by Akina Hansen | Oct 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
A collective of writers and authors are suing the President of the United States for allegedly threatening free speech and thereby violating the First Amendment of the US Constitution. PEN America, a literary and human rights organisation made up of hundreds of...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
As the creator of beloved children’s classics such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and The BFG, writer Roald Dahl holds a special place in the hearts of many. Just recently, Dahl’s granddaughter Chloe has revealed she is carrying on the family...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Science educator and Youtuber Hank Green recently released his debut novel, A Truly Remarkable Thing, the first in a two-book deal. Hank is the creator of SciShow, an educational YouTube channel, and Crash Course, another web series that covers history, science, and...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
The shortlists for this year’s Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have today been announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison. The Awards play an important role in supporting a national appreciation of Australian literature and provide...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Anna Burns, a Northern Irish writer, has won the 2018 Man Booker prize, beating shortlisted authors Richard Powers (who was touted as the ‘clear favourite’) and Daisy Johnson, who at 27 is the young author ever to be shortlisted for the prize. Burns’ winning book,...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
There are many excuses sheepish university dropouts might throw at disproving parents, but falling in love with a world-famous novelist is one only Joyce Maynard could honestly use. During her first year studying art at Yale, Joyce wrote a cover story for the New...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Pan Macmillan Australia has aquired YA author Jaclyn Moriarty’s first young adult novel, Gravity Is the Thing. Moriarty is a prize-winning Australian author best known for the young adult novels Feeling Sorry for Celia, the Colours of Madeleine trilogy and The...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Earlier this year, Berlin officially opened its first Arabic library as a way to help meet the cultural and intellectual needs of refugees living in the city. With around 3,500 books and growing, the library, Baynatna, is popular among the diaspora and refugees in the...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Books are one of the oldest (and best!) forms of entertainment. But modern technology is everywhere now – bedtime stories are becoming bedtime TV shows, and instead of snuggling up with a literary classic, we find ourselves scrolling mindlessly through social...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
The new Pet Sematary trailer has been released just in time for Halloween. The film resurrects one of Stephen King’s most disturbing stories ever, a tale about what happens when we don’t let the dead rest in peace. Pet Sematary is the story of a young family...
