November contents

CURRENT ISSUE November 2007 No. 296 $8.95

CONTENTS

ADVANCES
The latest literary news from the Editor's desk.

LETTERS
Virginia Lowe, Ruth Starke, Thea Biesheuvel

MEDIA
Paul Barry: The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer Uncut
Gerald Stone: Who Killed Channel 9? Margaret Simons

HISTORY
Andrew Roberts: A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900 Geoffrey Blainey

ANTHROPOLOGY
Philip Jones: Ochre and Rust Mary Eagle

SOCIETY
John Hirst (ed.): The Australians John Rickard

POLITICS
Bob Burton: Inside Spin Grant Bailey

ESSAYS
Gordon Brown: Courage John Button

PHOTOGRAPHY
Helen Ennis: Reveries Isobel Crombie

POEMS
Maria Takolander
Judith Beveridge
Ian Gibbins

ART REFERENCE
Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch and Emily McCulloch Childs:
The New McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art Susan Lowish

ART
Roger Butler: Printed Images in Colonial Australia 1801–1901
Roger Butler: Printed Images by Australian Artists 1885–1955 John McPhee
Terence Lane (ed.): Australian Impressionism Vivien Gaston
Nancy Underhill (ed.): Nolan on Nolan Damian Smith
Deborah Edwards: Bertram Mackennal Christopher Menz
Anne Gray: George W. Lambert Retrospective Patricia Fullerton
Luke Morgan: Nature as Model Charles Zika
Jeannette Hoorn: Australian Pastoral Daniel Thomas
Russ Radcliffe: Man of Steel Robert Phiddian

DIARIES
Paul Hetherington (ed.): The Diaries of Donald Friend, Vol. 4 Paul Brunton

ARCHITECTURE
Robert Freestone: Designing Australian Cities Richard Aitken

COMMENTARY
‘How ignorant we are’ Jaynie Anderson

FRENCH STUDIES
Philip Dwyer: Napoleon David Garrioch

FICTION
Antoni Jach: Napoleon’s Double Margaret Sankey
Alex Miller: Landscape of Farewell Shirley Walker
David Brooks: The Fern Tattoo Judith Armstrong
Michelle de Kretser: The Lost Dog Geordie Williamson

MEMOIRS
Pamela Bone: Bad Hair Days Gregory Kratzmann

GAY STUDIES
Robert Reynolds: What Happened to Gay Life? Andy Quan

AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
Stuart Macintyre and Sheila Fitzpatrick (eds): Against the Grain Nick Fischer

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Andrew J. Bacevich: The New American Militarism
Kenneth J. Hagan and Ian J. Bickerton: Unintended Consequences Richard Broinowski

POETRY
Judith Bishop: Event Rose Lucas
Peter Skrzynecki: Old/New World Anthony Lynch

JOURNALS
Nicholas Birns (ed.): Antipodes
David Brooks and Noel Rowe (eds): Southerly Ian Templeman

EDUCATION
Agnes Nieuwenhuizen: Right Book, Right Time Nigel Pearn

YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Ruth Starke

IN BRIEF
Stephanie Radok and Dick Richards: Julie Blyfie Christopher Menz
Julie Robinson (with Maria Zagala): A Century in Focus Alisa Bunbury
Tricia Barton et al. (eds): UTS Writers’ Anthology Matthew Clayfield
Angela Gardner: Parts of Speech Petra White
Sharyn Munro: The Woman on the Mountain Gillian Dooley

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