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‘Helen Trinca has written a remarkable book.’ Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John, reviewed.
Ron Burgundy’s Ficciones: on real books by fake authors.
Reviews and praise for David Vann’s latest novel, Goat Mountain, keep flooding in.
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Raphaël Jerusalmy’s Saving Mozart is ‘an immensely powerful book told with economy and heart,’ says Bait for Bookworms. You can read a great interview with Raphaël here.
How do you put together a list of the best 100 books? Robert McCrum considers the question.
Data collected by Sir Douglas Mawson and his team is ‘more important than ever’, says Professor Chris Turney, leader of one of Australia’s largest and most diverse Antarctic expeditions, which is due to set off this week.
‘This short, funny and often beautifully written novel—completed in the early 1970s but just now being published—provides an excellent occasion for remembering the weird wisdom and genuine talent of Janet Frame.’ The New York Times Sunday Book Review considers Janet Frame’s Read more
Here you’ll find a collection of links to various ‘Best Books of 2013’ lists featuring titles we’ve published this year. This post will be updated regularly.
Kirkus Reviews: Best of 2013
(including Toni Jordan’s Nine Days, Herman Koch’s The Dinner, Ruth Ozeki’s Read more
Hanging out with Hemingway’s excessively toed cats.
Go on Amazon and give the book one star because ‘the plastic wrapping was slightly ripped when it arrived from the seller.’ 14 ways to tick off a writer.
Ben Schott, author of Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition, chats with Adam Spencer on 702 ABC and with Jonathan Green on Radio National’s Sunday Extra.
Whom or what are literary prizes for?
Guy Rundle bids farewell to the second-hand bookshop.
When Macs Attack: Paul McNamee’s Game Changer: My Tennis Life, a memoir of his career in pro tennis, featured in the Age. Game Changer is out today; for a full list of events with Paul McNamee, visit our events page.
Readings reviews our two November Classics: Gerald Murnane’s A Lifetime on Clouds and Elizabeth Harrower’s Down in the City.
