Information from http://asiasociety.org/about/awards/bernard-schwartz-book-award, Five books recognized for their outstanding contributions to the understanding of Asia have been chosen as finalists for the 2013 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award. The finalists were selected from over 100 nominations submitted by U.S. and Asia-based publishers for books published in 2012. The books are: Continue reading
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Friday Brown – a Book Review
Title: Friday Brown
Author: Vikki Wakefield (CBCA shortlist for 2013)
Michael’s pick
Two matters determine whether an account of young adulthood is interesting. Firstly, the management of expectations. A problem for YA, understood as genre, is that the narrative of self-discovery is fixed at either end. (How many examples could be unearthed where the protagonist ends up none the wiser for their choices.) Authors feel compelled to seed their tales with instructive force, then disguise the medicine with strong flavours. It sometimes descends to a display of street cred, copiously researched. Or too busily studded with eccentricities of character and event. Continue reading
Barry Maitland and his Raven’s eye
Crime fiction fans, this month is your month, because we’re going to indroduce you a crime writer, an Aussie, Barry Maitland. The author is coming to Parramatta Library on 27 August, and he will talk about his latest title Raven’s eye, from 1 to 2pm. Continue reading
Man Booker Prize Longlist 2013
Man Booker Prize Longlist for this year has come up and it is made up by 13 titles.
Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw (Fourth Estate)
We Need New Names by No Violet Bulawayo (Chatto & Windus)
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (Granta)
Harvest by Jim Crace (Picador)
The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris (Sandstone Press)
The Kills by Richard House (Picador)
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (Bloomsbury)
Unexploded by Alison MacLeod ( Hamish Hamilton)
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann (Bloomsbury)
Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson (Mantle)
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Canongate)
The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan (Doubleday Ireland)
The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín (Viking)
The 13th Davitt Awards Longlist
61 books by Australian women are competing for the Davitt Awards presented by Sisters in Crime Australia. The Awards set up 22 years ago, were created by Sisters in Crime Australia – an organisation that aims to bring Australian women together who write crime and mystery. Categories this year include Best Novel (Adult); Best Novel (Children’s and Young Adult); Best True Crime Book; Best Debut Book (any category) and Readers’ Choice (as voted by the 600 members of Sisters in Crime Australia). This year, the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award will also be awarded.
You can check Parramatta City Library online catalogue to see the availability of the titles. Continue reading