Author(s): Robert Drewe

Issues/Current Affairs

'I wanted to showcase those subjects which thoughtful and talented Australian writers were absorbed by in this particular year; indeed (I thought), wouldn't it be good to show what this country, and its culture, was about in 2010?' - Robert Drewe This year's Best Australian Essaysoffers riveting snapshots of the nation's 'current loves and angers, its art and myths and amusements and gender concerns - and its propensity for bushfires.' From Alex Miller on the creative imagination to Mark Dapin on crime myths, from Amanda Hooton on Miss Universe to Tim Flannery on the inner lives of animals, this is a collection that takes the pulse of the nation's writers and thinkers and finds them in rude health. A deeply satisfying collection for that long summer read. Clive James Peter PorterChristine Kenneally The FiresShane Maloney Rudd's EndDavid Marr White's LondonMark Dapin Crime Myths of AustraliaAndrew Sant MarriageGuy RundleOfficial CulturePeter Conrad The Minogue SistersJo Lennan BotanyTim Flannery Humans and AnimalsMaureen O'Shaughnessy An Addict's JourneyIan Henderson Freud and the Cultural CringeAmanda Hooton Miss UniverseAnne Manne The Girl in the RoomElizabeth Farrelly The Problem with EqualityDavid Brooks The Smoking VegetarianSunil Badami WestiesLes Murray Our DictionaryJanet Hawley Charles & Barbara BlackmanDavid MaloufIn Praise of the StatesShelley Gare Secret Women's BusinessPaul McGeough Gaza FlotillaMurray Bail School DaysKathy Marks The Mining BoomAlex Miller Awakening the ImaginationMelissa LucashenkoA High-school DeathLorna Hallahan On Being OddPauline Nguyen Fish Sauce MemoriesCarmel Bird OmensNicolas Rothwell Indigenous MagicRobert Manne Asylum SeekersSarah Drummond A Pub in the PilbaraGerard Windsor Visiting the Cemetery

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