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One of Australia’s leading literary magazines. We publish reviews, essays, commentary, and creative writing, and offer several prizes and fellowships. Home to the Jolley, Porter, and Calibre prizes.

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Australian Book Review is delighted to announce that the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize is now open for entries. The prize, worth a total of $10,000, will be judged Judith Bishop, Felicity Plunkett, and Anders Villani.
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Now Open! The 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize - Worth $10,000.
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Read the new issue, out now.
October 31, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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The 2026 Calibre Essay Prize is now open.
October 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Read 'Land rights interrupted? How Whitlam’s dismissal changed the history of First Nations land repossession' by Heidi Norman and Francis Markham on the ABR website.
October 1, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Read the new October issue, out now.
October 1, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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This week on The ABR Podcast we feature Tara Sharman’s short story ‘Shelling’, which won the 2025 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize.

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September 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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This week on the ABR Podcast, Lynda Ng reviews To Save and To Destroy: Writing as an Other by @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social.

‘Other Orientalisms: Refusing to be spectacle’ by @lyndang.bsky.social | @harvardpress.bsky.social

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‘Other Orientalisms: Refusing to be spectacle’ by Lynda Ng | The ABR Podcast #245
September 4, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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‘Evans’s Romeo & Juliet reminds us of the time and love required to craft live art, and of the art of living in real time.’

‘Romeo & Juliet: A production that winks at Petrarchan courtly love conventions’ by Kate Flaherty

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September 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Read the September issue of Australian Book Review, available now.

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September 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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‘Miles Franklin Undercover does not have the weight of Roe’s biography, nor the lyricism of Salonika Burning. It is, instead, a slice of Franklin’s life ..’

Lucy Sussex reviews ‘Miles Franklin Undercover’ by Kerrie Davies | @allenandunwin.bsky.social

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August 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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‘Our New Gods is gripping and without tenderness ... It is a glimpse into the human heart, which finds something cold and unpleasant lurking inside.’

Jonathan Ricketson reviews ‘Our New Gods’ by Thomas Vowles

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August 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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‘The Southern Frontier brings a fascinating new perspective to a topic that is likely to become increasingly important as geopolitical and environmental threats to Antarctica mount.’

Elizabeth Leane reviews ‘The Southern Frontier’ by Rohan Howitt

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July 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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‘For Levy’s devotees, The Position of Spoons will be another encounter with her stylistic eccentricities and humorous mode of looking at the world.’

Beth Kearney reviews ‘The Position of Spoons’ by Deborah Levy | penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

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July 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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ABR is delighted to announce the appointment of Ben Brooker as its inaugural Arts Editor.
July 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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ABR is delighted to announce the appointment of Felicity Plunkett as its new Poetry Editor.
July 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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‘The Name of the Sister seems laden with meaning and import but I struggled to work out what these were and how they might fit together.’

Maggie Nolan reviews ‘The Name of the Sister’ by Gail Jones | @textpublishing.bsky.social

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Maggie Nolan reviews ‘The Name of the Sister’ by Gail Jones Maggie Nolan reviews ‘The Name of the Sister’ by Gail Jones
July 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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‘After a couple of rocky years featuring several less than stellar productions, the seemingly assured success of Carmen and Rusalka suggests that Opera Australia is on the right path.’

‘Rusalka: Opera Australia on the right path with Dvořák’s watery opera’ by Michael Halliwell
‘Rusalka: Opera Australia on the right path with Dvořák’s watery opera’ by Michael Halliwell ‘Rusalka: Opera Australia on the right path with Dvořák’s watery opera’ by Michael Halliwell
July 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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‘Hamersley Iron’s workforce went from total collective bargaining in 1992 to ninety per cent individual contract coverage ... Striking Ore illuminates what has been lost through that transformation.’

Joshua Black reviews ‘Striking Ore’ by Alexis Vassiley
Joshua Black reviews ‘Striking Ore: The rise and fall of union power in the Pilbara’ by Alexis Vassiley Joshua Black reviews ‘Striking Ore: The rise and fall of union power in the Pilbara’ by Alexis Vassiley
July 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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This week on the ABR Podcast we feature Robin Boord’s essay ‘Consolation of Clouds’, which was placed third in the 2025 Calibre Essay Prize.

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‘Consolation of Clouds’ by Robin Boord
July 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Australian Book Review is delighted to announce that the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize is now open for entries. The prize, worth a total of $10,000, will be judged Judith Bishop, Felicity Plunkett, and Anders Villani.
www.australianbookreview.com.au/prizes-progr...
Now Open! The 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize - Worth $10,000.
July 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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‘Motherhood is, Vogel insinuates in Mother Play, both play and performance.’

‘Mother Play: A play in five evictions: Paula Vogel’s take on motherhood and memory’ by Diane Stubbings

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‘Mother Play: A play in five evictions: Paula Vogel’s take on motherhood and memory’ by Diane Stubbings ‘Mother Play: A play in five evictions: Paula Vogel’s take on motherhood and memory’ by Diane Stubbings
July 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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‘It is, however, the confounding structure that turns out to be the twist in Carbon, the book.’

Dave Witty reviews ‘Carbon: The book of life’ by Paul Hawken | @textpublishing.bsky.social

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Dave Witty reviews ‘Carbon: The book of life’ by Paul Hawken Dave Witty reviews ‘Carbon: The book of life’ by Paul Hawken
July 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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This week on the ABR podcast we feature Shan Windscript’s review of ‘Bombard the Headquarters!’ by Linda Jaivin.

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July 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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‘Landfall is climate fiction of an Australia still to come, but it is also one that is very much about our present moment, and our harrowing, frequently unaddressed past.’

Adam Rivett reviews ‘Landfall’ by James Bradley | @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Adam Rivett reviews ‘Landfall’ by James Bradley Adam Rivett reviews ‘Landfall’ by James Bradley
June 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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‘Together, they provide a rich entry point into contemporary Spanish and Indigenous language cinema, balancing crowd-pleasing drama with subtle, art-house storytelling.’

EL 47 and Through Rocks and Clouds: The Spanish Film Festival offers two tales of struggle by Angela Viora
June 25, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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‘The work ... draws attention to the inherent artificiality of the art form while addressing our cultural fixation with beauty and desirability.’

‘Aphrodite: Sydney Chamber Opera’s modern take on the goddess of love’ by Michael Halliwell
June 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM