What's Hot in the Media 15th April 200915 April, 2009If Steven Carroll's recent literary successes are anything to go by, it's safe to say that leaving behind his previous careers in teaching, music and lecturing in order to write on a full-time basis was a good move.
What's Hot in the Media 31st March 200931 March, 2009It's no surprise that David Malouf's Ransom was top of the Most Mentioned chart this week--it's his first novel in ten years, and has so far received many favourable mentions.
The Lost Life by Steven Carroll13 February, 2009Following the success of his Miles Franklin awardwinning novel, The Time We Have Taken, Steven Carroll moves us away from Melbourne suburbia, and graces us with an absorbing tale set in an English country town in 1934.
Writers at the Convent program released21 January, 2009The program for the second annual Writers at the Convent festival, organised by Reader's Feast bookstore, has been announced.
Australian and New Zealand authors on IMPAC longlist20 November, 2008Australian and New Zealand authors are well represented on this year's International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award longlist.
Brisbane Writers' Festival kicks off17 September, 2008The Brisbane Writers' Festival kicks off today in and around the State Library of Queensland and runs until September 21.
'The Time We Have Taken' wins Miles Franklin award19 June, 2008The Time We Have Taken by Steven Carroll (Fourth Estate) is the winner of this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award.
The Time We Have Taken by Steven Carroll *1 April, 2007The Time We have Taken was a perfect post-Christmas book for me. It was fast, entertaining and humorous and I loved all the games and switches the author played with this reader.
Gift of Speed by Steven Carroll2 February, 2007It is the summer of 1960-61 and the West Indian cricket team is playing in Australia.