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FEATURES
Jacob G. Rosenberg's posthumous novel Richard Freadman
Gerald Murnane's Barley Patch David Musgrave READ FOR FREE
Brenda Niall on a spirited Jesuit Morag Fraser READ FOR FREE
Thomas and Heinrich Mann in exile Michael Morley
Dorothy Porter's posthumous collection Gig Ryan READ FOR FREE
Alan Moorehead – Mediterranean man Ann Moyal
'Open Page': ABR meets the prize-winning author Alex Miller READ FOR FREE
OPINION
Nicholas Jose, Ian Britain, Peter Craven, Sylvia Martin, Grace Karskens, John Hirst, David Callahan
FICTION
Andrew McGahan: Wonders of a Godless World Kerryn Goldsworthy
Kathy Charles: Hollywood Ending Angela Meyer
Patrick Allington: Figurehead Alison Broinowski
David Brooks: The Umbrella Club Stephen Muecke
Steven Lang: 88 Lines About 44 Women Jo Case
Gary Crew: The Children's Writer Ruth Starke
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Richard Newsome: The Billionaire's Curse Rhiannon Hart
Morris Gleitzman: Grace Tony Wilson
BIOGRAPHY
Laurie Hergenhan et al. (eds): Cyril Hopkins' Marcus Clarke Susan K. Martin
POEMS
Clive James
Kim Cheng Boey
LITERARY STUDIES
Brian Boyd: On the Origin of Stories Lisa Gorton
Xavier Pons: Messengers of Eros Malcolm Knox
John Hawke: Australian Literature and the Symbolist Movement Jeffrey Poacher
POETRY
Jennifer Harrison and Kate Waterhouse (eds): Motherlode Lyn McCredden
Gwen Harwood: Mappings of the Plane Jennifer Strauss
PHILOSOPHY
John Armstrong: In Search of Civilization Tamas Pataki
CULTURAL STUDIES
Paul Carter: Dark Writing Jane Goodall
Denis Dutton: The Art Instinct Helen McDonald
ART
Jaynie Anderson (ed): Crossing Cultures Patrick McCaughey READ FOR FREE
JOURNALS
Griffith Review 25 Jay Daniel Thompson
Westerly Vol. 54, No. 1 Patrick Allington
HISTORY
Michael Cathcart: The Water Dreamers Rosaleen Love
ANTHROPOLOGY
Charles Siebert: Roger's World Kathleen Steele
REFERENCE
Claudia L. Johnson and Clara Tuite (eds): A Companion to Jane Austen
Claire Harman: Jane's Fame Penny Gay
R.J.B. Bosworth (ed.): The Oxford Handbook of Fascism Judith Keene
RUSSIAN STUDIES
Vladislav Zubok: Zhivago's Children Judith Armstrong
MILITARY HISTORY
Garth Pratten: Australian Battalion Commanders in the Second World War John Connor
Marina Larsson:Shattered Anzacs Peter Pierce
SCIENCE
Lewis Wolpert: How We Live and Why We Die Ian Gibbins
YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION
Paula Hunt: Outlaw Son
Nicholas Brasch: Gallipoli
Mike Lefroy: HMAS Sydney
John Long: The Big Picture Book of Human Civilisation
John Nicholson: 100 Years of Petrol Power Pam Macintyre
AUSTRALIAN
BOOK REVIEW