Amazon takes over Book Depository

Posted on July 9, 2011 by goldcoastbooklovers

This might be the end of free shipping.

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Rome by Robert Hughes

Posted on July 4, 2011 by goldcoastbooklovers

Rome, Robert Hughes’ last book, won’t be released in Australia for another 3 months. If you can’t wait, you can buy it now from kobobooks.com in Epub format (at an exorbitant price for an ebook) and read it in an iPad or Kobo.

Book Shops of the World

Posted on June 30, 2011 by goldcoastbooklovers

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(Old Theatre) El Ateneo, Buenos Aires

Colum McCann wins IMPAC Dublin Award

Posted on June 27, 2011 by goldcoastbooklovers

We read this book not long ago, click on pic to read.

iPad Apps Take Old Literature To New Levels

Posted on June 27, 2011 by goldcoastbooklovers

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Shaun Tan Aswers To Questions With Illustrations

Posted on June 21, 2011 by goldcoastbooklovers

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Australian author and illustrator Shaun Tan recently won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, described as the Nobel Prize of children’s literature. He granted an interview to SPIEGEL — and answered the questions by drawing pictures.