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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 The Best Australian Essays 2015
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'In The Best Australian Essays 2015, Geordie Williamson compiles the year's outstanding short non-fiction. Read Helen Garner on condescension, DBC Pierre on travel, Ceridwen Dovey on autobiography, Tim Winton on injury, Anna Krien on first love, and Nicolas Rothwell on the northern coast. With bracing essays on politics, music, literature, history, art, sport and more, this impressive anthology will entrance, stimulate and entertain.' (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Confronting the Unthinkable in Goya's Art, Sebastian Smee , single work essay
The World Needs Female Rock Critics, Anwyn Crawford , single work essay
No Dogs, No Fruit, No Firearms, No Professors, Maria Tumarkin , single work essay
How You Consist of Trillions of Tiny Machines, Tim Flannery , single work essay
Belsen, Nadia Wheatley , single work essay
Strange Weather, John Bradley , single work essay
Havoc, Tim Winton , single work autobiography
'A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of helping in traffic accident with his father when he was nine years old in Australia.'
Bibliomancer : Nick Cave, Writer, Gerard Elson , single work criticism
'Abstract: Gerard Elson goes in search of Nick Cave's inner word nerd, and essays the influence of Vladimir Nabokov, Martin Amis and John Berryman.' (Publication abstract)
Open Ground, Rebecca Giggs , single work essay
Trigger Warning, Alison Croggon , single work autobiography
Malcolm Fraser, Mungo MacCallum , single work essay
'Staying with the Trouble', Sophie Cunningham , single work essay
'Percy Grainger walked to avoid self-flagellation. David Sedaris walked to placate his Fitbit. Virginia Woolf walked the streets of London, and later the South Downs, endlessly: because she loved it, because she was walking her dogs, because she needed to think clearly. For Henry Thoreau, every walk was a sort of 'crusade'. Sarah Marquis, who walked 16,000 kilometres over three years, sought a return to an essential self: 'You become what nature needs you to be: this wild thing.' Will Self began walking after he gave up heroin, though in his novel Walking to Hollywood (2010) the protagonist walks not to escape addiction but because he fears he has Alzheimer's. This feels familiar. My brother jokes about starting a group called Running Away from Dementia. Sometimes, catching sight of my reflected posture on a walk, I wonder if I am doing the same thing, walking away from fate. If so, could one ever walk fast enough?' (Publication abstract)
Re-reading the Famous Five and Biggles, Jeff Sparrow , single work essay
The Northern Wilds, Nicolas Rothwell , single work essay
Too Many Pills, Karen Hitchcock , single work essay
Fully Present, Utterly Connected, Tegan Bennett Daylight , single work essay
The Informed Imagination, Drusilla Modjeska , single work essay
Remote Control, Noel Pearson , single work essay
Introduction, Delia Falconer , single work criticism
Note: With title: Seven Poor Men of Sydney
Go, Little Book, Kirsten Tranter , single work essay
'The article offers the author's insights on the lesson she learned from being reviewed as an author of the novel "The Legacy," a contemporary adaptation and revision of the book by Henry James titled "Portrait of a Lady." Topics discussed by the author include her experience of writing the novel with a grant from the Australian Council, the positive response of the publisher and the reader to her novel, and how she learned about characters and plots from the perspective of the reviewers.' (Publication abstract)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Inc. , 2015 .
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      Extent: 320p.
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      • Published: 27/10/2015
      ISBN: 9781863957779
      Series: y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays Black Inc. (publisher), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2000-2018 Z1731488 2000 series - publisher essay extract prose review

      The first of the three 'Best of' collections, Best Australian Essays was initiated in 1998 (then published by Bookman Press) under the guidance of executive chair Morry Schwartz and edited by Peter Craven. In March 2018, Black Inc, announced the cancellation of all three, replaced by the series Best Summer Stories.

      Number in series: 16

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Works about this Work

April in Nonfiction Sarah Burnside , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , April 2016;

— Review of Finding Eliza : Power and Colonial Storytelling Larissa Behrendt , 2016 multi chapter work criticism ; The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay
The Sliding Scale James McNamara , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 379 2016; (p. 22-23)

— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay
An Eclectic Range of Subject Matter Annette Marfording , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , January - March no. 17 2016;

— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay
Contextualising the Nation Gregory Day , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 December 2015; (p. 24-25)

— Review of The Best Australian Stories 2015 2015 anthology short story ; The Best Australian Poems 2015 2015 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay
Pushing the Boundaries Simon Caterson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 December 2015; (p. 37) The Saturday Age , 5-6 December 2015; (p. 31)

— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay ; The Best Australian Science Writing 2015 2015 anthology essay ; Best Australian Comedy Writing 2015 anthology prose short story
Making a Difference Geordie Williamson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 November 2015; (p. 16-17)

— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay
Pushing the Boundaries Simon Caterson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 December 2015; (p. 37) The Saturday Age , 5-6 December 2015; (p. 31)

— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay ; The Best Australian Science Writing 2015 2015 anthology essay ; Best Australian Comedy Writing 2015 anthology prose short story
Contextualising the Nation Gregory Day , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 December 2015; (p. 24-25)

— Review of The Best Australian Stories 2015 2015 anthology short story ; The Best Australian Poems 2015 2015 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay
An Eclectic Range of Subject Matter Annette Marfording , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , January - March no. 17 2016;

— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay
The Sliding Scale James McNamara , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 379 2016; (p. 22-23)

— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay
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