August 2000 Issue No. 223





Australian Book Review and Reader's Feast
National Short Story Competition

Features



LA TROBE UNIVERSITY ESSAY
Bridget Griffen-Foley: Writing About The Packer Dynasty

ROLLING COLUMN

Cassandra Pybus: The CIA as Culture Vultures
Martin Harrison: Criticism and the Written Poem

OBITUARY Judith Wright 1915-2000

Reviews



cultural studies



Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis: A Place in the Sun John Docker

autobiography/biography



Brian Matthews: A Fine and Private Place Gerard Windsor
Marie Alafaci: Savage Cows and Cabbage Leaves &
Larry Schwartz: The Wild Almond Line David McCooey
Joyce Thorpe Nicholson and Daniel Wrixon Thorpe: A Life of Books Nick Hudson
Barbara Falk with Cecile Trioli: DJ Christopher Bantick

history



Phillip Knightley:Australia Michael Roe
Richard Nile (ed): The Australian Legend and Its Discontents Robin Gerster
John Murphy: Imagining the Fifties Russell McGregor
Susan Lawrence: Dolly's Creek Robyn Annear

war



Mark Johnston:Fighting the Enemy Hugh Dillon

religion



Paul Collins: Upon This Rock Michael McGirr

philosophy



Peter Singer: A Darwinian Left Guy Rundle

conservation



Tim Doyle: Green Power Peter Christoff

art



John Pigot: Hilda Rix Nicholas Heather Johnson
Joan Kerr and Jo Holder (eds): Past Present Margaret McGuire

fiction



Amy Witting: Faces and Voices Peter Craven
Anne Brookbank: Marriage ActsMichael Sharkey
Jack Dann: Bad Medicine Laurie Clancy
Sonya Hartnett: Thursday's Child Katharine England
Jane Sullivan: The White Star Peter Pierce
Bron Nicholls: Zeno's Paradise Paul Salzman

crime fiction



Claire McNab: Under Suspicion &
Chris Nyst: GoneR.J. Thompson and Sue Turnbull

poetry



Peter Steele: Invisible RidersIvor Indyk
R.A. Simpson: The Midday Clock Martin Harrison
Ron Pretty: Of the Stone , Earl Livings: Further Than Night &
George Huitker: The Actor is Happy John Mateer
Helen Nickas (ed): Dimitris Tsaloumas &
Helen Nickas (ed): Antigone Kefala: Poems Thomas Shapcott

children's books



Phillip Gwynne: Nukkin Ya Robyn Sheahan-Bright
John Marsden: Marsden on Marsden Stephen Matthews
Lisa Forrest: Making the Most of It Margaret Aitken
Wendy Jenkins: Gunna Burn &
Sue Hines: The Plunketts Margot Hillel
Margaret Clark: Cool Bananas Coolini Beach&
Charlotte Calder: Settling Storms Pam Mcintyre

shorts



Mary Steele: Beside the Lake & Jenny Drake: Buried Alive Ben Zipper
Ashley Hay: The Secret &
Dominique Hecq: Magic Melissa Hart
Julie Simpson: SIdle Hour at the County of Hope &
Mary Ann Bin-Sallik (ed): Aboriginal Women by Degrees Nita Kambouris

bulletin board





Cover this month...
John Coburn: Trio 1975, screenprint, 52.5cm x 72.9cm
Courtesy of the artist and Australian Works on Paper
50 Smith Street, Collingwood, Vic. 3066 Tel: (03) 9417 0800
John Coburn Prints 1959-2000 on exhibition until 26 August 2000


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