Australia’s largest celebration of books and reading, Get Reading! is back in 2013 with the ultimate guides to the best Australian reads. Along with the traditional Top 50 Books You Can’t Put Down, in 2013 Get Reading! has collated a list of Australia’s Top 100 Favourite Homegrown Reads, exclusively voted for by subscribers, fans and friends of Get Reading!
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Category Archives: Australian Authors
2nd Tuesday Evening Book Group
At their August meeting the 2nd Tuesday Evening Group discussed Kate Grenville’s
Summary
After a childhood of poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thornhill is sentenced in 1806 to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife Sal and children in tow, he arrives in a harsh land that feels at first like a death sentence. Continue reading
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:
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