Title: Hour of the wolf
Author: Hakan Nesser
Yan’s pick
He drives home, very drunk. Then he runs over a 16 years old boy on the road. The boy is dead.
Under the cover of midnight’s darkness and heavy rain, he thinks he can get away with the hit and run. True, the police scramble and desperately ask for public help and the driver to come forward.
Then he receives a blackmail letter which demands money for silence. Continue reading
Title: The prisoner of heaven
Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Yan’s pick
Barcelona, Christmas 1957, Sempere & Son’s bookshop struggles to get customers in. While the Old Sempere tries to find ways for business keep going, the son, Daniel has a strange visitor who buys a significant antique book. More strangely the visitor does not only overpay for the book but also wants Daniel to pass this book to Fermin, whom Daniel thinks of highly and dearly.
Awarded to the most popular teen book by an Australian author, The Centre for Youth Literature is immensely proud to announce the 2012 Inky Awards Shortlist.
The Inky Awards are Australia’s teen-choice awards as voted for online by the readers of insideadog.com.au. It recognises home grown writing talent with the Gold Inky, and titles from across the ocean with the Silver Inky. Continue reading
Title: No way down
Author: Graham Bowley
Christina’s pick
No way down is a journey through the tragic mountaineering accident in August 2008. Continue reading
You are invited to Parramatta Library on Monday 10th September 2012 1pm – 2pm to hear Fiona McCallum talk about her latest book, Wattle Creek, one of the Get Reading books you can’t put down.
Fiona writes “heart-warming journey of self-discovery stories”. Her first novel Paycheque was released on April 1 2011 and became an ‘instant bestseller’. Her second novel Nowhere Else (released on Dec 1 2011) was an even bigger hit, outselling Paycheque by early January 2012. Fiona’s third novel, Wattle Creek, was released April 1 2012.
The bestselling Australian author of Paycheque and Nowhere Else returns with a story of dreams, expectations and endurance. Continue reading