Best book: Kim Fabricius, Propositions on Christian Theology: A Pilgrim Walks the Plank (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2008).

Best music: Archie Roach, Charcoal Lane; Morrissey, Years of Refusal [2009].

Best films: Seven Pounds [2008] ♦♦♦; The Wrestler ♦♦♦♦; Frozen River ♦♦♦½.

Best drink: Two Paddocks Pinot Noir (2007).