by Akina Hansen | Oct 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Port Fairy-based writer Jock Serong is the author of Quota, On the Java Ridge and The Rules of Backyard Cricket. His latest novel, Preservation, is based on a the real-life 1797 wrecking of the Sydney Cove, a ship bound from Calcutta for the newly established colony...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
Florida-based crime writer Michael Connelly has been awarded one of the world’s highest crime-writing honours, the UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Diamond Dagger. The Diamond Dagger is awarded by the CWA to a writer working in English who has ‘made a significant...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
In December of this year, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) in Kolkata will begin teaching students the rules of the Potterverse. But rather than learn how to concoct Polyjuice Potion or pronounce Wingardium Leviosa, students will be taught...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Stephen King’s books have been adapted into some of the most iconic movies of all time, like The Shawshank Redemption, Stand by Me, Misery and The Shining. Last year’s adaption of It brought King’s unforgettably horrifying monster Pennywise to modern screens,...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Egyptian-born novelist Andrew Aciman published Call Me By Your Name, his story of an affair between 17-year-old Elio and a 24-year-old scholar, Oliver, to critical acclaim in 2007. But it wasn’t until the film adaption was released last year that the now New...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Real life events explored through both non-fiction and fiction were revealed as winners at the 2018 Queensland Literary Awards. Queensland Premier’s Award for a work of State SignificanceAwarded to an outstanding work, by an Australian writer, focused on...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Author of The Dry and Force of Nature, Jane Harper, releases her third outback crime novel today. The Lost Man begins as two brothers meet at a stockman’s grave on the border of their cattle properties in Queensland. As with her preceding books, in The Lost Man Harper...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Writer and commentator Jane Caro is seriously considering challenging Tony Abbott in the seat of Warringah after the probable triumph of independent Kerryn Phelps in the Wentworth by-election last Saturday. What started as a ‘flippant tweet’ posted by Caro asking if...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
With 24 books under her belt, and a few blockbuster screenplays along the way, Jodi Picoult is one of the most successful living novelists in the world. We spoke with Jodi about the books that have shaped her life, made her laugh, and defined her career. What are you...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Get ready to sink your fangs into the newest adaptation of Bram Stoker’s gothic horror masterpiece, Dracula. Sherlock creative duo Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat are adapting Dracula for the BBC into three 90-minute episodes, and Netflix will stream the show in most...
