by Akina Hansen | Dec 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
E B White is known for heartwarming works like Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little – lesser known but just as heartwarming is his obituary for his Dachshund, Daisy, published in a 1932 issue of The New Yorker. In it he describes how she ‘died sniffing life’ as she was...
by Akina Hansen | Dec 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
At his Kent country house, beloved author Charles Dickens had what many book lovers dream of – a secret passage disguised as a bookcase, complete with fake books. Dickens originally had one at his Tavistock Square house, and recreated it bigger and better for his...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Online creator, Nat’s What I Reckon has released his third book, Life: What Nat to Do. Nat is a comedian, musician, mental health advocate, author and online creator who’s popular for his online cooking content. ABOUT THE BOOK: Free yourself from crappy...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Jessica Irvine’s bestselling book, Money with Jess, has won the Australian Business Book Award ‘Book of the Year’ for 2022. ABOUT THE BOOK Australia’s most loved and respected economics journalist, Jessica Irvine, helps you strip away your negative...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Scott Pape is the bestselling author of The Barefoot Investor and now with the release of his new book, Barefoot Kids, he is again at the top of the Australian bestseller lists and looks to remain there for some time. ABOUT THE BOOK If you want the kids in your life...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
HarperCollins Publishers Australia has announced that it has acquired ANZ rights to Stan Grant’s new book, The Queen is Dead. The Queen is Dead will be published in the week of King Charles’ coronation and is a powerful book about the bitter legacy of...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Delia Falconer has won the Waverly Council’s 2022 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award for her book Signs and Wonders: Dispatches from a time of beauty and loss. Falconer was awarded a $20,0000 prize and her book was selected from six other shortlisted...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
John Lysikatos has written a new book on Victor Richardson, one of South Australia’s great all round sportsmen. John’s book titled Victor Richardson covers the life and times of Richardson. It begins with his family’s history and finishes with...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Years before finding fame with The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men, American writer John Steinbeck wrote a werewolf mystery novel. While still a struggling writer Steinbeck wrote Murder at Full Moon, under a pseudonym. After being rejected in 1930 Steinbeck...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Long before his famous works Lolita or Pale Fire, author Vladimir Nabokov submitted a poem about Superman to the New Yorker. Titled The Man of Tomorrow’s Lament, the rather tongue-in-cheek rhyming poem is a first-person account of the superhero’s biggest problem...
