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Alternative title: ABR
Issue Details: First known date: 2006... no. 283 August 2006 of Australian Book Review est. 1961 Australian Book Review
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Not Short of a Word, single work column
A column canvassing current news at Australian Book Review and, more generally, in the world of Australian literature.
 (p. 1)
Freezing My Butt Off, Sally McDonald , single work correspondence (p. 4)
Michael Sariban Replies to Kerry Leves, Michael Sariban , single work correspondence (p. 4)
Fatal Blows, Richard Broinowski , single work review
— Review of The Weapons Detective : The Inside Story of Australia's Top Weapons Inspector Rod Barton , 2006 single work autobiography ; (p. 10)
Preserving the Essence, Tamas Pataki , single work review
— Review of New Under the Sun : Australian Jews on Faith, Politics and Culture 2006 anthology essay ; (p. 14-15)
Art Is Not Lifei"You set down orange, with a dab of blue", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 18)
Smelling Tigersi"Waiting.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 21)
Truth and Fiction: Judith Wright as Historian, Tom Griffiths , single work criticism
Griffiths argues that 'one way that Wright came to reconcile [her two passions of art and activism] was to choose a different kind of art - that of history. Poetry and politics came together to produce disciplined non-fiction.'
 (p. 25-30)
Note: ports (Judith Wright)
Maybe Not, Gay Bilson , single work review
— Review of The Maestro's Table, : Food, Talk and Convivio Judith Armstrong , 2006 single work autobiography ; (p. 31)
Rather More Money, Brenda Niall , single work review
— Review of Ian Potter : A Biography Peter Yule , 2006 single work biography ; (p. 33)
Similar Will, Iain Topliss , single work review
— Review of Will Dyson : Australia's Radical Genius Ross McMullin , 2006 single work biography ; (p. 34-35)
Fitting In, Christina Hill , single work review
— Review of Sing Me that Lovely Song Again... Helga Griffin , 2006 single work autobiography ; (p. 36)
Hooked on Diane, Robert Brain , single work review
— Review of Diane Cilento : My Nine Lives Diane Cilento , 2006 single work autobiography ; (p. 37)
Whistler's Boatmani"Imagine the moment of hesitation:", Kate Middleton , single work poetry (p. 38)
Passages to England, Ian Britain , single work prose
Ian Britain reflects on a series of coincidences that connects his life to that of Indian author, Vikram Seth.
 (p. 39-40)
Tics and Responses, Martin Duwell , single work review
— Review of Urban Myths : 210 Poems : New and Selected John Tranter , 2006 selected work poetry ; (p. 41-42)
Tides of Loss, Rose Lucas , single work review
— Review of The Flower, the Thing : A Book of Flowers and Dedications M. T. C. Cronin , 2006 selected work poetry ; The Last Tourist : Poems Jane Williams , 2006 selected work poetry ; (p. 43)
Calls to Action, Anthony Lynch , single work review
— Review of America, or, Glow : (A Poem) John Kinsella , 2006 sequence poetry ; (p. 44)
Reckoning with Hard Truths, Steve Evans , single work review
— Review of Necessary Evil : Poems Craig Sherborne , 2006 selected work poetry ; (p. 45)
Poetry and Its Others, Kerry Leves , single work review
— Review of Microtexts Martin Langford , 2005 selected work criticism prose ; (p. 46)
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