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Category Archives: Books
Kevin Barry wins 2013 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
A M Homes Wins UK 2013 Women’s Prize (ex Orange)
Digital Book Project By Airan Kang
Patrick White in the New York Times’ Book Review
Ditch Sexist Pink Book Covers
Ditch sexist pink book covers as they are putting boys off ‘gritty’ books, says leading authors
Female writers have called for an end to sexist book covers which promote their novels as ‘girly’ in order to boost sales regardless of the plot.
Via MailOnline
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Tiger Writing by Gish Jen
Gish Jen discusses the differences between Asian and Western approaches to identity.
Via NYT
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Kate Atkinson’s “Life After Life”, reviewed by Jean Bedford
Interesting Newtown blog
Post by Jean Bedford of If with a beating heart
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Webcast of “The Burning Landcape” Interview with Bill Gammage
Click on the pic to watch the webcast of this fab interview.
Historian Bill Gammage explodes the myth that pre-European settlement Australia was an untamed wilderness, revealing the complex, country-wide systems of land management used by Aboriginal people.
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The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
New book by fab SA writer Lauren Beukes.
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via digitalspy and @GreatDismal
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Gold Coast Book Lovers 