- Memoirs and memory – Gerard Henderson on historical errors in the Simons- Fraser tome
- Helen Garner’s problem with fiction – Peter Hayes
- What’s happening to English – Shelley Gare on style and language
- Stephen Matchett and the Barack Obama (literary) industry
- Anne Henderson searches for meaning from Christopher/Chris Hitchens
- Ross Fitzgerald & Stephen Holt – Doc Evatt revived
- John Mcconnell reviews the lives of Alan Reid and Nikki Savva
- Pete(r) Steedman corresponds
- Vale Jim Griffin
- Media Watch on leftist inner-city sandal wearers versus the people – Jon Faine, Brian Costar, Judith Brett, Catherine Deveny, Jill Singer, among others