June 2005 in brief
Chloe Hooper in Young Libs in the Chocolate Factory.
Charles Firth in "Over Here, Over-Fed, Over-Funded".
Nicholas Shakespeare in "Oh My God, He's Done It Again".
Kerryn Goldsworthy talks with Dr Nitschke's 84-year-old mother.
John Harms explores Australia's obsession with urban pigeons.
Helen Garner reviews Kore-eda Hirokazu's film Nobody Knows.
Robert Manne is perplexed by Christos Tsiolkas's new novel Dead Europe.
Plus, Richard Bourke on why Australia needs a Bill of Rights, Janette Turner Hospital's new short story, Katie Cohen meets Chilli Boo, Inga Clendinnen applauds trail-blazing books from Aboriginal Australia, Robert Foster offers three cheers for Nick Cave, and Justin Clemens salutes Ricky Swallow.



