Are you looking for something different to do over the Summer? Do you want to expand your reading horizons and challenge yourself? Why not take part in our Adult Reading Challenge starting Monday 1 December! Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Farewell: P D James
British crime fiction author P D James has died, aged 94, in her Oxford home.
If you love reading crime fiction then you would’ve known P D James. She was the author who created the famous detective and a poet Adam Dalgliesh in her series crime fiction titles, which made into file and TV series as well. Continue reading
A&NZ Writers Longlisted for Dublin IMPAC
142 books have been nominated by libraries worldwide for the €100,000 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English. A number of Australian and New Zealand authors have been longlisted for the 2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Continue reading
KOALAs 2014 Winners
The winners of the 2014 Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs) have been announced.
The KOALAs are NSW’s annual children’s choice awards. The winners of this year’s awards were selected from the Reading & Enjoying Australian Literature (REAL) Awards shortlist, which also acts as a shortlist for the children’s choice awards in the Australian Capital Territory (COOL Awards), Victoria (YABBAs) and the Northern Territory (KROC Awards). Continue reading
National Book Award 2014 Winners
National Book Award is an important literature award in the US which aims to ‘enhance the cultural value of great writing in America’. The winners of the 2014 National Book Award have been announced. Continue reading