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Geoff Dyer’s genre-defying, profound and deeply funny novel, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, got a mention on the New Yorker’s Best Books of 2009 list.
Check out their fiction and non-fiction lists here (and stay for their ‘Best of’ lists of absolutely everything. And Read more
Readings Books Music Film have chosen their Best Fiction of 2009. They say This Is How, Truth, Dog Boy, The Death of Bunny Munro, The Women in Black and Sum were among the best in fiction this year. We quite agree.
Readings Books Music Film have picked their best non-fiction books of 2009. We are very pleased to see The Corner, Affection and The Water Dreamers on this esteemed best-of list.
‘Mysteriously underrated among this year’s novels was MJ Hyland’s This Is How; but then, Hyland’s talent in itself is mysterious.
Yes, it’s that time of year: when readers and reviewers look back on the year of books that was. So we thought we’d share some of the nice things people are saying about the terrific books we’ve been proud to publish in 2009.
No Christmas would be complete without the Chaser team’s
review of the year in politics and the media
The Chaser Annual 2009: The Email Eunuch
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Congratulations to Amra Pajalic, who has been awarded the Civic Choice Award in the Melbourne Prize for Literature. This prize is given to the shortlisted author who received the most votes on the Melbourne Prize Trust Read more
Remember, the British will lollweh smoddle through. Offter yaw.
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Strine: The Complete Works of Afferbeck Lauder contains Let Stalk Strine, Nose Tone Unturned, Fraffly Well Spoken and Fraffly Suite, all together in one hilarious volume. In all good bookstores now.
