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Australian Book Review

Advances - April 2003

April 2003, no. 250 • 11 October 2022
250 and all that! Welcome to the 250th issue of ABR – or, rather, to the 250th issue of the magazine in its present guise. Some readers may be unfamiliar with the first series, which appeared between 1961 and 1973. It came out of Adelaide under the editorship of Max Harris, Rosemary Wighton and, for a time, Geoffrey Dutton. Kerryn Goldsworthy – herself an Editor for two years in the mid-1980s ... (read more)

Booknotes – September 1978

September 1978, no. 4 • 16 September 2022
Designing Australian Bush Gardens By Maloney, Betty & Walker, Jean A.H. & A. W. Reed Pty. Ltd., 1966, 127 pp This book is a work of both propaganda and advice. Its underlying philosophy is that it is destruction of the native landscape and not so much bad individual design that makes our suburbs such a mess. The book extends design principles, through practical advice about gardening ... (read more)

Advances December 2002-January 2003

December 2002-January 2003, no. 247 • 16 September 2022
Allen & Unwin tells us that David Marr and Marian Wilkinson’s much-anticipated book about the Tampa Affair has been postponed until February 2003. The title is now Dark Victory: The Military campaign to re-elect the Prime Minister. Amanda Lohrey is also in the news. Her study of the Greens and their leader, Bob Brown, has just appeared as the latest ‘Quarterly Essay’ (Groundswell: The R ... (read more)

Letters to the Editor - October 1980

October 1980, no. 25 • 09 September 2022
Sir, Further to Michele Field’s discussion of the defamation problem for the publisher in your last issue, may I amplify, and correct one or two points, her account of Currency’s brush with Mr Lloyd Davies, the former husband of Dorothy Hewett, over our publication of The Chapel Perilous and The Tatry Hollow Story. While I make no question of Mr Davies’ sincerity in taking action, I am fir ... (read more)

Letters to the Editor - April 2000

April 2000, no. 219 • 26 August 2022
Dear Editor, I have often wished that more of the letters to the editor would comprise interesting debate or comment on literary matters. Sadly, about ninety-five percent of them are responses by furious authors to what they perceive as an unfavourable review of their book. While boring, such letters are at least understandable as being the output of wounded childish egos. Not understandable, and ... (read more)

An interview with Ken Ruthven

May 1993, no. 150 • 12 August 2022
A new series called Interpretations, published by Melbourne University Press, aims to provide up-to-date introductions to recent theories and critical practices in the humanities and social sciences. Series Editor, Ken Ruthven, answers some questions about the role and reception of critical writing.   Does the brief introduction to the series, which says it is ‘clearly written and up-to ... (read more)