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Poetry

Near Believing: Selected monologues and narratives 1967–2021 by Alan Wearne

by Michael Farrell

Facebook ban

by Australian Book Review

Biography

Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the end of the American century by George Packer

by Benjamin Madden

Society

The Drama of Celebrity by Sharon Marcus

by James Antoniou

Commentary

'Australian Dreaming'

by Kim Scott

Philosophy

Ronan McDonald reviews 'Academic Freedom' edited by Jennifer Lackey

by Ronan McDonald

Memoir

Noel Turnbull reviews 'Winning for Women: A personal story' by Iola Mathews

by Noel Turnbull

Philosophy

William Poulos reviews How To Keep Your Cool by Seneca and How To Be a Friend by Marcus Tullius Cicero

by William Poulos

Society

Tim Rowse reviews Upheaval: How nations cope with crisis and change by Jared Diamond

by Tim Rowse

Publisher of the Month

Michael Brennan is Publisher of the Month

Commentary

Stephen A. Russell reviews 'Yes Yes Yes: Australia’s journey to marriage equality' by Alex Greenwich and Shirleene Robinson and 'Going Postal: More than ‘yes’ or ‘no’, one year on' edited by Quinn Eades and Son Vivienne

by Stephen Russell

Literary Studies

Richard Freadman reviews 'Portraits from Life: Modernist novelists and autobiography' by Jerome Boyd Maunsell

by Richard Freadman

Politics

Stephen Mills reviews 'Handbook of Political Party Funding' edited by Jonathan Mendilow and Eric Phélippeau

by Stephen Mills

History

Trevor Burnard reviews 'Freedom in White and Black: A lost story of the illegal slave trade and its global legacy' by Emma Christopher

by Trevor Burnard

Graphic Novel

Ronnie Scott reviews 'The Lie and How We Told It' by Tommi Parrish

by Ronnie Scott

Memoir

Glyn Davis launches 'The PM Years' by Kevin Rudd

by Glyn Davis

Fiction

Tali Lavi reviews 'The Storyteller: Selected stories' by Serge Liberman

by Tali Lavi

History

Barney Zwartz reviews 'Newman College: A history 1918–2018' by Brenda Niall, Josephine Dunin, and Frances O’Neill

by Barney Zwartz

History

Simon Caterson reviews 'Missing in Action: Australia’s World War I grave services, an astonishing story of misconduct, fraud and hoaxing' by Marianne van Velzen

by Simon Caterson

Memoir

Susan Magarey reviews 'My Vice-Regal Life: Diaries 1978 to 1982' by Lady Anna Cowen

by Susan Magarey

Poet of the Month

Alan Wearne is Poet of the Month

Biography

Gabriel García Ochoa reviews 'The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington' by Joanna Moorhead

by Gabriel García Ochoa

Memoir

Avril Alba reviews 'No Place to Lay One’s Head' by Françoise Frenkel, translated by Stephanie Smee

by Avril Alba

China

Andres Rodriguez reviews 'Out of China: How the Chinese ended the era of Western domination' by Robert Bickers

by Andres Rodriguez

Animal Rights

Ben Brooker reviews 'The Inner Life of Animals: Love, grief and compassion – surprising observations of a hidden world' by Peter Wohlleben, translated by Jane Billinghurst

by Ben Brooker

Politics

Seumas Spark reviews 'Australia’s Northern Shield? Papua New Guinea and the defence of Australia since 1880' by Bruce Hunt

by Seumas Spark

History

James Dunk reviews 'Memorandoms by James Martin: An astonishing escape from early New South Wales' edited by Tim Causer

by James Dunk

Literary Studies

Des Cowley reviews 'The Library: A catalogue of wonders' by Stuart Kells

by Des Cowley

Society

Joel Deane reviews 'Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon cornered culture and undermined democracy' by Jonathan Taplin

by Joel Deane

Classics

Peter Acton reviews 'The Classical Debt: Greek antiquity in an Era of austerity' by Johanna Hanink

by Peter Acton

Dance

Lee Christofis reviews 'Fifty: Half a century of Australian dance theatre' by Maggie Tonkin

by Lee Christofis

Letters

John Thompson reviews 'Darling Mother, Darling Son: The letters of Leslie Walford and Dora Byrne, 1929–1972' edited by Edith M. Ziegler

by John Thompson

Letters

Ian Britain reviews 'Dashing for the Post: The letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor' edited by Adam Sisman

by Ian Britain

Israel

Ilana Snyder reviews 'All The Rivers' by Dorit Rabinyan, translated by Jessica Cohen

by Ilana Snyder

Editor's Diaries

Editor's Diary 2014

by Peter Rose

Editor's Diary 2013

by Peter Rose

Diaries

Editor’s Diary 2012

by Peter Rose

Biography

Vale Robert Hughes (November 1961)

by Hidden Author

Features