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Congratulations to Leslie Cannold, author of The Book of Rachael, who has been named Australian Humanist of the Year for 2011 by the Council of Australian Humanist Societies.
The shortlists for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2011 have been announced and we’re delighted to report that Stephen Daisley’s debut novel Traitor has been shortlisted in two categories.
Traitor is on the shortlist for both the Read more
Cory Taylor’s breathtaking debut novel, Me and Mr Booker, was officially launched on Wednesday night, and is our pick for Friday Book Club this week.
Sixteen-year-old Martha first meets the Bookers at a party thrown by her mother.
Truth by Peter Temple
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones
Here on Earth by Tim Flannery
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Broken Shore by Peter Temple
Crime by Ferdinand von Schirach
The Game by Neil Strauss
Text Publishing and Griffith REVIEW are offering a SuperSubscriber deal that gives you exclusive access to the best new literary fiction and non-fiction—before it’s available in bookshops.
Bernard Beckett, author of the award-winning Genesis and August (out on Monday), will be giving the keynote speech at the relaunch for the Centre for Youth Literature’s website, insideadog.com.au.
Our pick for Friday Book Club this week is Johanna Adorján’s powerful and haunting memoir, An Exclusive Love.
Vera and Pista, Johanna’s grandparents, are Hungarian Jews.
Congratulations to Leon Davidson and Maurice Gee, who are both finalists in the 2011 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards!
Leon Davidson’s fantastic history of the Anzacs on the Western Front, Read more
