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1 Imaginary Tales Michael Williams , Toni Jordan , Clare Wright , James Button , Jason Steger , Alexis Wright , Thomas Keneally , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 23 August 2014; (p. 14) 'As readers descend on Melbourne for the annual writers festival, seven literary Australians envision the books that might have been.'
1 Hard Truths James Button , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , February no. 86 2013; (p. 44-46)
— Review of The Words That Made Australia : How a Nation Came to Know Itself 2012 anthology criticism essay prose
1 Academic, Author Who Saw Law as a Means to Change the World James Button , 2013 single work obituary (for Deborah Cass )
— Appears in: The Age , 22 July 2013; (p. 38)
1 1 We Need to Talk about Kevin James Button , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: The Best Australian Essays 2012 2012; (p. 93-99)
1 The Senator and His Lost Boy James Button , 2012 extract autobiography (Speechless : A Year in My Father's Business)
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 September 2012; (p. 5) Good Weekend , 15 September 2012; (p. 24-27)
1 6 y separately published work icon Speechless : A Year in My Father's Business James Button , Carlton : Melbourne University Publishing , 2012 Z1887796 2012 single work autobiography 'James Button spent a year writing speeches for Kevin Rudd. Before that, he reported on politics as a highly regarded journalist for Fairfax. But James also has politics in the blood: his father was the diminutive but larger-than-life Senator John Button, who was a minister in the Hawke and Keating governments. Growing up, James watched a roll-call of political luminaries debating the fate of the Labor Party. He saw great victories and defeats at close hand. He believes both his father and his family paid a heavy price for politics. Speechless is James' highly personal account of a year working in Canberra, seen from both the inside and the outside. It's told through his experience of Kevin Rudd's failure to tell his story, and how this helped destroy his prime ministership. It also reflects on how far the Labor Party has moved from the idealism and pragmatism of his father's generation. He ends on a note of hope for the Party's revival.' (Publisher's website)
1 1 John Button, 1933-2008 James Button , 2008 single work obituary (for John Button )
— Appears in: The Monthly , May no. 34 2008; (p. 54-56)
1 A Prize for a Tale in Black and White James Button , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 May 2006; (p. 9)
1 The Suburbs: A Dream or Nightmare? James Button , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 21 August 2004; (p. 4) The author re-read My Brother Jack and realises '...how much it defines a prevailing Australian intellectual and artistic attitude to suburbia.'
(Source: The Age, (Insight), 21 August 2004 p.4)
1 New-Look Library Reads Like a Bestseller James Button , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 26 June 2004; (p. 2)
1 A Essay in Friction James Button , 2004 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 20 March 2004; (p. 2) Outlines the dispute between Quarterly Essay's publisher, Morry Schwartz, and its editor, Peter Craven over the issue of joint authorship of issue no.13 of the journal. The conflict resulted in Craven's dismissal as editor.
1 The Art of the Deal James Button , 2004 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 20 March 2004; (p. 1-2)
1 He Came, He Saw, He Marvelled James Button , 2004 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 10 January 2004; (p. 2)
1 Fighting the Death Sentence James Button , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 1 November 2003; (p. 3)
1 P.P. : Man of Letters James Button , 1997 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 20 December 1997; (p. 5)
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