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Dear Reader, September 2015
September in Melbourne is usually associated with a certain feverish state, namely Footy Finals Fever. It may not be surprising to hear that this common ailment does not affect me, but this year I don’t feel so left out because bookish fevers of other kinds give one plenty of reason to cheer and swoon.
This is the month we celebrate the release of Fever of Animals, our Book of the Month, and the seriously wonderful debut novel from our…
A mid-festival update from the Melbourne Writers Festival
Our staff have been enjoying the Melbourne Writers Festival over the past week. As the final weekend of the festival looms, here’s what we’ve loved so far, and what we’re still looking forward to.
Stella Charls has seen almost everything
I’ve been helping out at the Writers Festival, and was lucky enough to park myself in the Deakin Edge theatre for pretty much the entirety of the first weekend. My bookmarked international guest right from the moment the program launched…
What we're reading: Fiona Wood, Ron Rash and Elena Ferrante
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.
Emily Gale is reading Cloudwish by Fiona Wood
This week it was my pleasure to read Fiona Wood’s young adult novel, Cloudwish, the third in a series of connected stories that can be read completely independently of each other or as a set. Six Impossible Things introduces us to some characters in…
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Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
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Catch and Kill: The Politics of Power by Joel Deane
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All…
The Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction 2015 shortlist
We’re delighted to announce the 2015 shortlist for The Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction! Established in 2014, this prize supports published Australian authors working in fiction, and recognises exciting and exceptional new contributions to local literature.
The six shortlisted books are:
The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop
Last Day in the Dynamite Factory by Annah Faulkner
In the Quiet by Eliza Henry-Jones
Arms Race by Nic Low
Hot Little Hands by Abigail Ulman
Heat and Light…
Meet the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction shortlist 2015
We’ve announced the shortlist for the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction 2015. Here, we introduce the six shortlisted authors.
Find more information about this year’s shortlist (including the judges’ report) here.
Stephanie Bishop, author of The Other Side of the World
Stephanie Bishop holds a PhD from Cambridge and is currently a lecturer in creative writing at the University of New South Wales. Her first novel was The Singing, for which she was named one of the…
Read an extract from Last Day in the Dynamite Factory by Annah Faulkner
by Annah FaulknerWe’re delighted that Last Day in the Dynamite Factory by Annah Faulkner is one of the six books shortlisted for this year’s Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Here is a short extract from the novel.
Find more information about this year’s shortlist (including the judges’ report) here.
1997
Jo’s end was brutal, too, but slow. Not felled by a single blow, but eaten away, from the inside.
Chris sat with her during those last few days, giving her…
Read an extract from The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop
by Stephanie BishopWe’re delighted that The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop is one of the six books shortlisted for this year’s Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Here is a short extract from the novel.
Find more information about this year’s shortlist (including the judges’ report) here.
Prologue
Cambridge, 1966
She would have walked, only Henry said no. The footpaths are treacherous, he told her, and I don’t want you slipping and injuring yourself when I’ve just found…
Read an extract from Heat and Light by Ellen van Neerven
by Ellen van NeervenWe’re delighted that Heat and Light by Ellen van Neerven is one of the six books shortlisted for this year’s Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Here is a short extract from ‘Pearl’, one of the stories in the collection.
Find more information about this year’s shortlist (including the judges’ report) here.
It was a slight, old woman in a pie shop off the highway that told me who my grandmother was. I barely saw her over the counter…
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