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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 The Best Australian Essays
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The first of the three 'Best of' collections, Best Australian Essays was initiated in 1998 (then published by Bookman Press) under the guidance of executive chair Morry Schwartz and edited by Peter Craven. In March 2018, Black Inc, announced the cancellation of all three, replaced by the series Best Summer Stories.

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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2000 Peter Craven (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2000 Z795966 2000 anthology prose biography autobiography essay extract criticism short story Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2000
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2001 Peter Craven (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2001 Z929646 2001 anthology essay autobiography biography criticism

'A collection of Australia's finest non-fiction writing from the last twelve months.'

Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2001
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2002 Peter Craven (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2002 Z995877 2002 anthology essay biography review criticism autobiography Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2002
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2003 Peter Craven (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2003 Z1087627 2003 anthology essay autobiography interview prose review obituary Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2003
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2004 Robert Dessaix (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2004 Z1160230 2004 anthology essay extract autobiography Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2004
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2005 Robert Dessaix (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2005 Z1204924 2005 anthology essay autobiography criticism prose Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2005
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2006 Drusilla Modjeska (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2006 Z1325839 2006 anthology essay Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2006
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2007 Drusilla Modjeska (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2007 Z1434576 2007 anthology essay (taught in 4 units) Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2007
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2008 David Marr , Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2008 Z1535126 2008 anthology essay (taught in 1 units) Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2008
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2009 Robyn Davidson (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2009 Z1656297 2009 anthology essay column prose autobiography criticism (taught in 2 units) Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2009
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2010 Robert Drewe (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2010 Z1731494 2010 anthology essay (taught in 2 units)

'This year's Best Australian Essays offers 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.' (From the publisher's website.)

Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2010
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2011 Ramona Koval (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2011 Z1812768 2011 anthology essay extract criticism 'In The Best Australian Essays 2011, Ramona Koval compiles a diverse and invigorating collection of the year's best non-fiction. Describing world-altering events as well as moments of introspection, and ranging from the provocative to the life affirming, these illuminating essays are certain to stimulate conversation for years to come.' (From the publisher's website.)
Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2011
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2012 Ramona Koval (editor), Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2012 Z1903122 2012 anthology essay prose criticism 'Collects the year's finest works of non-fiction. These essays roam widely, capturing the preoccupations and events of the previous year. Showcasing our finest writers on a range of topics both public and personal, The Best Australian Essays is an indispensable record of the year that was.' (Publisher's blurb)
Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2012
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2013 Robert Manne (editor), Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2013 6049440 2013 anthology criticism essay (taught in 1 units)

'Robert Manne turns his inquiring mind to collecting superb non-fiction writing for The Best Australian Essays 2013. These essays, whether they provoke arguments, tears or laughter, all give razor-sharp insight into Australian society and, more broadly, the human condition.' (Publisher's blurb)

Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2013
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2014 Robert Manne (editor), Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2014 7989115 2014 anthology criticism essay (taught in 2 units)

'In The Best Australian Essays 2014, Robert Manne assembles his picks of contemporary non-fiction writing. Tim Winton reflects on the impact of landscape on the Australian character; Helen Garner remembers her mother with a raw and stirring poignancy; Christos Tsiolkas wonders how the Left forgot their origins; Tim Flannery traces the history of the Great Barrier Reef and fears its destruction. With essays traversing madness, liberty under the rule of Tony Abbott, the enslaving of horses and the legacy of Doris Lessing, this sharp collection offers lucid insight, shrewd understanding and heartbreaking empathy.' (Publication summary)

Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2014
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2015 Geordie Williamson (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2015 8973575 2015 anthology essay

'In The Best Australian Essays 2015, Geordie Williamson compiles the year's outstanding short non-fiction. Read Helen Garner on condescension, DBC Pierre on travel, Ceridwen Dovey on autobiography, Tim Winton on injury, Anna Krien on first love, and Nicolas Rothwell on the northern coast. With bracing essays on politics, music, literature, history, art, sport and more, this impressive anthology will entrance, stimulate and entertain.' (Publication summary)

Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2015
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2016 Geordie Williamson (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2016 9666089 2016 anthology essay

'Agile, hard-hitting, symphonic – Australia has much to celebrate in its nonfiction writing. Geordie Williamson gathers the Best Australian Essays in his role as editor for a second year. Expect an enthralling mix of evocation and ideas, politics and culture.' (Source: Publisher's website)

Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2016
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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2017 Anna Goldsworthy (editor), Carlton : Black Inc. , 2017 11466492 2017 anthology essay

'The Best Australian Essays showcase the nation’s most eloquent, insightful and urgent non-fiction writing. In her first time as editor, award-winning author Anna Goldsworthy chooses brilliant pieces that provoke, unveil, engage and enlighten, and get to the heart of what’s really happening in Australia and the world.' (Publication summary)

Carlton : Black Inc. , 2017

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