John Winston Howard
The Definitive Biography
By Wayne Errington and Peter van Onselen

Melbourne University Press, Publication Date: July 2008   RRP: $34.95, Paperback, 978-0-522-85522-7

'Errington and van Onselen deliver scoops in spades'
George Megalogenis, The Australian Literary Review

The most incisive analysis of John Howard's life and political career yet published, and now fully updated.

Published into critical acclaim and controversy in 2007, and rated by The Wall Street Journal Asia as the best biography of 2007, John Winston Howard is a revealing study of the four-term Prime Minister who led Australia through some of its defining moments.

Wayne Errington is Lecturer in Political Science at the Australian National University.

Peter van Onselen is Associate Professor in Politics and Government at Edith Cowan University. They have written extensively together about Australian politics in newspaper opinion pages across the country.

The Anthology of Colonial Australian Crime Fiction
By Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver (eds)

Melbourne University Press, Publication Date: July 2008   RRP: $32.95, Paperback, 978-0-522-85561-6

The second in an ongoing series, this anthology collects the best examples of colonial Australian crime fiction by authors such as Mary Fortune, James Skipp Borlase, Guy Boothby, Francis Adams, Ernest Favenc, 'Rolf Boldrewood' and Norman Lindsay, among others.

A unique collection of disturbing mysteries and gruesome tales that tap into the fears and anxieties of Australian life.

Ken Gelder is Professor of Literary Studies at The University of Melbourne.

Rachael Weaver is Research Fellow in Literary Studies at The University of Melbourne. They co-edited The Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction in 2007.

Jon Cattapan
Possible Histories
By Chris McAuliffe

The Miegunyah Press, Publication Date: July 2008   RRP: $49.95, Paperback, 978-0-522-85498-5

Jon Cattapan: Possible Histories traces Cattapan's art from his student days to the present.

Emerging from the author's twenty-year friendship with the artist, this book includes extensive interviews and personal commentaries from the artist, along with numerous illustrations of his source materials and working processes. Cattapan makes painting a way of thinking, processing and reinvesting ethical positions into art.

Chris McAuliffe is Director of the Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne.

Running the Show
B.A. Santamaria Selected Documents: 1939-1996
By John Poynter

The Miegunyah Press, Publication Date: July 2008   RRP: $59.95, Hardback, 978-0-522-85497-8

B.A. (Bob) Santamaria was perhaps the most controversial figure in recent Australian politics. An anti-Communist and devout Catholic, he was also one of the most prolific writers in Australia’s history and a strong campaigner for social justice, and his impact on this country’s social conscience was profound.

Running the Show features some of the many unpublished documents Santamaria produced during his six decades of continuous public activity. It includes speeches, strategic papers, reports to his superiors, memos to politicians, positions papers, personal statements, aides-mémoire and political analyses.

Patrick Morgan, the editor of this volume, is a Victorian writer and academic who has published an award-winning regional history, edited texts on Australian literature, and written regularly in magazines such as Quadrant on current affairs. He is also the editor of the bestselling book Your Most Obedient Servant: B.A. Santamaria Selected Letters, 1938–1996.

SNEAK PEEK: August 2008

Blood & Tinsel: A Memoir
By Jim Sharman

Blood & Tinsel is a remarkable story about Australia. It is also a moving tribute to a family legendary in the entertainment stakes.

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