Number 3 chiller
What’s your dirty little reading secret? I think we all have to confess to the last one, right? Not me, though. I’ve never read a book in my life!
I could spend a day admiring bookshelves.
Abbey’s Bookshop, Sydney
Tim’s Bookshop, Kew
Avenue Bookstore, Albert Park
Readings, St Kilda
…and a book you can smoke.
And while their strong voices differ in style, at the core Freedom and the Lorax are the same book: an urgent message about environmental stewardship, delivered by a ubiquitous curmudgeon. A literary guide for the new parent.
The Text Prize is going from strength to strength, as the publisher continues to choose winners that push the boundaries of young adult fiction.
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Text Classics admire the first cherry blossom of the season
Text Classics find a trip to the A-bomb Dome in Hiroshima a sobering experience
Text Classics think this giant Buddha would look nice in the backyard next to the gardenias
Text Classics—more powerful than a bullet
Some more cool and unusual bookshelves. (via @GriffithREVIEW)
The Art of Google Books catalogues some of the beautiful and serendipitous things captured when old books are scanned and digitised.
Amazing embroidered book clutches.
Hauntingly pretty pop-up books by Andreas Johansson.
A German club offers a night of book reading and electro music.
The Hanged Man is suspended, upside-down, by his still-incomplete thesis. Lit scene tarot.
Vikki Wakefield with Federal Arts Minister Simon Crean
Vikki Wakefield’s debut novel, All I Ever Wanted, won the Young Adult category of the 2012 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature.