I have absolutely no idea of what is going on in the world this week because rather than listening to the radio in the car, I have spent all my vehicular hours on the Julie and Julia Project
Filed under: Biography/Memoir, Non Fiction | Tagged: Julia Childs, Julie and Julia, Julie Powell, Mastering the Art of French Cooking | Leave a Comment »
First it was The Hunger Games, now it is Catching Fire. I haven’t seen this month young adult enthusiasm since the early days of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight phenomenon. In fact, Ms Meyer herself is a big fun of Suzanne Collins’ nail-biters.
Filed under: Fiction, Young Adult | Tagged: Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games | 2 Comments »
OK, it pains me to put this out there but have a look at this very cute clip put together by none other than Bradley Trevor Grieve extolling the virtues of dogs.
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The 2009 Man Booker Prize short list – there is thundering narrative, great inventiveness, poetry and sharp human insight in abundance.
Filed under: Fiction, Literary Prizes | Tagged: Adam Foulds, Byatt, Coetzee, Hilary Mantel, Sarah Waters, Simon Mawer, Summerland, The Children's Book, The Glass Room, The Little Stranger, The Quickening Maze, Wolf Hall | Leave a Comment »
Black Water Rising is a near-perfect balance of trenchant social commentary, rich characterisations and an action-oriented plot.
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Its been a book, its been an opera, and pretty soon it will be a movie. In the meantime, the original picture book, Where the Wild Things Are, lovingly put together by Maurice Sendak….
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We’ve just got the whisper that come October 29, we will be profiled as one of BRW’s Fast 100. The Fast 100 ranks companies with up to 200 staff according to their average annual turnover growth over 3 years.
Filed under: Book retailing trends, Booktopia | Tagged: Booktopia, BRW Fast 100 | Leave a Comment »
We had a huge number of orders yesterda – so many thanks to the (nearly one thousand) people all over Australia who voted with their wallets to support Indigenous Literacy Day.
Filed under: Book retailing trends, Booktopia | Tagged: 50 Books You Can't Put Down, Booktopia Buzz, Carl Jung, Dan Brown, Five Greatest Warriors, Indigenous Literacy Day, Matthew Reilly, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Richard Dawkins, Sense and Sensibity and Sea Monsters, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Lost Symbol, The Pop Up Poo Book, The Red Book | Leave a Comment »
