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Parrot & Olivier in America (Peter Carey) (Reviewed by A. Digger Stolz, Niantic, Connecticut)Time’s Long Ruin (Stephen Orr) (Reviewed by Kate Hove, Lewiston, ID)Boys of Summer (Peter Skrzynecki) (Reviewed by Marjorie C. Allison, Western Illinois University)Truth (Peter Temple) (Reviewed by Katherine Mulcrone, Des Plaines, IL)the sonnet according to ‘m.’ (Jordie Albiston) (Reviewed by Melina Draper, University of Alaska Fairbanks)Porch Music (Cameron Lowe) (Reviewed by Airica Parker, Denver, CO)Sydney (Delia Falconer) (Reviewed by Michael Butler, University of Kansas)How To Make Gravy (Paul Kelly) (Reviewed by Nathanael O’Reilly, Texas Christian University)Forgetting Aborigines (Chris Healy) (Reviewed by Marilyn Strelau, Simsbury High School, Simsbury, CT

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Stepper (Brian Castro) (Reviewed by John Scheckter, Long Island University)Little Masters (Damien Wilkins) (Reviewed by Peter Wolfe, University of Missouri-St. Louis)Capital Volume One (Anthony Macris) (Reviewed by Richard Carr, University of Alaska-Fairbanks)The Blindman\u27s Hat (Bernard Cohen) (Reviewed by Robert Buffi, University of Western Australia)Genre (John Kinsella) (Reviewed by Tom Bishop, Case Western University)The Hoax (Sophie Masson) (Reviewed by Cleo Lloyd da Silva, Los Angeles)Tales of the Austral Tropics (Ernest Favenc) (Reviewed by Carrie Dawson, University of Queensland)Lovesong (Elizabeth Jolley) (Reviewed by Felicity Plunkett, University of New England)Third World Blues (David Williamson), Up the Road (John Harding) and Dust (Stephen Sewell) (Reviewed by Dennis Carroll, University of Hawaii at Manoa)Selected Poems (Philip Hodgins) (Reviewed by Paul Kane, Vassar College)Dragonfly Tie (John Millett) (Reviewed by Herbert C. Jaffa, New York University)The Oxford Book of Australian Essays (Imre Salusinszky, ed.) (Reviewed by Robert Zeller, Southeast Missouri State University)A Spanish Sampler of Australian Studies (Susan Ballyn, ed.) (Reviewed by Horst Priessnitz, Wuppertal University)Readings in Contemporary Australian Poetry (Igor Maver) (Reviewed by Nicholas Birns, The New School for Social Research)Studies in Classic Australian Fiction (Michael Wilding) (Reviewed by Pradeep Trikha, Dayanand College)Believing in Australia: A Cultural History of Religions (Hilary M. Carey) (Reviewed by Marion Spies, Wuppertal University)Aratjara: Aboriginal Culture and Literature in Australia (Dieter Riemenschneider and Geoffrey V. Davis, eds.) (Reviewed by Marilyn Strelau, Simsbury High School)Sumner Locke Elliott: Writing Life (Sharon Clarke) (Reviewed by Nancy Potter, University of Rhode Island)Letters & Liars: Norman Lindsay and the Lindsay Family (Joanna Mendelssohn) (Reviewed by Herbert C. Jaffa, New York University)Elena\u27s Journey (Elena Jonaitis) (Reviewed by Luisa Percopo, Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies-London)Australian Literary Manuscripts in North American Libraries: A Guide (Nan Bowman Albinski) (Reviewed by Murray S. Martin, Windsor Locks, Connecticut

