Belinda Castles has won this year’s Asher Literary Award for her book Hannah and Emil. From the publisher Allen & Unwin, we know this book is Continue reading
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Walkley Book Award Longlist 2013
The 2013 Walkley Book Award will acknowledge the work produced by an Australian journalist or writer, published in the year from September 1, 2012 to August 30, 2013.
Journalism has long been a breeding ground for fine authors. The Walkley Book Award celebrates the value and importance of journalism and acknowledges the proud line-up of Australian writers who have taken subjects of enduring topicality and consequence from news bulletins, eye-witness reporting, investigations and historical records and provided readers with expanded factual detail, revelation and greater clarity of analysis in book form.
This year the award has announced its longlist Continue reading
Man Booker 2013 Winner announced
Man Booker has announced its 2013 winner, the youngest ever winner, Eleanor Catton for her 2nd novel The luminaries.
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Nobel goes to Alice Munro
Canadian writer Alice Munro wins 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature 2013 for her short stories. As the jury praised her ‘‘finely tuned storytelling, which is characterised by clarity and psychological realism”. Many of Munro’s stories are set in Huron County, Ontario. Her strong regional focus is one of the features of her fiction. Another is the omniscient narrator who serves to make sense of the world.
82 years old Alice Munro has written about 14 short story books and has won Man Booker International and Commonwealth Writers Prize in previous years and many other awards.
Parramatta City Library has some of Alice Munro‘s titles for loan.
Read Watch Play – Ego Read October 2013
Biographies and memoirs strike at our humanity. Understanding the motivations of another person’s life, empathising with their situation no matter how different it is from your own can create some powerful emotions that stay with you for many years.
From sporting lives, the lives of refugees, the life on the land or the life spent exploring the world, there is so much to experience. From the lives of celebrities to the lives of reality show stars to the little told story of a family member, their story written and handed down only through their family #egoreads can inspire us and help us with out future directions. You can add to the discussion on Pinterest too.
So indulge yourself in #egoread and join us on 29 October for a live twitter discussion starting at 8.00pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time. 9.00pm New Zealand Summer Time, 6.00pm Singapore Standard Time, 12.00 noon Central European Summer Time. Note : this is a staggered start to the discussion.
Use the tags #egoread and #rwpchat as you discuss the reading, watching playing that is your experience of egoreads, so others can join in the conversation too. You might like to use instagram to join the discussion – don’t forget the hashtags.