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Clare Wright’s groundbreaking history of the Eureka Stockade has been attracting a lot of amazing coverage. Here are some highlights.
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13 clever signs that will make you want to buy a book.
A collection of the world’s most expensive books. But if you want the best books—and for a much better price—well, you know where to go.
Vikki Wakefield’s Friday Brown and Helen Trinca’s Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John have been shortlisted in the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, in the YA and Non-fiction categories respectively.
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‘Helen Trinca has written a remarkable book.’ Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John, reviewed.
Ron Burgundy’s Ficciones: on real books by fake authors.
Reviews and praise for David Vann’s latest novel, Goat Mountain, keep flooding in.
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Raphaël Jerusalmy’s Saving Mozart is ‘an immensely powerful book told with economy and heart,’ says Bait for Bookworms. You can read a great interview with Raphaël here.
How do you put together a list of the best 100 books? Robert McCrum considers the question.
Data collected by Sir Douglas Mawson and his team is ‘more important than ever’, says Professor Chris Turney, leader of one of Australia’s largest and most diverse Antarctic expeditions, which is due to set off this week.
‘This short, funny and often beautifully written novel—completed in the early 1970s but just now being published—provides an excellent occasion for remembering the weird wisdom and genuine talent of Janet Frame.’ The New York Times Sunday Book Review considers Janet Frame’s Read more
Here you’ll find a collection of links to various ‘Best Books of 2013’ lists featuring titles we’ve published this year. This post will be updated regularly.
Kirkus Reviews: Best of 2013
(including Toni Jordan’s Nine Days, Herman Koch’s The Dinner, Ruth Ozeki’s Read more
Hanging out with Hemingway’s excessively toed cats.
Go on Amazon and give the book one star because ‘the plastic wrapping was slightly ripped when it arrived from the seller.’ 14 ways to tick off a writer.
