Book Week (17-23 August) is the longest running children’s festival in Australia, celebrating its 68th year this year and is created by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. The theme for this year is Read across the universe.
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Monthly Archives: August 2013
2013 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award Shortlist
Information from http://asiasociety.org/about/awards/bernard-schwartz-book-award, Five books recognized for their outstanding contributions to the understanding of Asia have been chosen as finalists for the 2013 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award. The finalists were selected from over 100 nominations submitted by U.S. and Asia-based publishers for books published in 2012. The books are: Continue reading
John Button Prize Shortlist 2013
Well, it is the election time, so you might be interested in reading books that are shortlisted for this prize – John Button Prize for writing on Australian politics and policy. The shortlist includes 3 titles and they are:
- Reluctant Rescuers: An exploration of the Australian border protection system’s safety record in detecting and intercepting asylum seeker boards 1998-2011 by Tony Kevin (self-published)
- Quarterly Essay 47, Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott by David Marr, (Black Inc.)
- Don’t Go Back to Where You Came From: Why Multiculturalism Works by Tim Soutphommasane, (NewSouth).
Reluctant rescuers:
Friday Brown – a Book Review
Title: Friday Brown
Author: Vikki Wakefield (CBCA shortlist for 2013)
Michael’s pick
Two matters determine whether an account of young adulthood is interesting. Firstly, the management of expectations. A problem for YA, understood as genre, is that the narrative of self-discovery is fixed at either end. (How many examples could be unearthed where the protagonist ends up none the wiser for their choices.) Authors feel compelled to seed their tales with instructive force, then disguise the medicine with strong flavours. It sometimes descends to a display of street cred, copiously researched. Or too busily studded with eccentricities of character and event. Continue reading
Barry Maitland and his Raven’s eye
Crime fiction fans, this month is your month, because we’re going to indroduce you a crime writer, an Aussie, Barry Maitland. The author is coming to Parramatta Library on 27 August, and he will talk about his latest title Raven’s eye, from 1 to 2pm. Continue reading