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The Ned Kelly Awards longlists 2018
The Australian Crime Writers Association has announced the 2018 longlists for the Ned Kelly Awards for the best in Australian crime writing.
Here are the books longlisted for each category:
Best Fiction
Marlborough Man by Alan Carter
Under the Cold Bright Lights by Garry Disher
Redemption Point by Candice Fox
The Lone Child by Anna George
Crossing the Lines by Sulari Gentill
Class Act by Ged Gillmore
Pachyderm by Hugh McGinlay
Big Red Rock by David Owen
The Davitt Awards shortlists 2018
Sisters in Crime has announced a shortlist of 27 books for its 18th Davitt Awards for best crime books by Australian women – six adult novels, three YA novels, four children’s novels, four non-fiction books and 10 debut books.
Here are the shortlisted books in each category:
Adult novels
The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey
The Hidden Hours by Sara Foster
Crimson Lake by Candice Fox
Crossing the Lines by Sulari Gentill
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
What we're reading: Sara Varon, Sally Rooney & Julie C. Dao
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Bianca Looney is reading New Shoes by Sara Varon
Sara Varon’s earlier book, Robot Dreams, is already one of my favourite graphic novels for younger readers and I know I’m not alone. A mother of a child in prep recently told me how after reading the story, her son created his own comic about…
The Wainwright Golden Beer Prize shortlist 2018
The Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize is awarded annually to the book which most successfully reflects the ethos of renowned nature writer Alfred Wainwright’s work, to inspire readers to explore the outdoors and to nurture a respect for the natural world. Congratulations to the authors shortlisted in 2018!
Here is the full 2018 shortlist:
The Last Wilderness by Neil Ansell
Hidden Nature by Alys Fowler
Outskirts by John Grindrod
The Dun Cow Rib by John Lister-Kaye
The Lost Words by…
Everything YA in July
July is a cold wintry month, so it’s appropriate that there’s a plethora of YA thrillers, dystopias, and dark subject matter currently on our shelves.
You can find some of our best kids reads of the month here.
YA BOOK OF THE MONTH
Hive by A.J. Betts
Zac and Mia author Betts follows up her bestselling work with the atmospheric and intimate dystopia, Hive.
Nature-loving innocent Hayley works contentedly as a beekeeper in the strictly regulated, constrained and…
July reads for kids
There’s a balanced diet of kids books this month. We’ve got the new Shaun Tan picture book, naughty nanas, crime-fighting pigeons and some heartfelt and thought-provoking middle grade fiction.
You can find some of our best teen reads of the month here.
KIDS BOOK OF THE MONTH
Cicada by Shaun Tan
Office worker Cicada trudges through a grim existence in a drab grey building, unappreciated and mocked by his colleagues and superiors. For 17 years he toils, before retiring…
The best new crime reads of the month
CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH
The Nowhere Child by Christian White
One rainy Melbourne evening, photography teacher Kim Leamy is approached in the cafeteria by a man who has news that will knock Kim right out of her orbit: he believes that she is not Kim Leamy, but in fact Sammy Went, who disappeared twenty-eight years earlier from her home in Manson, Kentucky. Two-year-old Sammy’s disappearance caused a rift within not only her own family, but through the town itself…
Five tempting new cookbooks in July
This month, our food and gardening columnist Chris Gordon recommends two cookbooks that celebrate the versatility of cauliflower and nachos, as well as a gorgeous new edition of a classic.
The Margaret Fulton Cookbook: 50th Anniversary Edition by Margaret Fulton
Our Margaret once said that she thought her recipes were so popular because ‘part of the thing that women liked about my recipes was that I would get them doing the maddest things’. Join me in celebrating the wonderful work…
A spotlight on Between Us by Clare Atkins
Between Us is one of the six books shortlisted for this year’s Readings Young Adult Book Prize.
I lift my right foot off the ground, and place it on the lowest step of the bus. My nerves are an electric lightning storm inside me, fraught and fiery. The officer waves for me to get on. Her voice cracks with impatience. ‘Hurry up!’
– Clare Atkins, Between Us
Here’s what the judges said…
‘Jono is depressed, missing his absent mother…
Our children's & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
Cicada by Shaun Tan
Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different by Ben Brooks & Quinton Winter
The World’s Worst Children 3 by David Walliams & Tony Ross
Tiger’s Roar by Alex Rance & Shane McG
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo
The Mystery of the Magic Stones (Polly and Buster Book 2) by Sally Rippin
Claris: The Chicest Mouse in Paris by Megan Hess