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The Readings Children’s Book Prize 2016 shortlist
We’re delighted to announce the six books shortlisted for the Readings Children’s Book Prize 2016.
The Readings Children’s Book Prize recognises and celebrates Australian books that children love to read, and raises the profile of debut and on-the-rise Australian children’s book authors.
The Prize judges are a panel of Readings children’s book specialists: Angela Crocombe, Athina Clarke, Alexa Dretzke, Isobel Moore, and Holly Harper. They will be joined by a special guest judge, children’s book author Sally Rippin, to decide…
Our top ten bestsellers of the week
The Road to Ruin by Niki Savva
Talking to My Country by Stan Grant
Econobabble by Richard Denniss
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)
Balancing Act – Australia Between Recession and Renewal (Quarterly Essay 61) by George Megalogenis
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
The Midnight Watch by David Dyer
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Last week’s…
The Wellcome book prize shortlist 2016
Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors for this year’s Wellcome book prize. This prize is awarded annually to the best new work of fiction or non-fiction centred on medicine and health.
The shortlisted books are…
The Outrun by Amy Liptrot
Signs for Lost Children by Sarah Moss
It’s All in Your Head by Suzanne O’Sullivan
Playthings by Alex Pheby
The Last Act of Love by Cathy Rentzenbrink
Neurotribes by Steve Silberman
Chair of the judges, broadcaster Joan Bakewell, says, ‘What’s…
Our children's and YA top ten bestsellers of the week
Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek and Christine Roussey
Pig The Winner by Aaron Blabey
The Way We Roll by Scot Gardner
Iris and the Tiger by Leanne Hall
The 13-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
The 26-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
The 65-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
The Sidekicks by Will Kostakis
The Lie Tree (Special Edition) by Frances Hardinge
We’re not…
Stories of life and death from doctors
On the Move by Oliver Sacks
As Oliver Sacks recounts his experiences as a young neurologist in the early 1960s where he discovered a long-forgotten illness in the back wards of a chronic hospital, as well as with a group of patients who would define his life, it becomes clear that his earnest desire for engagement has occasioned unexpected encounters and travels – sending him through bars and alleys, over oceans, and across continents.
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul…
Best new crime fiction in March
CRIME FICTION OF THE MONTH:
All These Perfect Strangers by Aoife Clifford
Pen Sheppard is listless in her mother’s country home, lost again in the world of her childhood – her mother’s bad boyfriends, a town full of fakery, gossip as currency, and reputations that never die. Pen hoped she was rid of her hometown when she went to university, living on campus and making a new life, yet here she is, recovering in the only place that would have…
What we're reading: Pierre Lemaitre, Richard Denniss and Frances Hardinge
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on or the music we’re loving.
Mark Rubbo is reading The Great Swindle by Pierre Lemaitre
I’ve just started this novel from Pierre Lemaitre. Lemaitre is known for his crime stories, but The Great Swindle is actually a work of historical fiction. It won the Prix Goncourt (a major literary prize for French literature) back in 2013, but was…
The Man Booker International Prize longlist 2016
The first ever longlist for the Man Booker International Prize has been announced today. This year, the Man Booker International Prize has joined forces with the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
A General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa, translated by Daniel Hahn (Angola)
The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein (Italy)
The Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith (South Korea)
Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore…
The Stella Prize shortlist 2016
Congratulations to the six authors shortlisted for this year’s Stella Prize! The full shortlist is listed here:
A Few Days in the Country and Other Stories by Elizabeth Harrower
Hope Farm by Peggy Frew (Read review)
Six Bedrooms by Tegan Bennett Daylight (Read review)
Small Acts of Disappearance by Fiona Wright (Read review)
The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood (Read review)
The World Without Us by Mireille Juchau
Chair of…
Our favourite new children's books in March
Graveyard girls, social change and greedy pugs – here are our top book picks for kids this month.
Pig the Winner by Aaron Blabey
Pig was a pug
Oh Pig. He’s greedy and grumpy and so badly behaved – and it’s hard not to love him. Aaron Blabey first introduced readers to Pig’s greediness in Pig the Pug, and then showed us all what a terrible liar Pig is in Pig the Fibber. Now he’s back, and it’s…
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