Category Archives: Non Fiction

INDIE Book Award 2015

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INDIE AWARDS

 

 

 

The Indie Awards shortlist for 2015 has been announced!

How many have you read?

Pick your winners from the shortlist before they are announced on 25th March 2015.

 

DEBUT FICTION

Lost & found by Brooke Davis

Foreign soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke

The strays by Emily Bitto

After Darkness by Christine Piper

FICTION

Amnesia by Peter Carey

Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett

The Rosie effect by Graeme Simsion

When the night comes by Favel Parrett

NON FICTION

This house of grief by Helen Garner

The Bush: travels in the heart of Australia by Don Watson

Where song began by Tim Low

Cadence by Emma Ayres

CHILDREN’S & YOUNG ADULT

The 52-storey treehouse by Andy Griffiths

Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey

Withering-by-sea by Judith Rossell

Laurinda by Alice Pung

 

 

NSW State Library launches humour-writing prize

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The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the launch of the inaugural Russell Prize for Humour Writing to ‘celebrate, recognise and encourage humour writing, and to promote interest in this genre’.

The biennial prize, worth $10,000, is open to published works of fiction, memoir, poetry and verse by Australian writers. It is being funded ‘by the generous bequest of the late Peter Wentworth Russell, a farmer, businessman and passionate reader,’ SLNSW said in a statement. The award’s patron will be author and journalist Peter FitzSimons.

Weekends with Daisy

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Weekends with Daisy by Sharron Kahn Luttrell
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Abstract

Still mourning the loss of her family dog, mother and journalist Sharron Luttrell signs up for a weekend puppy-raising program. There’s just one catch: on weekdays, the dog is being trained by a convicted felon. She co-parents the pup with Keith, a seemingly friendly inmate serving a 40-year sentence.

Group Comments

The majority of people thought the book was average, most members of the group read the book.

I read the book but wasn’t enthusiastic. Found the author monotonous.

Didn’t finish it, found the author weak, lost interest. Will finished it but not sure when.

Didn’t finish too similar to work, found it romanticised prison.

Found the author went on about the other people in her life too much. Struggled to read it and wouldn’t recommend it. The program (NEADS) sounds good but book was uninspiring.

Found the author annoying, her character didn’t appeal to me; she seemed weak plus mild when dog training needs to be firm. Read other books around rather than finishing this; did eventually finish though.

Author was not a modern woman, didn’t love it but was an easy read.

Still reading but finding it dull.

The dog is lovely but the author is scatty. Thought it was funny she was disconnected from family but worried about children growing up.

Read by 2nd Tuesday Evening reading group.