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March 2005
Issue No. 269   A$8.95 (incl.GST)

C O N T E N T S




ADVANCES

 

LETTERS

David Carter, Richard Hillman, Leigh Swinbourne
 
POLITICS

Jussi Hanhimaki: The Flawed Architect

Barry Jones
 
REFERENCE

H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison (eds):
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography


Angus Trumble
 
PHOTOGRAPHY Alan Davies: An Eye for Photography
Helen Ennis: Intersections
Isobel Crombie: Body Culture

Isobel Crombie
Julie Robinson
Ian North

 

ART

Bruce Adams: Rustic Cubism Penny Webb
 
LETTER FROM RUSSIA

Judith Bishop
 
LA TROBE UNIVERSTY SPECIAL FEATURE

Inaugural ABR Poetry Prize Short List

 
 
MEDIA Books and Broadcasters Bridget Griffen-Foley
JOURNALS

Ian Britain (ed.): Meanjin Vol.63, No.4
Nathan Hollier (ed.): Overland 177
Brij V. Lal and Ian Templeman (eds):
Conversations Vol.5, No.2




James Ley

 

CULTURAL STUDIES

Peter Conrad: Tales of Two Hemispheres
Sneja Gunew: Haunted Nations
Stephen Garton: Histories of Sexuality

John Thompson
Nikos Papastergiadis
Lisa Featherstone

 
LANGUAGE

James Lambert (ed.): Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary


Gary Simes
 
LITERARY CRITICISM Martin Harrison: Who Wants to Create Australia? Ivor Indyk
 
FICTION

Sonya Hartnett : Surrender
Diane Armstrong: Winter Journey
Terri Janke: Butterfly Song
Joel Deane: Another
Merle Thornton: After Moonlight

Lisa Gorton
Michelle Griffin
Thuy On

Maria Takolander
 
NATIONAL NEWS

Synergies in Dance and Music

Michelle Potter
 
PERFORMING ARTS Harry Heseltine (ed.): A Leader of His Craft
Kathleen Riley: Nigel Hawthorne on Stage

Ken Healey
John Golder

 
MUSIC

Charles Osborne : The Opera Lover's Companion

Alastair Jackson

 
BIOGRAPHY Frank Van Straten: Huge Deal Peter Ryan
 
ANTHROPOLOGY Michael W. Young: Malinowski
Tim Rowse
 
MEMOIR Jennifer Zeng: Witnessing History Helene Chung Martin
 
ASIAN STUDIES Mark Elvin: The Retreat of the Elephants
Judith Snodgrass:
Presenting Japanese Buddhism to the West

Antonia Finnane

Alison Broinowski

 
HISTORY Barry Hill: The Enduring Rip

Jo Case

 
SPORT Gideon Haigh: Game for Anything
Garrie Hutchinson (ed.):
The Best Australian Sports Writing 2004



Rod Beecham

 
EDUCATION Andrew Lemon: A Great Australian School

Martin Crotty

 
NATURAL HISTORY Gisela Kaplan: Australian Magpie
Sarah Legge: Kookaburra
David Hollands: Owls


Nick Drayson
Peter Menkhorst

 
CHILDREN'S BOOKS Robert Ingpen and Sarah Mayor Cox:
Pictures Telling Stories
Martin Salisbury: Illustrating Children's Books



Margaret Robson Kett

 
CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS Graeme Base: Jungle Drums
Matt Dray: Dougal, the Garbage Dump Bear
Alison Lester: Are We There Yet?
Annette Lodge: Bird
Kim Michelle Toft: The World That We Want





Moira Robinson

 
YOUNG ADULT FANTASY Isobelle Carmody: The Quentaris Chronicles: Angel Fever
Kathy Hoopmann: Tremada
Margo Lanagan: The Quentaris Chronicles: Treasure Hunters of Quentaris
Garth Nix: Drowned Wednesday





Elizabeth Braithwaite

AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW March 2005

 

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