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Category Archives: Australian Authors
Morning tea with Dr Mallett
In celebrating International Women’s Day Parramatta City Library has invited Dr Xanthe Mallett, a forensic Anthropologist, coming to meet us all in Parramatta Library.
Dr Mallett worked on UK hit TV series History cold case & Australian TV series Wanted. She also developed her skills to criminology as she was becoming more interested in investigating the behaviours behind the crimes, rather than identifying the victims and offenders from physical evidence they leave behind. As a result, Dr Mallett decided to move from forensic science into criminology. When her career developed, Dr Mallett felt criminology is more developed in Australia than the UK, so she has moved to downunder and has become a senior lecturer at University of New England.
As a high achiever Dr Mallett will talk about her career development as well as the importance of education in women’s life.
Come and join us to have a nice cup of coffee/tea with Dr Mallett, at 11 am, 8th March, at Parramatta Library.
2013 Aurealis Awards Finalists
From over 800 entries, Aurealis has announced its 2013 awards finalists. The Aurealis Awards are Australia’s premier speculative fiction awards. Continue reading
Stella Prize Longlist 2014 & Shortlist
We are thrilled to know the 2014 Stella Prize longlist has been announced:
Letter to George Clooney by Debra Adelaide
Moving Among Strangers by Gabrielle Carey
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (shortlisted)
Night Games by Anna Krien (shortlisted)
Mullumbimby by Melissa Lucashenko
The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane (shortlisted)
Boy, Lost by Kristina Olsson (shortlisted)
The Misogyny Factor by Anne Summers
The Swan Book by Alexis Wright (shortlisted)
The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka by Clare Wright (shortlisted)
All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld
For more details you can look up
http://thestellaprize.com.au/the-stella-prize/2014-2/longlist-2014/
Book Review – The Sultan’s Eyes
The Sultan’s Eyes by Kelly Gardiner
Young Adult Fiction
BOOK SUMMARY
The year is 1648 and life in Venice is serene for Isabella Hawkins and her friends Willem, Al-Qasim and Signora Contarini. Together they publish fine books like the controversial encyclopaedia, The Sum of All Knowledge.
When a new Inquisitor declares war on free speech however, they are forced to flee across the seas to the wondrous capital of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople, which is ruled by the infamous Sultanate of the Women.
Old friends and new, including the boy Sultan and his sister, welcome them to the world’s greatest city. But Isabella is soon entangled in poisonous palace intrigues, while her friends secretly play perilous games of their own.
The fascinating and page-turning sequel to Act of Faith, which was shortlisted for the 2012 NSW Premier’s Literary awards, the 2012 Gold Inky awards and highly commended in the 2012 Barbara Jefferies Awards.
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