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April 2025, no. 474

April 2025, no. 474

This April, ABR eyes the fragile state of Australian democracy and institutions. In a special election survey, senior ABR contributors brace for a federal election at a time when democracy around the world is under threat. We ask leading voices in the arts about the future of Opera Australia, a major cultural institution now under review by Creative Australia. ABR reports from Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, on cancel culture and the Pope’s memoir, and reviews work by Geraldine Brooks, Santilla Chingaipe, Laila Lalami, Martha C. Nussbaum, Caro Llewellyn, Kevin Brophy and more.

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Changes at Australian Book Review

by Australian Book Review
Letters

Letters – April 2025

by Patrick Hockey, et al.
Culture

The Cancel Culture Panic: How an American obsession went global by Adrian Duab

by Catriona Menzies-Pike
History

Lost Souls: Soviet displaced persons and the birth of the Cold War by Sheila Fitzpatrick

by Phillip Deery
History

Venice: The remarkable history of the lagoon city by Dennis Romano

by Margaret Plant
Slavery

Black Convicts: How slavery shaped Australia by Santilla Chingaipe

by Seumas Spark
Religion

Hope: The autobiography by Pope Francis and translated by Richard Dixon

by Miles Pattenden
Politics

What's the Big Idea? edited by Anna Chang and Alice Grundy & Age of Doubt edited by Tracey Kirkland and Gavin Fang

by Patrick Mullins
Politics

Vaccine Nation: A perfect public health storm by Raina MacIntyre

by David Jack