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‘This is probably the best book I’ve read all year.’ Garry Disher’s Bitter Wash Road reviewed on Fair Dinkum Crime.
‘Aspire to be a world-class reader’, and other excellent writing tips from Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Harding.
Literary scenes recreated with lego.
Can you match the author to their pet?
The 5 most shocking deaths in literature. Spoiler alert, I guess, though if you didn’t see Romeo and Juliet’s deaths coming I don’t know how to help you.
‘The most serendipitous moment was the night I went outside of a nightclub to get some air and found a brochure for a regional writers’ festival stuck to my shoe.’ Vikki Wakefield, author of the 2013 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards-shortlisted Read more
You can keep your socks, you can keep your hampers*, you can keep your generic re-gifted toiletry packs: all we want for Christmas is books, the bigger the better.
‘Schott offers a bespoke encyclopaedia on topics from ancient philosophy to contemporary literature: it’s bitty in size, but meaty in thought.’ Bella Place reviews Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition for Kill Your Darlings.
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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