by Akina Hansen | Feb 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Gr’s resident film & book buff Clive Hodges shares his take on the film My Salinger Year, based on the memoir by Joanna Rakoff. Joanna Rakoff wrote a memoir, published in 2014, that covered her year as the personal assistant (PA) to Phyllis Westberg, the...
by Akina Hansen | Feb 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Fresh off the success of The Dry, Eric Bana and director Robert Connoly are teaming up once again, this time to take on Tim Winton’s novella Blueback. Filming is set to take place at various Western Australia locations, including Ningaloo Reef and the Great...
by Akina Hansen | Feb 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
The beloved Redwall series by Brian Jacques is being adapted into both a film and an animated series by the streaming giant Netflix. Patrick McHale, creator of Over The Garden Wall, is writing the feature film, which will draw from the titular first book in the...
by Akina Hansen | Feb 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
March is shaping up to be a fabulous month for books. Here’s the one’s we’re most excited to check out – click on the covers to find out more!
by Akina Hansen | Feb 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Heather Morris has announced Three Sisters, the final book in her ‘Tattooist of Auschwitz’ series. The novel will be publishing via Echo in September, in paperback, audio and eBook formats. Three Sisters is the real life story of sisters Cibi, Magda and...
by Akina Hansen | Feb 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
A Kurt Vonnegut documentary that has been in development for over thirty years is finally heading to theatres, according to director Robbert Weide. Vonnegut was an American writer of absurdist and satirical works, including Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat’s Cradle and...
by Akina Hansen | Feb 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
The winners of the 2021 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards were announced last night at the prizes’ first free virtual event. Now in their 36th year, and supported by the Victorian Government, the prize aims to recognise significant books published in the...
by Akina Hansen | Jan 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Liane Moriarty, bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, has unveiled her latest book. It’s titled Apples Never Fall, and is set for release 14 September 2021. Better yet, you can pre-order it now! Her new novel comes as her previous...
by Akina Hansen | Jan 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Pulitzer Prize winning author Anthony Doer has announced his new novel, to be published worldwide in September. It’s the author’s first since the bestselling 2014 novel All the Light We Cannot See. Cloud Cuckoo Land is a historical fiction novel in a...
by Akina Hansen | Jan 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
The shortlist for the 2021 Indie Book Awards have been announced, celebrating Australian literary talent across six different categories: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Debut Fiction, Illustrated Non-Fiction, Children’s and Young Adult. Over 24 titles have been...
