AUTUMN 2005

ISLAND 100

Editorial

PROFILE

Janet Baker, The Wind in Her Hair – John Bryson 41

SCREENPLAY

The Scent of Bread – Richard Flanagan 46

FEATURES
Tasmania Pacific Fiction Prize 2005 Shortlist Extracts

The Hamilton Case – Michelle de Kretser 76
Hummingbird – James George 79
Iridescence – Peter Wells 83
Journey to the Stone Country – Alex Miller 87
Mansfield: a Novel – C K Stead 91
A Private Man – Malcolm Knox 95
Tasmania Prize 2005 Shortlist Extracts:
Dancing at the Edge of the World – Donald Knowler 100
John Bowen’s Hobart – Phillip Tardif 103
John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque – David Hansen 107
The Sarah Island Conspiracies – Richard Davey 112
The Sleep of a Learning Man – Anthony Lawrence 115
Windmill Hill – Michael Jacobson 120

Essays

Humbaba – Martin Hawes 7
Beside the Seaside – Margaret Scott 13
The Pigeon House – Henry Reynolds 18
On Only Children – Andrew Sant 21
The Art of Geoff Dyer – Michael Denholm 26
The Dog of the Work – Beverley Farmer 29
The Football Team – Rodney Croome 33
Opossum Bay – Peter Pierce 38

Reviews

Nonfiction – Carmel Bird 124
Poetry – Andrea Breen 127
Nonfiction – Derek Verrall 136
Nonfiction – Tony Rayner 140

Fiction

Shooting the Fox – Marion Halligan 177
Shooting the Fox – Carmel Bird 187
The Ferret, His Dog – Pete Hay 196
Rimbaud and Ward 15 – Bronwyn Rodden 199
Atticus – Josephine Browne 207
The Locksmith’s Tale – Stephen Moline 211
On Being Authentic – Kaye Watson 218

Poetry

Last Thoughts of a Famous Dog – Mike Ladd 144
Nine Conversations at the Mouth of the Pieman –
Sue Moss, Julie Hunt, Angela Rockel 145
Present Time – Sarah Day 152
Apples – Sarah Day 153
Observatory – Sarah Day 155
Satin Bowerbird Blues – Richard Foerster 156
Noctiluca – Richard Foerster 157
Their Throats, the Artist’s Promise – Barry Hill 159
The Only Children – Andrew Sant 162
Sydney Olympian – Andrew Sant 163
Loggerheads – Andrew Sant 165
The Jewels (by Baudelaire) – translated by Stephen Edgar 170
The Immortals – Stephen Edgar 172
The Cars – Stephen Edgar 174

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