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‘New Zealand repealed its PIR legislation in 1998. Since that time the New Zealand publishing industry has contracted disastrously.’ Tom Keneally
‘This is a book that should never have to have been written. No sister should ever have to write this book.’ Kristina Olsson is a multi-award winning author of fiction and non-fiction. At Avid Reader earlier this month, she gave a beautiful speech to launch Wasted: A Story of Alcohol, Grief and a Death in Brisbane, the powerful new memoir by Elspeth Muir. Kristina kindly allowed us to publish it here.
The year is 2509 and Earth is a rather polluted blue dot that suffers from global warming, overpopulation and not enough people using deodorant. Blake Carter, star agent with the Planetary Bureau of Investigation, is having a bad day that spirals out of control when the world is held to ransom by his nemesis, evil genius Bartholomew Badde.
Zane Lovitt was a documentary filmmaker before turning his hand to crime fiction. His debut novel, The Midnight Promise, won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction, and led to Zane being named one of the Best Young Novelists of 2013 by the Sydney Morning Herald. His writing was compared to the likes of Raymond Carver, Quentin Tarantino and Peter Temple, to name a few.
‘They want to thieve our past work, and, by ending parallel importation restrictions and territorial copyright, destroy any future for Australian writers.’ Richard Flanagan
This is the first in a series of e-posters of Australian authors and overseas colleagues speaking up for their rights. Watch this space for more from Richard Flanagan, Magda Szubanski, Jonathan Franzen, Jackie French, Toni Jordan, Jeanette Winterson, Tom Keneally and friends.
My Last Continent, Midge Raymond’s beautifully written novel, explores love and loss in the fragile landscape of the Antarctic. Moving and evocative, it is a story for all of us who would love to go…one day…
Tragic love, alcohol, poetry, Russia and crime—brilliant themes to warm your winter! Plus three new books for the kids, with none of the above—except, perhaps a bit of criminal shenanigans—but lots of fun, friendship, adventure and time-and-space travel.
In 2009 Elspeth Muir’s youngest brother, Alexander, finished his last university exam and went out with some mates on the town. Later that night he jumped from the Story Bridge and drowned in the Brisbane River.
