Browse for Books
Book Content
- Info Bank
- Book Reviews
- Book News
- Audio and Video
- Boomerang Books Bulletin
- Boomerang Blog
RSS Feeds
BB on Twitter
BB on Facebook
Services
- Discount Days
- Book Vouchers
- Bulk Orders
- Magazine Subscriptions
- Out of Print Books
- Book Industry Directory
- Book Calendar
- Monthly Book Giveaway
- BB Facebook Group
- For Authors and Publishers
Customer Info
Author Profile - David MaloufDavid Malouf was born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1934Published 3 March, 2008 David Malouf was born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1934. His father's family came to Australia in the 1880s from Lebanon and his mother's family from London just before World War I. He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School and the University of Queensland. He is the author of short story collections Dream Stuff (2000) and Every Move you Make (2006) and of acclaimed novels including Fly Away Peter, The Great World (1990), winner of the Commonwealth Writers' and Miles Franklin Prizes, and Remembering Babylon (1993), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. 
David Malouf signs books at the 2008 Adelaide Writers' Week.
Malouf also writes poetry, drama and libretti for operas. His most recent books are Typewriter Music (poems 2007) and The Complete Stories (2007). He lives in Sydney. More from Australian Authors
From Nagasaki to Delhi, Pakistan to New York, Kamila Shamsie’s Burnt Shadows (Bloomsbury, May) is a sweeping, powerful look at love, loss, history and conflict in the tradition of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, or The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai.25 March, 2009 
How much science ‘really’ allows us to understand is explored in 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense (Profile Books, April).25 March, 2009 
Christian Cameron follows up the epic Tyrant with Tyrant: Storm of Arrows (Orion, April) about an exiled cavalry commander violently reclaiming his freedom.25 March, 2009 
Unmissable for Anzac Day is On the Paths of Ash (Pier 9, April), the diaries of Robert Holman, edited and given historical context by Peter Thomson.25 March, 2009 
Art at Te Papa (ed. William McAloon, Te Papa Press, April) presents the Te Papa collection, its history closely linked with that of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Over 400 artworks are on show, accompanied by mini essays.25 March, 2009 
Blueberry Girl (Bloomsbury, April) is a beautiful poem told with signature quirkiness by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Charles Vess.25 March, 2009 
April sees the release of academic titles to interest the most inquiring of minds.25 March, 2009 
Four young girls’ lives were altered when their parents became friends and within nine months had swapped partners and remarried. Jane Alison’s honest account of her affecting childhood is told in The Sisters Antipodes (A&U, April).25 March, 2009 
In the fifth instalment in his Inspector Challis series, Garry Disher’s protagonist investigates a brutal bashing amid teenage end-of-school celebrations. The author spoke to Sue Watt25 March, 2009 |
BB Info Bank Sections
|
Book Reviews |
Search News & Reviews |
Add a Comment
Please be civil.