The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
New book by fab SA writer Lauren Beukes. Read here via digitalspy and @GreatDismal Click on the pic to see trailer
View ArticleWebcast of “The Burning Landcape” Interview with Bill Gammage
Click on the pic to watch the webcast of this fab interview. Historian Bill Gammage explodes the myth that pre-European settlement Australia was an untamed wilderness, revealing the complex,...
View ArticleKate Atkinson’s “Life After Life”, reviewed by Jean Bedford
Interesting Newtown blog Post by Jean Bedford of If with a beating heart
View ArticleTiger Writing by Gish Jen
Gish Jen discusses the differences between Asian and Western approaches to identity. Via NYT click on the pic to read
View ArticleDitch Sexist Pink Book Covers
Ditch sexist pink book covers as they are putting boys off ‘gritty’ books, says leading authors Female writers have called for an end to sexist book covers which promote their novels as ‘girly’ in...
View ArticleA M Homes Wins UK 2013 Women’s Prize (ex Orange)
With her 6th novel May We Be Forgiven (Granta).
View ArticleMichelle de Kretser wins 2013 Miles Franklin Award
With Questions of Travel Click on pic and link to read
View ArticleWhy Literary Novels are Better For You than Danielle Steel
I knew there was a reason! Thanks Deb Via Washington Post
View ArticleWhat Do You Look for in Modern Translation?
By the fab Daniel Mendelsohn and Dana Stevens Via NYT
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