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FICTION An unfinished story of meaningful sorrow Patricia Grace. Chappy. Penguin Random House New Zealand, 2015. 253 pp. A$37.00. ISBN: 978-0-14-357239-8 Craig Sanders Las Cruces, New Mexico FICTION Claiming ownership Alastair Sarre. Ecstasy Lake. Mile End: Wakefield Press, 2016. 305 pp. A$29.95 ISBN 978-1-74305-396-6 Maeve Kirk Lewis-Clark State College FICTION A metafictional ramble of intermittent poignancy Gerald Murnane. A Million Windows. Boston: David R. Godine, 2016. 200 pp. US$18.50. ISBN 978-1-56792-555-5 Hans Burger Olympia, Washington FICTION Context adds depth to an engaging character study Mark O’Flynn. The Last Days of Ava Langdon. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2016. 209 pp. ISBN 978-0-7022-5415-4 Derek Hinckley Mississippi Delta Community College FICTION Memories that catch light Peggy Frew. Hope Farm. Brunswick: Scribe, 2015. 352 pp. A$29.99. ISBN: 978-1-925106-57-2 Marjorie C. Allison Western Illinois University FICTION Our own absurd world Julie Koh. Portable Curiosities. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2016. 229 pp. A$19.95 ISBN: 978-0-7022-5404-8 Lisa E. Balvanz University Of Alaska Fairbanks BIOGRAPHY My heart is a strange country Suzanne Falkiner. Mick: A Life of Randolph Stow. Crawley, W.A: UWA Publishing, 2016. 890 pp. A$50.00. ISBN 978-1-74258-660-1 John Beston University Of Queensland POETRY A quiet vertigo Dan Disney. Either, Orpheus. Crawley: University of Western Australia Press, 2016. 90 pp. A$22.99. ISBN: 978-1-74258-819-3 Chelsey Zibell University Of Alaska Fairbanks NONFICTION This Intimate View Robyn Rowland. This Intimate War: Gallipoli/Çanakkale 1915, with Turkish translations by Mehmet Ali Çelikel. Parkville: Five Islands Press, 2015. 120 pp. US$25.00 ISBN 978-74027-556-9 Danny Dyer American River College SOCIAL HISTORY Australia’s puzzling military history Henry Reynolds. Unnecessary Wars. Sydney: NewSouth, 2016. 266 pp. A$26.99. ISBN 978-1-74223-480-9 Richard Carr University Of Alaska Fairbank

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Barley Patch (Gerald Murnane) (Reviewed by Amanda Bales, West Texas A&M University)Ransom (David Malouf) (Reviewed by Nicholas Dunlop, University of Birmingham, UK)Everything I Knew (Peter Goldsworthy) (Reviewed by Mark Klemens, SUNY Brockport)The Spare Room (Helen Garner) (Reviewed by Richard Carr, University of Alaska Fairbanks)Seven Mile Beach (Tom Gilling) (Reviewed by Sarah Doetschman, Fairbanks, Alaska)Spiel (David Sornig) (Reviewed by Steven R. Luebke, University of Wisconsin-River Falls)Slow Burn (George Alexander) (Reviewed by Justus Humphrey, Harrisburg Area Community College)Revolving Days (David Malouf) (Reviewed by Anthony Lynch, Deakin University)Split Lives (Val Colic-Peisker) (Reviewed by Daniel Vuillermin, The Australian National University

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Coal Creek (Alex Miller) (Reviewed by Hans Burger, Olympia, Washington)Questions of Travel (Michelle de Kretser) (Reviewed by Jody Marie Hassel, University of Alaska Fairbanks)The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton) (Reviewed by John Scheckter, Long Island University)Barracuda (Christos Tsiolkas) (Reviewed by Lyn McCredden, Deakin University)Barracuda (Christos Tsiolkas) (Reviewed by Ben Kostival, Saco, Maine)Dark Roots (Cate Kennedy) (Reviewed by Katy Crane, University of Alaska Fairbanks)We Are Not the Same Anymore: Stories (Chris Somerville) (Reviewed by Mollie Murray, Savannah, Georgia)Earth Hour (David Malouf) (Reviewed by Niki Tulk, The New School)New and Selected Poems (Chris Wallace-Crabbe) (Reviewed by Christopher Moran, University of Alaska Fairbanks

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The Chemistry of Tears (Peter Carey) (Reviewed by Tom Moran, University of Alaska Fairbanks)The Voyage (Murray Bail) (Reviewed by Richard Carr, University of Alaska Fairbanks)In the Shade of the Shady Tree: Stories of Wheatbelt Australia (John Kinsella) (Reviewed by Steven R. Luebke, University of Wisconsin-River Falls)The Burial (Courtney Collins) (Reviewed by Patrick Barney, Cincinatti, OH)Memoirs of a Suburban Girl: A Novel (Deb Kandelaars) (Reviewed by Ann LaRee Blodgett, Grafenau, Germany)The Engagement (Chloe Hooper) (Reviewed by Robert Byers, University of Alaska Fairbanks)The Love Procession (Suzanne Edgar) (Reviewed by John Beston, University of Queensland)1953 (Geoff Page) (Reviewed by Cody Kucker, Haverhill, Massachusetts)Maisie and The Black Cat Band (E. A. Gleeson) (Reviewed by Nathanael O’Reilly, Texas Christian University

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