Can you keep a secret? How well do you really know the one you love? With her customary page-turning style and potent themes, this is Caroline Overington at her thought-provoking best. Continue reading
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2014 Children’s Book of the Year Awards
It’s time for kids reading!
CBCA has just announced this year’s Children’s Book of the Year Awards.
Early Childhood –
The Swap by Jan Ormerod & Andrew Joyner
Eve Pownall –
Jeremy by Christopher Faille & Danny Snell
Younger Reader –
City of Orphans: a very unusual pursuit by Catherine Jinks
Older Reader –
Picture Book –
The Guardian First Book Award Longlist 2014
According to The Guardian, “The books that have made it on to this year’s longlist feature lives lived in exile, family sagas, the human brain and the supernatural”. Continue reading
2014 RWA Awards Winners
The libraries always have everything for everyone. When we have just posted awards winning books for crime fans, now we have some romance titles to be considered. This year’s winners of the Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Awards, known as the ‘Rubys’, were announced. Happy reading. Continue reading
2014 Ned Kelly shortlists
It’s time for crime readers to have something in their basket – 2014 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlists. Whether you like reading fiction or true crime stories, here you are, you have some very good some selections. Presented by Australian Crime Writers Association, Ned Kelly Awards praise some outstanding crime writings, including crime fiction, true crime, and debut fiction title.
The shortlists for this year 2014: Continue reading