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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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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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.

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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.

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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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Congratulations to Leon Davidson and Maurice Gee, who are both finalists in the 2011 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards!

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To celebrate the news of a feature film of the book in the works, this week’s Friday Book Club pick is Peter Temple’s multi-award-winning novel, Truth.

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Yannick Haenel, author of The Messenger, is en route to Italy now after his visit to Melbourne. If you missed his events at the Wheeler Centre and Read moreright

It’s been a long, wet week in Melbourne, so for this week’s Friday Book Club we’re recommending bright and intelligent romantic comedy at its very best: Toni Jordan’s Fall Girl.

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