The Hugo Awards are a set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.
The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine ‘Amazing Stories’.
Nominations for the Best Novel of 2013 are: Continue reading
Mystery Writers of America has announced the winners of the 2013 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, which have selected from the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2012. Continue reading
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Join Parramatta Library and read everything CRIME for this months Read Watch Play theme CRIME READS.
Crime is very popular here at the Library both among staff and our Library members.
When you are in the Library check out our display of Crime Reads, located right when you walk in.
Katherine’s Crime Picks are:
Worth Dying For by Lee Childs
Nothing To Lose by Lee Childs
Association for the Study of Australian Literature
ALS Gold Medal Long List announced
Over eighty titles were submitted, a group that represents both the quality and diversity of Australian literary publishing.
Lola Bensky by Lily Brett
Montebello by Robert Drewe
Like a house on fire by Cate Kennedy
The engagement by Chloe Hooper
The light between oceans by M L Stedman
The fine colour of rust by P A O’Reilly
The history of books by Gerald Murnane
Lost voices by Christopher Koch
The mountain by Drusila Modieska
Questions of travel by Michelle De Kretser
The Darkness on the Edge of Town – by Jessie Cole
Cumulus: Collected Poems – Robert Gray
The Short List will be announced on March 18, 2013