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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... no. 286 November 2006 of Australian Book Review est. 1961 Australian Book Review
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  • Contents indexed selectively.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
More than a Recorder, Peter Rose , single work column
Australian Book Review's editor reports on a survey of the magazine's readers.
(p. 1)
What's It Come To?, Mal McKimmie , single work correspondence
McKimmie expresses his dismay over Australian Book Review's review of Jennifer Harrison's Folly and Grief. McKimmie disagrees with the opinions of the reviewer and with ABR's placement of the review in the 'In Brief' section of the magazine.
(p. 4)
Pole-Dancing, Peter Craven , single work review
— Review of The Unknown Terrorist Richard Flanagan , 2006 single work novel ;
(p. 6-8)
Note: port. (Richard Flanagan)
'Wylde for to Hold, though I Seme Tame', Morag Fraser , single work review
— Review of Agamemnon's Kiss : Selected Essays Inga Clendinnen , 2006 selected work essay ;
(p. 11-12)
Bestiary in Open Tuningi"Blessings and praise", Anthony Lawrence , single work poetry (p. 13)
Flagrant Act of Word-Spreading, Anna Goldsworthy , single work review
— Review of Unpolished Gem Alice Pung , 2006 single work autobiography ;
(p. 21)
Bratislava to Bourke Street, Thomas Shapcott , single work review
— Review of My Life in Print M. G. Zifcak , 2006 single work autobiography ;
(p. 22)
Matters of Life and Death: The Return of Biography, Ian Donaldson , single work essay
Donaldson discusses changes of perception in universities about the place and significance of biography writing. He introduces into his argument the thoughts of five 'antibiographers' or sceptics - Terry Eagleton, Virginia Woolfe, Lytton Strachey, Roland Barthes and Stefan Collini.
(p. 23-29)
Urgent Learning, Philip Clark , single work review
— Review of Running Amok : When News Deadlines, Family and Foreign Affairs Collide Mark Bowling , 2006 single work autobiography ;
(p. 39)
'Have You a Family?', Patrick Allington , single work review
— Review of London Was Full of Rooms 2006 anthology poetry essay criticism autobiography ;
(p. 41)
Handsi"The body's peasant workers - hands -", David McCooey , single work poetry (p. 44)
Open Dawe, Nicholas Birns , single work review
— Review of Sometimes Gladness : Collected Poems, 1954 to 2005 Bruce Dawe , 2006 selected work poetry ;
(p. 46)
The Daylight Moon, Vivian Smith , single work review
— Review of Hardening of the Light : Selected Poems David Campbell , 2006 selected work poetry ;
(p. 47-48)
Nice People Like You, Louise Swinn , single work review
— Review of The Gospel According to Luke Emily Maguire , 2006 single work novel ; Rosie Little's Cautionary Tales for Girls Danielle Wood , 2006 selected work short story ;
(p. 49-50)
Under the Frangipani Tree, Kylie Stevenson , single work review
— Review of Breadfruit Célestine Hitiura Vaite , 2000 single work novel ; Frangipani Célestine Hitiura Vaite , 2004 single work novel ; Tiare : The Husband Who Didn't Deserve His Wife and Everything that Happened Next Célestine Hitiura Vaite , 2006 single work novel ;
(p. 50-51)
Reverting to Type, Marina Cornish , single work review
— Review of Listen Kate Veitch , 2006 single work novel ;
(p. 52)
Deflections of Happiness, John Slavin , single work review
— Review of The Memory of Tides Angelo Loukakis , 2006 single work novel ;
(p. 53)
The Missing Host, Brenda Niall , single work review
— Review of School Days 2006 anthology biography ;
(p. 55-56)
Celebrating the Ordinary, Stephanie Owen Reeder , single work review
— Review of Waltzing Matilda A. B. Paterson , 2006 single work picture book ; The Thirsty Flowers Tony Wilson , 2006 single work picture book ; Nog the Nag Bird Gordon Reece , 2006 single work picture book ; Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair Lee Fox , 2006 single work picture book ; Eight Lyn Lee , 2006 single work picture book ; A Particular Cow Mem Fox , 2006 single work picture book ; Chatterbox Margaret Wild , 2006 single work picture book ; Midsummer Knight 2006 single work picture book ; Uno's Garden Graeme Base , 2006 single work picture book ; Water Witcher Jan Ormerod , 2006 single work picture book ; Grandpa and Thomas and the Green Umbrella Pamela Allen , 2006 single work picture book ; Kestrel Mark Svendsen , 2006 single work picture book ; Bobbie Dazzler Margaret Wild , 2006 single work picture book ; Bushranger Bill Megan de Kantzow , 2006 single work picture book ; Moon Bear Rescue Kim Dale , 2006 single work picture book ; The Friends of Apple Street Anna Pignataro , 2006 single work picture book ; The Music Tree Catriona Hoy , 2006 single work picture book ; It's Christmas Tina Burke , 2006 single work picture book ; Pemberthy Bear Sally Murphy , 2006 single work picture book ; Samsara Dog Helen Manos , 2006 single work children's fiction ; Norman and Brenda Colin Thompson , 2006 single work picture book ;
(p. 57-59)
[Review] Old Myths - Modern Empires: Power, Language, and Identity in J.M. Coetzee's Work, Gillian Dooley , single work review
— Review of Old Myths - Modern Empires: Power, Language, and Identity in J.M. Coetzee's Work Michela Canepari-Labib , 2005 single work criticism ;
(p. 60)

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