by Akina Hansen | Jun 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you aren’t aware, the Australian Reading Hour is a yearly, cross-industry campaign to promote the benefit of reading to all Australians. The idea is simple – on Thursday the 19th of September, pick up a book and read for an hour. That’s it! Rachael...
by Akina Hansen | Jun 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Suzanne Collins and Scholastic announces they will be publishing a sequel to the best selling Hunger Games trilogy in May 2020. Currently without a title (being referred to as Untitled Panem Novel) it is set to take place 64 years before the events of the first...
by Akina Hansen | Jun 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Coinciding with his birthday, Elton John and Pan Macmillan have announced the title, cover and release date for ‘Me’, his first and only official autobiography. It is due for release on October 15th. Written by Elton John alongside music critic and writer...
by Akina Hansen | Jun 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
After 75 long years and a journey across multiple states, a long overdue library book has finally found its way home. The Scotland County Memorial Library in North Carolina, USA received a package containing a curiously old looking book and a letter. The letter...
by Akina Hansen | Jun 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Byron Writers Festival have announced their 2019 program, taking place across six stages at the Elements of Byron resrt from 2-4 August. The program includes over 140 writers from Australia and worldwide, speaking at 121 panels and workshops across the two days. ...
by Akina Hansen | Jun 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Ngaio Marsh Awards have announced their 2019 longlist, celebrating the best in New Zealand crime, mystery, thriller and suspense writing. Named after iconic Christchurch-based crime author Dame Ngaio Marsh, the awards have been running since 2010, and has grown...
by Akina Hansen | Jun 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have announced the shortlists for 2019. The winners of each category are set to be announced at a ceremony in Wellington, NZ on the 7th of August. You can check out the categories and nominated titled below! ...
by Akina Hansen | Jun 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Recent studies in Australia and the US have provided relieving news for those who think the art the written word is on the way out. A study from the Australia Council for the Arts and Macquarie University found that 92 percent of Australians have read a book in the...
by Akina Hansen | Jun 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
The shortlist for the 2018 Western Australia Premier’s Book Awards have been announced, with the winners to be announced on the 26th of July. It’s the first Premier’s Book Awards since 2016 – last year, the WA state government announced they...
by Akina Hansen | Jun 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
After being announced over 6 years ago we’ve finally got our first glimpse of the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark adaption. Directed by André Øvredal and produced by Guillermo del Toro, the film is based on the series of the same name written by Alvin Schartz...
