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Is it hard to be honest when telling embarrassing stories?
by Joel MearesJoel Meares is the author of We’re All Going to Die (Especially Me). We asked him whether he found it hard to be honest when telling embarrassing stories. Here’s his response.
One of the first people who read my book was Annabel Crabb, and her response scared the shit out of me.
I’d asked Annabel to take a look at the manuscript and, if she liked it, whether she’d be interested in providing an endorsement. She did, and she…
The CBCA Book of the Year Awards Shortlist 2015
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) have announced their Book of the Year Awards shortlists for 2015! Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators and publishers.
Here are the shortlists for each category:
Older Readers
Nona & Me by Clare Atkins
Intruder by Christine Bongers
Are You Seeing Me? by Darren Groth
The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil
The Minnow by Diana Sweeney
The Protected by Claire Zorn
The Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015 shortlist
The shortlist for the 2015 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced!
Chair of judges, Shami Chakrabarti, says of the shortlist, ‘You’ve heard of fantasy football? Well, short-listing for the 2015 Baileys Prize was the fantasy book club of a lifetime. The novels we shared and the shortlist we ultimately honour form a body of great women’s writing to entertain and inspire for many years to come.’
The six shortlisted titles (whittled down from a twenty-strong longlist) are:
Chris Gordon interviews Rachel Khoo
Our resident foodie Chris Gordon chats with British chef, writer and broadcaster Rachel Khoo.
First, congratulations on your second cookbook! With your background in art, I imagine you have quite a lot to do with the layout of your books? What’s that process like?
I really enjoy that part of creating a book. It all starts on the photo shoots where I work with a really talented team: David Loftus (photographer), John Hamilton (art director), Frankie Unsworth (food stylist) and…
Our top ten bestsellers of the week
The Good Greek Girl by Maria Katsonis
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Dear Life - On Caring for the Elderly (Quarterly Essay 57) by Karen Hitchcock
Black Rock White City by A.S. Patric
One Life: My Mother’s Story by Kate Grenville
That Sugar Book by Damon Gameau
Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
We are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard…
Australian Book Industry Awards 2015 Shortlists
The shortlisted titles for this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards have been announced. See below for the full list of titles in each category:
Literary Fiction Book of the Year
Amnesia by Peter Carey
Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke
The Golden Age by Joan London
Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett
When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett
General Fiction Book of the Year
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Laurinda by Alice Pung
Life or Death by Michael Robotham
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What we're reading: Stephanie Bishop, Monica Dux, Krissy Kneen and Christopher Bollen
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.
Nina Kenwood is reading The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop
I’m going to be annoying and write about two novels that aren’t out yet (sorry). Right now, I’m reading an advance copy of The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop, an upcoming Australian novel that’s out in July…
The Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards 2015 Longlists
The longlists for this year’s Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards have been announced. The Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards are open to Australian women writers who have published a book of fiction or nonfiction classifiable as ‘life writing’. The Kibble Literary Award recognises the work of an established Australian woman writer and the Dobbie Literary Award recognises the work of a first-time published Australian woman writer.
The longlisted titles for the $30,000 Kibble Literary Award are:
Our top ten bestsellers of the week
The Coal Face by Tom Doig
The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex by Gabrielle Williams
Dear Life - On Caring for the Elderly (Quarterly Essay 57) by Karen Hitchcock
Falling in Love Donna Leon
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
One Life: My Mother’s Story by Kate Grenville
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
We are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
What we're reading over the long weekend
Our staff share the books they’re planning to read over the coming long weekend.
Stella Charls is reading The Life of Houses by Lisa Gorton
A long weekend feels like an opportunity to take some time to challenge myself (at least in regards to what I’m reading). I’m looking forward to starting The Life of Houses – poet Lisa Gorton’s debut novel that Helen Garner calls, ‘shadowy, rich and restrained, a work of high literary sophistication and power’. I normally…
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