by Akina Hansen | Dec 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
The shortlists for the 2021 Victorian Premiers’ Literary Awards have been announced, recognising the best works published in 2020 across seven categories. The winners will be annonced at a digital ceremony Monday 1 February, 2021. The recipients of each category...
by Akina Hansen | Dec 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) have announced a series of events called ‘Something to Talk About’, taking place across the weekend of 16-17 December at Carriageworks in Redfern. On Saturday 16 January, author Douglas Stuart, winner of the 2020 Booker...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
A remake of Evelyn Waugh Brideshead Revisited is coming to the small screen, with Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) at the helm. It marks the third time the classic has been adapted after an 1981 series starring Jeremy Irons, and a theatrical film in 2008. The...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
You can write your own reviews of books you’ve read and send them to us at [email protected] – we might publish a selection in the magazine, or post your review on our website! For Lovers of Fiction The Shadow King – Maaza...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
The diaries of late actor Alan Rickman are to be published in a collection titled The Diaries of Alan Rickman in 2022. Rickman amassed 27 handwritten volumes of his writing, spanning over 25 years up until his death in 2016 from pancreatic cancer, aged 69. Rickman...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Welsh travel writer, journalist and novelist Jan Morris has passed away aged 94. Her death was announced by her son Twm, who said the author was on her ‘greatest journey’. Morris is best known for her evocative travel writing, such as her book...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Debut Scottish author Douglas Stewart has won the 2020 Booker Prize for his novel Shuggie Brain. The prize includes an award of £50,000 ($91 100 AUD). Shuggie Brain draws upon Stewart’s childhood to tell the story of the titular young boy growing up in 1980s...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
Film director Quentin Tarantino has announced he’s signed a deal with HarperCollins to publish not one but two books. The first is a novelisation of the 2019 film Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood penned by the director himself. The second is a non-fiction...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Simon & Schuster has revealed the cover and title of the upcoming novel of Wiradjuri author Dr Anita Heiss, Bila Yarrudhang-galang-dhuray (River of Dreams). Heiss says it is the first Australian commercial fiction novel to feature a title in an Aboriginal...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Streaming service Hulu have dropped a trailer for their reimagining of The Hardy Boys, which is hitting their streaming service 4 December. Starring Rohan Campbell and Alexander Elliot as twins Frank and Joe Hardy (respectively), this modern adaptation has the pair...
