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The Miles Franklin Literature Award Longlist 2012

Posted on March 28, 2012 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

From where I sit the 2012 Miles Franklin Literature Award longlist seems right. The names I expected to see are listed, Elliot Perlman, Kate Grenville, Gail Jones, Alex Miller, as are some of the names I hoped to see, Charlotte Wood, Charlotte Wood and Charlotte Wood. There are a few disastrous exclusions, though. The Life by Malcolm [...]

Filed under: Australian Author, Fiction, Literary Prizes | Tagged: Alex Miller, All That I Am, Animal People, Anna Funder, Autumn Laing, Blood, Charlotte Wood, Cold Light, Elliot Perlman, Favel Parrett, Five Bells, Foal's Bread, Frank Moorhouse, Gail Jones, Gillian Mears, Kate Grenville, Mark Dapin, Past the Shallows, Sarah Thornhill, Spirit House, Spirit of Progress, Steven Carroll, Street Sweeper, The Miles Franklin Award, The Precipice, Tony Birch, Virginia Duigan | Leave a Comment »

My top books for 2011 by Toni Whitmont

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Toni Whitmont

What I do get to do however, is to sample a LOT of books, and I get to fall in love with a few. And the few that take me to a different place, more than make up for the rest of the 450 on that list that made me want to go out and re-plant the trees. So here they are, my top picks for 2011, for those of you for whom Morrissey and Reilly just don’t cut it.

Filed under: Australian Author, Author Interview, Book Recommendations, Contemporary Literature, Contemporary Women's Fiction, Erotic Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Magic Realism, Short Story Collection | Tagged: Alice Hoffman, Di Morrissey, Elliot Perlman, Favel Parrett, Kate Grenville, Matthew Reilly, Miroslav Penkov, Nikki Gemmell, Past the Shallows, Peter Salmon, Sarah Thornhill, Sarah Winman, Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves, Street Sweeper, Tea Obrecht, The Coffee Story, The Dovekeepers, the Language of Flowers, The Opal Desert, The Tiger's Wife, Vanessa Diffenbaugh, West of the East, When God Was a Rabbit, With My Body | 3 Comments »

Get Reading with Booktopia

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Toni Whitmont

At Booktopia, we have made Get Reading even better. We are giving away the entire collection of 50 books to one lucky person who buys from the Get Reading 50 between now and the end of September. How good is that? 50 books you get to keep

Filed under: Australian Author, Australian Rural Fiction, Biography/Memoir, Book retailing trends, Booktopia, Children's Fiction, Children's Books, Contemporary Literature, Contemporary Women's Fiction, Crime/Thriller, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Non Fiction, Paranormal, Picture Books, Politics, Romance, Sport, Travel Writing, Young Adult | Tagged: A Little Bird Told Me, Baby Wombat's Week, Caleb's Crossing, Caroline Overington, David Nicholls, Emily Rodda, Freedom, Garth Nixz, Geraldine Brooks, Get Reading, I Came to Say Goodbye, Jackie French, Jonathan Franzen, kasey Chambers, Kate Grenville, Kim Scott, Leigh Hobbs, Listening to Country, Mice, Mr Badger, Niromi de Soyza, One Day, Past the Shallows, Rick Riordan, Ros Moriarty, Sarah Thornhill, Susan Duncan, Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad\, That Deadman Dance, The Briny Café, The Golden Door, The Hunger Games, The Passage, The Tamil Tigress, Troubletwister, When God Was a Rabbit | Leave a Comment »

Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville – review by Toni Whitmont

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Toni Whitmont

Sarah Thornhill is a fitting ending to the trilogy. Grenville writes like a poet, matching her rhythm and cadence to the characters and the setting. The story is utterly compelling and the emotion is taut and eventually, overwhelming

Filed under: Australian Author, Author Interview, Contemporary Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literature | Tagged: Kate Grenville, Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, The Secret River | 2 Comments »

Kate Grenville, author of Sarah Thornhill, The Secret River and more, answers Ten Terrifying Questions

Posted on July 7, 2011 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Orange Prize and Commonwealth Writers’ Prize winner Kate Grenville author of Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, The Secret River and more Ten Terrifying Questions ——————— 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? I was born in Sydney, [...]

Filed under: Australian Author, Author Interview, Contemporary Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literature, Writing Style, Writing tips | Tagged: Commonwealth Writers’ Prize winner, Kate Grenville, Man Booker Prize, Orange Prize, Sarah Thornhill, Ten Terrifying Questions, The Lieutenant, The Secret River, The Writing Book: A Practical Guide for Fiction Writers | Leave a Comment »

Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Toni Whitmont

I just wanted to share my excitement about the imminent publication of Geraldine Brooks’ new book, Caleb’s Crossing.

Filed under: Australian Author, Biography/Memoir, Contemporary Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Classic, Literature, Non Fiction | Tagged: Caleb's Crossing, Geraldine Brooks, Kate Grenville, Kim Scott, March, Nine Parts of Desire, People of the Book (novel), Pulitzer Prize, Richard Flanagan, Secret River, That Deadman Dance, Wanting, Year of Wonders | 1 Comment »

The 50 Must Read Australian Novels (30 to 21) (The Popular Vote 2010)

Posted on December 24, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

We are counting down The 50 Must Read Australian Novels as voted by our good and learned friends on twitter and facebook – today we move from 30 to 21. The list creation process was fairly simple – I asked for nominations and hundreds of titles were suggested. I then made a list and asked [...]

Filed under: Australian Author | Tagged: Colleen McCullough, Darcy Niland, Jeannie/Aeneas Gunn, Jessica Anderson, Kate Grenville, Kylie Tennant, Nam Le, Peter Carey, Peter Temple, Robert Drewe, The 50 Must Read Australian Novels, The Popular Vote 2010 | Leave a Comment »

That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Toni Whitmont

There is interest enough in the story to make this a compelling book. However, what lifts it way above that is the writing. Scott’s prose shimmers.

Filed under: Fiction, Literary Prizes, Literature | Tagged: Alex Miller, Andrew McGahan, Benang, Kate Grenville, Kim Scott, Miles Franklin Award, Richard Flanagan, That Deadman Dance | Leave a Comment »

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