“He reached behind and undid the sports bra” is a pivotal line in Marian Matta’s prize-winning story, “Danny Boy”. It’s the line I asked the author about on Thursday August 22 in an online Spineless Wonders Book Club meeting via Facebook. As the book club’s lively discussion highlighted, it’s a very intriguing story. Marian Matta
So you’ve read every review and interview on A Bigger Brighter World, you’ve gone on to read some of the recommendations and wonder what else is out there in literary blogworld … but you shudder in trepidation at the blogjam that awaits. There are a great many book blogs out there. Here are some, mostly
In those rare moments I’m not reading or writing stories, poems, reviews and interviews, I attempt to entertain my followers and fans with all manner of bookish propaganda over on Facebook. Recent posts include links to news and videos about Hannah Kent on ABC TV’s Australian Story, National Bookshop Day, a record breaking book domino
Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser, winner of the 2013 Miles Franklin Literary Award, has won the 2013 Australian Literary Society Gold Medal. The ALS Gold Medal is awarded annually for an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year. The Medal was inaugurated by the Australian Literature Society, which was founded in Melbourne
Culture and the Arts Minister John Day has announced the shortlist for this year’s Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards. The awards recognise and support excellence in writing across Australia in 2012. Mr Day said more than 500 entries were received from fiction and non-fiction writers. “From Sue Smith’s script for the televised biopic Mabo to
Earlier this year, my story “Shooting Star” was shortlisted by judge Amanda Lohrey for the Carmel Bird Long Story Award and I was pleased to read part of it at the award ceremony in Canberra on March 7. Twelve stories, including mine, will be published in coming months as Amanda Lohrey Selects … a series
At this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival The Loft contained bookcases, each with colour coordinated books, which the City of Sydney Library offered for free: “Find a book you’d like to own … It’s yours to keep and carry home.” The books themselves bore stickers: “Take me home and read your heart out.” The library obviously
Driving out of a cavernous IKEA car park a couple of months ago I glimpsed a fleeting movement in the shadows. This prompted me to think about abandoned landscapes and I really liked the idea that such “dead space” might contain life known to none other than those inhabiting it. The tale of the three
Perth writer M. L. Stedman’s The Light Between Oceans has been awarded Book of the Year at the 2013 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). Kate Morton’s The Secret Keeper won General Fiction Book of the Year. Award winners, announced on May 24 at the Four Seasons, Sydney, included: Chain/Franchise Bookseller of the Year 2013: Dymocks
“When you share a book, you’re sharing more than just pages of paper and ink. You’re sharing the opportunity to learn, discover and feel cared for.” The Footpath Library donates near-new and new books to homeless and marginalised people. Its vision is to enrich the quality of life for homeless and disadvantaged people and promote
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