Nam Le’s The Boat has won Australia’s richest literary prize, the $100,000 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for fiction.
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Nam Le’s “The Boat” picks up Australia’s richest literary prize
Posted on November 3, 2009 by toniwhitmont
Stitches : In the top ten for 2009
Posted on October 31, 2009 by toniwhitmont
If you follow this blog you will already know how much I love Stitches: A Memoir by David Small. I was most interested to see this week that the US Publishers Weekly magazine has chosen it as one of the 10 books that really stands out from everything else published this year.
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On fire with The Hunger Games and Catching Fire
Posted on September 16, 2009 by toniwhitmont
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.
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Man Booker Prize Short List
Posted on September 9, 2009 by toniwhitmont
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 »
Stunning debut crime – Black Water Rising
Posted on September 8, 2009 by toniwhitmont
Black Water Rising is a near-perfect balance of trenchant social commentary, rich characterisations and an action-oriented plot.
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