June1999 Issue No. 211
Features
LA TROBE UNIVERSITYESSAY
Veronica Brady: Truths, Illusions and Collisions
CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA 1999 SHORTLIST
ROLLING COLUMNS
Margaret Dunkle: Asians in Australian Picture Books
Reviews
essays
Simon Leys: The Angel and the Octopus Peter Steele
history
Nicholas Thomas & Diane Losche (eds): DoubleVision Greg Dening
Robyn Annear: Nothing but GOLD Don Garden
media studies
Catherine Lumby: Gotcha Morag Fraser
journalism
Peter Sekuless: A Handful of Hacks Jeffrey Grey
Sharyn Pearce: Shameless Scribblers Kate Macdonell
philosophy
David Stove: Anything Goes Max Charlesworth
politics
Humphrey McQueen: Temper Democratic Dennis Altman
cultural studies
Anthony Elliott: The Mourning of John Lennon Chris Feik
chinese studies
Lily Xiao Hong Lee & Sue Wiles: Women of the Long March Robin Gerster
vietnamese studies
Mandy Thomas: Dreams in the Shadows Judith Biddington
exploration
Bill Gammage: Sky Travellers Michael McGirr
conservation
D. Hutton & L. Connors: A History of the Australian
Environment Movement Peter Christoff
literary magazines
Ivor Indyk (ed): HEAT 11 Gerard Windsor
fiction
Marion Campbell: Prowler Don Anderson
Georgia Blain: Candelo James Bradley
Kim Scott: BenangJohn Donnelly
Julia Leigh: The Hunter Andrew Peek
Christos Tsiolkas: The Jesus Man Kathleen Fallon
Nick Earls: Headgames Airlie Lawson
poetry
K.F. Pearson: Melbourne Elegies & Michael Heald: Body-Flame Martin Harrison
John Graham: Land Window
& Catherine Bateson: The Vigilant Heart Bev Braune
Demetrious Tsaloumas: The Harbour Chris Wallace-Crabbe
children's books
Heather Scutter: Displaced Fictions Jenny Pausacker
James Maloney: Angela Lesley Beasley
Michael Pryor: The Doorways Trilogy Books Two and Three Peter Nicholls
Gary Crew/Shaun Tan: Memorial & Gillian Bradshaw/David Cox: Shock Monday Nicola Robinson
shorts
Scott Bennett: White Politics and Black Australia & Dennis Hemphill (ed): All Part of the Game Duncan Webb
Mary-Rose MacColl: Angels in the Architecture & Scott Bevan: Water from the Moon Ben Zipper
Michael Deves et al. (eds): Fertile Ground & Mike Towers: A Jungle Circus Tony Smith
bulletin board
Cover this month...
Terrence Shiosaki: European Subjugation
photograph of installation
from the cover of Kim Scott's Benang (reviewed in this issue)
courtesy of Fremantle Arts Centre Press