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Zebedee's Balloon by Alice Briere-Haquet and Olivier Philipponneau
Oo la la, I love this picture book that began life in France and now, with this English translation, we also get to enjoy. The charming two-tone wood engravings on lovely thick art paper make this book a joy to…
Banjo Bounces Back by Lachie Hume
What a daft, loveable horsey story!
Banjo is a hoofball star, playing every Saturday with his team, the Whinnies. That is until he sustains a sports injury and is off for six weeks. Bored and restless, he is soon rather…
Sophie Scott Goes South by Alison Lester
What an adventure! Antarctica is almost like another world and Sophie Scott is going there. Her dad is captain of Aurora Australis, an icebreaker (a type of ship) that travels from Hobart to Antarctica to deliver people and supplies.
A…
Dublinesque by Enrique Vila-Matas
[[Enrique_Vila-Matas]] Spanish born writer Enrique Vila-Matas is the master of the non-novel. Like his other translated work, in particular Bartleby & Co and Never Any End to Paris, his latest novel, Dublinesque, is an exquisitely original book, one…
In Praise of Love by Alain Badiou and Nicolas Truong
Presumably named in hommage to the 2001 Jean-Luc Godard film of the same name, In Praise of Love is a revised transcript of a public conversation held between Nicolas Truong and Alain Badiou (pictured left), one of the world’s greatest…
Workbook No. 15 by Bruno Leti
Facts on the table:
I am not an art connoisseur.
Bruno Leti is very well-known in the art world and has had work represented in pretty much all national and state art galleries in Australia.
Bruno is a Melbourne based…
The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith
[[fury]]Ever had one of those days where you feel like everyone hates you? For the kids in Alexander Gordon Smith’s latest novel The Fury, it’s not just a feeling, it’s a fact. It starts with a strange throbbing in…
This Is How by Augusten Burroughs
After six autobiographies, Augusten Burroughs has written a self-help book. Psychology, for better or worse, was a fundamental part of his upbringing, so perhaps it is no surprise that This Is How came to be written. Chapter headings include typical…
Blackwattle Creek by Geoffrey McGeachin
Melbourne in 1957 is a place still ravaged by memories of WWII, and police officer Charlie Berlin is a man who is having trouble letting go of his time in Europe as a pilot and as a prisoner of war…
The Method by Juli Zeh
[[juli]]The Method is a dystopian novel set during the middle of the 21st century that knows all the rules of the genre and deliberately manipulates them to wonderful effect. It’s a conceptual story that employs traditional techniques to bring…
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