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Memoir

The Road

Rachel Buchanan

I can scan a line of cars as if they were clouds. I can anticipate a squall of cars or a dense fog of them, a welcome burst of speedy sunshine and space, the many moods of the road. I have learnt to read the road like a lover’s face.

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Rachel Buchanan learns to read the many moods of the road.

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James Halford celebrates the bicentenary of Mexican independence and reflects on Australia’s own national identity.

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Darkly funny new fiction from Brooke Dunnell

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Mark Willacy writes from a Japan still on edge after Fukushima.

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Barry Jones on the future of books in the digital age

Tournament
of Books

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THE FINALE

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ZOMBIE ROUND THE SECOND — The Children’s Bach is resurrected and takes on My Brilliant Career judged by Lorelei Vashti

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ZOMBIE ROUND THE FIRST: Gilgamesh vs Carpentaria, judged by First Dog on the Moon

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Seminfinal One: Gilgamesh VS The Secret River, judged by Robyn Annear

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Round Two, Match Four: The Fortunes of Richard Mahony VS The World Beneath, judged by Anson Cameron

Fiction

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Darkly funny new fiction from Brooke Dunnell

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New fiction from Josephine Rowe

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Dutton’s River by David Mence

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Selfish Game new fiction from Miriam Sved

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New fiction from Tara Goedjen.

Poetry

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Rays — New Poetry from Rose Lucas

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The winners of the Meanjin Dorothy Porter Prize for Poetry read and discuss their work.

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After the Fires, Kinglake (2), new poetry from Pam Schindler

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New poetry from Fiona Britton

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Country Visitor new poetry from Sue Ogle

Memoir

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Rachel Buchanan learns to read the many moods of the road.

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Dave Graney travels to the Coco Islands and considers never coming back.

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Growing up in Uriarra, Memoir from Jemimah Widdicombe

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Lindsay Tanner remembers the music that made him.

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Elmo Keep remembers repeatedly not reading American Psycho

Essays

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Rachel Buchanan learns to read the many moods of the road.

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Mark Willacy writes from a Japan still on edge after Fukushima.

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Jane Grant on the life, legacy and influence of Sam Goldberg.

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Helen Camakaris on how our evolutionary instincts are shaping our future on the planet.

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Lili Wilkinson on why teenagers today are the first generation of true readers.