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Helen Garner’s This House of Grief and Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Effect are both on the New Daily’s list of ‘buzz books’ not to miss in 2014.
No editor has time to look at a novel twice: leading editors offer advice to help writers make the most of their one shot.
‘This book is no polemic: it’s a gripping and visceral tale.’ Mark Rubbo, Managing Director of Readings, on Sophie Cunningham’s Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy.
‘For fans of thrillers such as Gone Girl, this should be the summer’s essential reading’: Anita Sethi in the Guardian on Herman Koch’s new novel, Summer House with Swimming Pool.
An excellent writer’s retreat, by Grant Snider.
Very cool: 1970s German book posters by Gunter Rambow.
Literary references on The Simpsons.
Slang terms for having sex, through history: now in handy chart form!
Missed Carl Hoffman discussing his new book, Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism and Michael Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest for Primitive Art on Late Night Live last night? Listen to it here (from about 25 minutes)!
The pains of being a book hoarder.
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‘The most fun I’ve had in a long time’: Chris Somerville at Readings on reading Nic Low’s debut, Arms Race (out today!).
Why are writers opening up about money (or the lack thereof)?
Javier Marias: ‘There are seven reasons not to write novels (and one to write them).
Watch a great video of Clare Wright reading from and discussing her Stella Prize–winning book, The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka.
‘Exhilarating fiction from a voice to watch’: Eimear McBride’s A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing reviewed in Kirkus Reviews.
7 things writers can learn from stand-up comedians.
Listen to Damien Echols talk about his new book, Yours for Eternity: A Love Story on Death Row, co-written with wife Lorri Davis, on Fox FM.
