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10 classic novel covers in 8-bit form.

Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards shortlists announced

The shortlists for the 2012 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards were made public today and we’re delighted that Wayne Macauley, Brenda Niall and Vikki Wakefield have all been recognised for their work.

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bookolympics takes off on Twitter

Everyone’s caught Olympic fever, but us bookish types were feeling a little left out; after all, it’s not like reading is an Olympic sport. (If it were, though, our medal tally might be looking a little different right now. Just. Saying.

Friday Links

Can you imagine being caught on the beach reading a book that clashed with your bikini? Quelle horreur! Check here first to find the right book for your swimwear.

The 10 best closing lines of books, in pictures.

Photographs of people reading all around the world.

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Reading in bed 2.0.

I have lots of stacks of books around my house, but none of them are nearly so elegant or useful as these.

What would you do if you were a billionaire?

To celebrate the release of The Crystal Code, book four in Richard Newsome’s award-winning Billionaire series, we’re running a writing competition for students aged 10–13 years.

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Pithy posters for writers.

Kramer had turned on an old radio and a tinny music emoted from its ancient speakerbox and he went to the couch next to Costanza and hooted at the tv, two raucous gibbons who knew of only one god.
Cormac McCarthy rewrites Seinfeld.

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Q&A with Nicki Reed, author of Unzipped

Nicki Reed’s Unzipped is a smart and sexy romp about a married woman finding herself—in the arms of another woman. Toni Jordan says ‘Hilarious, intelligent, snappy and sassy: Unzipped is a knockout.’ We couldn’t agree more.

And the winner of the 2012 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing is…

…AJ Betts, for Zac and Mia!

Zac and Mia opens in an oncology ward in Perth, where 17-year-old Zac is recovering from a bone marrow transplant for leukaemia.

Friday Links

Much Better Now from Salon Alpin on Vimeo.

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