theatre

Desley Deacon reviews Seven Big Australians: Adventures with comic actors by Anne Pender

by Desley Deacon

Art

Christopher Allen reviews Heaven on Earth: Painting and the life to come by T.J. Clark

by Christopher Allen

Poetry

Geoff Page reviews The Tomb of the Unknown Artist by Andy Kissane

History

Jacqueline Kent reviews Faber & Faber: The untold history of a great publishing house by Toby Faber

by Jacqueline Kent

History

Christina Twomey reviews Contesting Australian History: Essays in honour of Marilyn Lake edited by Joy Damousi and Judith Smart

by Christina Twomey

Politics

Rubik Roy reviews Dead Right: How neoliberalism ate itself and what comes next by Richard Denniss

Politics

Varun Ghosh reviews Tired of Winning: A chronicle of American decline by Richard Cooke

Politics

Michael Sexton reviews Robert Menzies: The art of politics by Troy Bramston

by Michael Sexton

Biography

Michael McGirr reviews King of the Air: The turbulent life of Charles Kingsford Smith by Ann Blainey

by Michael McGirr

Essay Collection

‘A mutinous and ferocious grace: Nick Cave and trauma’s aftermath' by Felicity Plunkett

by Felicity Plunkett

History

Ceridwen Spark reviews Sea People: The puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson

by Ceridwen Spark

Society

Zora Simic #MeToo: Stories from the Australian movement edited by Natalie Kon-yu et al.

Publisher of the Month

Publisher of the Month with Sam Cooney

Fiction

Dean Biron reviews The Van Apfel Girls are Gone by Felicity McLean

Fiction

Emily Gallagher reviews four new Young Adult novels

by Emily Gallagher

Fiction

Gabriel García Ochoa reviews Homeland by Fernando Aramburu, translated by Alfred MacAdam

by Gabriel García Ochoa

Fiction

Amy Baillieu reviews Crossings by Alex Landragin

by Amy Baillieu

Fiction

Kerryn Goldsworthy reviews Fled by Meg Keneally

by Kerryn Goldsworthy

Fiction

Stephen Dedman reviews Eight Lives by Susan Hurley

by Stephen Dedman

Fiction

Lisa Bennett reviews Exhalation by Ted Chiang

by Lisa Bennett

Fiction

Alison Broinowski reviews Typhoon Kingdom by Matthew Hooton

by Alison Broinowski

Open Page

Open Page with Chris Womersley

Poem

'Tangelo', a new poem by Karen Rigby

Calibre Prize

2019 Calibre Essay Prize (runner-up): 'Floundering' by Sarah Walker

by Sarah Walker

Poem

'Honeywell', a new poem by Rowan McNaught

by Rowan McNaught

Cultural Studies

Alex Tighe reviews Stop Being Reasonable by Eleanor Gordon-Smith

Environmental Studies

Alistair Thomson reviews Hazelwood by Tom Doig

by Alistair Thomson

Environmental Studies

Daniel May reviews Black Saturday: Not the end of the story by Peg Fraser

Environmental Studies

Kate Griffiths reviews Blackout: How is energy-rich Australia running out of electricity? by Matthew Warren

by Kate Griffiths

History

Alan Atkinson reviews Bedlam at Botany Bay by James Dunk

by Alan Atkinson

Politics

Rémy Davison reviews The Lessons of Tragedy: Statecraft and world order by Hal Brands and Charles Edel

by Rémy Davison

Politics

Glyn Davis reviews Winners Take All: The elite charade of changing the world by Anand Giridharadas

Fiction

Tell us your Favourite Australian Novel

by Amy Baillieu

Fiction

Jack Callil reviews Spring by Ali Smith

Story

'Metal language', a new story by Beejay Silcox

by Beejay Silcox

Advances

News from the Editor's Desk - June–July 2019

by Australian Book Review

Letters

Letters to the Editor - June–July 2019

by Arnold Zable et al., Roger Levi