CHRISTINA STEAD PRIZE FOR FICTION
The Secret Lives of Men, Georgia Blain (Scribe Publications)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan (Random House Australia)
The Railwayman’s Wife, Ashley Hay (Allen & Unwin)
Questions of Travel, Michelle de Kretser (Allen & Unwin)
Game, Trevor Shearston (Allen & Unwin)
The Swan Book, Alexis Wright (Giramondo Publishing) Continue reading
Every year, we readers wait for our Aussie’s most prestigious literary award – Miles Franklin Award. As the most of those writers we’re familiar with, some of them might be relatively new, like Fiona McFarlane and her debut The night guest. However they’re all good Aussie writers. This year’s longlist has been announced recently. As for the winner, well, you can make up your own mind. Continue reading
The longlists for the 2014 Inky Awards have been announced. The awards are presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria for local and international fiction, poetry, anthologies and graphic novels written for young adults.
http://insideadog.com.au/blog/presenting-2014-inky-awards-longlist
Romance fiction is always a major reading genre in our library as a lot people read romance for pleasure or for escape from their daily stress. Recently Australian Romance Readers Awards 2013 announced its winners. If you’re a romance reader and are wondering what to read next, then this winners’ list is certainly worth to go through. Continue reading
Random House has launched a new website – a website devoted to crime/thriller books. It consists crime books, crime news, crime authors, crime film/TV and events & awards. You can watch author talks on its site and you can read book reviews.
The site also includes a crime and thrillers Facebook page, a Google+ circle, a monthly enewsletter and a crime blog. A crime app will launch in the next few weeks. You gonna to appreciate the technology that brings books into your finger tips.
http://www.randomhouse.com.au/crime/