by Akina Hansen | Feb 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Ursula Dubosarsky was announced as the Children’s Laureate for 2020-21 this morning. She succeeds Morris Gleitzman as the most recent laureate. Other authors who have held the title include Leigh Hobbs, Jackie French, Boori Monty Pryor and Alison Lester. Ursula...
by Akina Hansen | Feb 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
The 2020 Stella Prize longlist was announced late last week, showcasing a range of memoir, fiction, short stories and non-fiction. Since 2013, the Stella Prize has been championing Australian women writers of fiction and non-fiction. The prize aims to celebrate...
by Akina Hansen | Feb 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Kitty Flanagan has won Booktopia’s inaugural Favourite Australian Book Award for her 2019 book, 488 Rules for Life. The award, which is decided by public vote, replaced the annual Australia’s Favourite Author poll previously run by Booktopia. The prize comes with...
by Akina Hansen | Feb 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Cloud Atlas author David Mitchell will release his long-awaited new book, Utopia Avenue, later this year. David Mitchell, the esteemed author of Cloud Atlas, will be releasing his long-awaited new novel later this year. Utopia Avenue is Mitchell’s eighth novel. Utopia...
by Akina Hansen | Feb 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
A Canadian bookstore is facilitating the adoption of local kittens by letting them roam through the shop and meet the customers as they shop for books. Otis & Clementine’s Books and Coffee in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has paired up with a local rescue group, South...
by Akina Hansen | Feb 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
The’ Queen of Suspense’, bestselling crime/thriller author Mary Higgins Clark, has died aged 92. Mary Higgins Clark worked as a Pan Am flight attendent before she married Warren Clark and began a family. Sadly Warren Clark died at the early age of 35. In...
by Akina Hansen | Jan 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Jack Fairweather has received the Costa Book of the Year Award for his first book, The Volunteer: The true story of the resistance hero who infiltrated Auschwitz. The book won in the biography category and then took out the ultimate prize. It tells the story of Witold...
by Akina Hansen | Jan 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hachette Australia has announced they will be working with accomplished Australian journalist, Jennifer Byrne, to publish her first novel. Byrne will be putting her investigative journalism skills to the ultimate test as she delves into her family history for the...
by Akina Hansen | Jan 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Levi Pinfold is the award-winning illustrator behind the 20th anniversary Hogwarts House edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Originally born in the United Kingdom, Levi Pinfold now lives in northern NSW. He is known for his picture books The Django,...
by Akina Hansen | Jan 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Normal People, the award-winning novel by Sally Rooney, has been adapted into a television series by Hulu and BBC Three. Normal People follows the lives of Marianne and Connell as they finish high school in a small rural Irish town and begin university at the...
