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Top 10 This Week
Top 10 Books

Truth by Peter Temple

Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones

Here on Earth by Tim Flannery

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

The Broken Shore by Peter Temple

The Game by Neil Strauss

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

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Leslie Cannold Named Humanist of the Year

Congratulations to Leslie Cannold, author of The Book of Rachael, who has been named Australian Humanist of the Year for 2011 by the Council of Australian Humanist Societies.

NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Shortlist 2011

The shortlists for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2011 have been announced and we’re delighted to report that Stephen Daisley’s debut novel Traitor has been shortlisted in two categories.

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Friday Book Club - Me and Mr Booker

Cory Taylor’s breathtaking debut novel, Me and Mr Booker, was officially launched on Wednesday night, and is our pick for Friday Book Club this week.

Sixteen-year-old Martha first meets the Bookers at a party thrown by her mother.

Top 10 This Week
Top 10 Books

Truth by Peter Temple

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones

Here on Earth by Tim Flannery

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

The Broken Shore by Peter Temple

Crime by Ferdinand von Schirach

The Game by Neil Strauss

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Friday Book Club - Traitor

Last month Stephen Daisley’s searing debut novel Traitor was shortlisted for Best First Book in the South East Asia and Pacific region, and it was announced this week that the regional winner was New Zealand author Craig Cliff, for his short story collection A Man Melting.

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Griffith REVIEW SuperSubscriber Deal

Text Publishing and Griffith REVIEW are offering a SuperSubscriber deal that gives you exclusive access to the best new literary fiction and non-fiction—before it’s available in bookshops.

Bernard Beckett at the relaunch of insideadog.com.au

Bernard Beckett, author of the award-winning Genesis and August (out on Monday), will be giving the keynote speech at the relaunch for the Centre for Youth Literature’s website, insideadog.com.au.

Friday Book Club - An Exclusive Love

Our pick for Friday Book Club this week is Johanna Adorján’s powerful and haunting memoir, An Exclusive Love.

Vera and Pista, Johanna’s grandparents, are Hungarian Jews.

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