by Akina Hansen | Sep 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
The shortlist for the Booker Prize 2024 have been announced. Founded in the UK in 1969, the Booker Prize initially rewarded Commonwealth writers and now spans the globe: it is open to anyone regardless of origin. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
POET’S NOTES Notes written by Paradise Lost poet John Milton have been discovered in the margins of a book in the University of Texas Library. After a curator at the Texas Library noticed the annotations, Professor Scott-Warren at Cambridge University then matched...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Creative Australia has announced the winners of the 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards at a special event at the National Library of Australia in Canberra. Offering the most substantial literary prize in the nation, with a tax-free prize pool of $600,000, the...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
The winners of the 2024 Queensland Premier’s Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance ($30,000) Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko READ OUR BOOK REVIEW Fiction Book...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
The winners of the 2024 NSW Premier’s History Awards have been announced. Australian history prize ($15,000) Courting: An Intimate History of Love and the Law by Alecia Simmonds READ AN EXTRACT LISTEN TO A PODCAST WITH THE AUTHOR General history prize ($15,000)...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA), in partnership with the ARA Group has announced the Longlists for the 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize. The richest individual literary prize in Australasia, the ARA Historical Novel Prize, has announced its longlist. Open...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Good Reading’s resident film reviewer, Clive Hodges, gives us his verdict on the film Touch, based on Olaf Olafsson’s book of the same name. Read the review and watch the trailer. ABOUT THE BOOK When the pandemic hits, Kristofer is forced to shutter his...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
A trio of superb Kiwi writers were honoured at WORD Christchurch Festival last night as they scooped the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Awards for novels offering readers insights into people and place alongside cracking crime tales. At the 15th instalment of Aotearoa’s annual...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) today announced their 2024 Book of the Year Awards. The winning books are a mix of debut creatives (including Karen Comer whose YA novel Grace Notes written in verse form showcases incredible literary technique)...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Good Reading’s resident film reviewer, Clive Hodges, gives us his verdict on the film Sleeping Dogs, based on E O Chirovici’s The Book of Mirrors. Sleeping Dogs Classification: MA15+ (strong coarse language) running time: 2 hour 51 minutes; director:...
