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October 2000 Issue No. 225



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Features

LA TROBE UNIVERSITY ESSAY
Raimond Gaita: Who speaks about what, to whom, on whose behalf, with what right?

SYMPOSIUM
Is Australian Reviewing Too Bland?

ROLLING COLUMNS
(sponsored by Mietta's Queenscliff Hotel)

John Docker: Religion -- Who Doesn't Need It?
John Mateer: The Postponement of Judgement

Editorial

Reviews

cultural studies

Ken Gelder: The Horror Reader Philippa Hawker
Gerald Stone: Compulsive Viewing Bridget Griffen-Foley

autobiography

Mischa Merz: Bruising Inga Clendinned
Kim Mahood: Craft for a Dry Lake Joyce Smith

biography

Shirley Hazzard :Greene on Capri John Docker

literary criticism

Elizabeth Webby (ed): The Cambridge Companion to Australian Literature Susan Lever
Ken Stewart: Investigations in Australian Literature Peter Pierce
Clive Probyn and Bruce Steele (eds): Henry Handel Richardson: The Letters Vols 1 & 2 Laurie Clancy
Richard Rossiter (ed): The Model Thomas Shapcott

politics

Tony Parkinson: Jeff: The Rise and Fall of A Political Phenomenon Andrew Kaighin
Rowena Lennox: The Fighting Spirit of East Timor Richard Lunn

fiction

Garry Satherley: The Arch-Traitor's Lament Don Anderson
Angela Malone: Lucia's Measure Evelyn Juers
Colleen McCullough: Morgan's RunKerryn Goldsworthy
Sara Douglass: The Nameless Day Peter Nicholls
Rosalie Ham: The Dressmaker &Arlene J.Chai Black HeartsThuy On

crime fiction

Francis Adams: The Murder of Madeline Brown Miriam Manne
Caroline Shaw: Eye to Eye R.J. Thompson and Sue Turnbull

poetry

Mark O'Connor: The Olive TreeGeoff page
John Tranter: Blackout Martin Harrison
Brook Emery: and dug my fingers in the sand Jennifer Maiden
New Poets from Five Islands Press Jenny Harrison

children's books

Sarah Walker: Water Colours & Margaret Clark: Bad Girl Robyn Sheahan-Bright
Celeste Walters: The Last Race & Katy Watson: Juice Lesley Beasley
Shaun Tan: The Lost Thing,Liliana Stafford: (illus. Lambert Davis): Snow Bear,Pamela Allen: Inside Mary Elizabeth's House & Colin Thiele (illus. Peter Gouldthorpe): Pannikin & Pinta Margaret Dunkle

shorts

Catherine Johns: A Resilient Spirit & Hugh Edwards: Treasures of the Deep Nita Kambouris
B.R. Coffey (ed): Rough with the Smooth & Rhylle Winn: A Kick to the Head Ben Zipper
Keith McLeod: Shore and Shelter & Sara Douglass: The Betrayal of Arthur Melissa Hart

bulletin board

Cover this month...
Tim Storrier: Arm (Will), 1984, rope and acrylic on paper, 103 x 131 cm
from Catherine Lumby: Tim Storrier: The Art of the Outsider
Published by Craftsman House and reproduced here courtesy of Craftsman House.

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