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What's Hot in the Media 1st December 2008

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:38:31 UT

This week's Most Mentioned books were largely Australian in theme with The Best Australian Stories 2008, Tie Me Kangaroo down, Sport and Churchill and Australia all making the top 10.

Tags: delia falconer, graham freudenberg, randa abdel-fattah, richard flanagan, rolf harris

Bestsellers this week

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:41:44 UT

It's that time of year again when that hefty tome, the Guinness World Records (2009) boldly makes its first appearance on top of the charts.

Tags: adam gilchrist, bryce courtenay

Ten Days on the Island program launched

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:34:20 UT

The program for Tasmanian arts festival Ten Days on the Island, which runs from 27 March to 5 April, was launched yesterday.

Tags: franz kafka, nick cave, warren ellis

Tasmanian Book Prize shortlist announced

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:23:48 UT

The shortlist for the biennial Tasmanian Book Prize has been announced.

Tags: hamish maxwell-stewart, helen davies, james boyce

The Memory Room' wins Waverley award

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:32:36 UT

Christopher Koch has been awarded the 2008 CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature (‘The Nib') for his novel The Memory Room (Vintage).

Tags: barry hill, christopher koch, geoffrey blainey, gideon haigh, helen garner, john bailey, tim low

Malouf wins Australia-Asia Literary prize; Buti wins WA Prem's prize

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:26:37 UT

David Malouf's The Complete Stories (Random House) is the winner of the inaugural Australia-Asia Literary Award.

Tags: antonia buti, david malouf

What's Hot in the Media 24th November 2008

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:53:00 UT

Roger Moore's visit to Sydney has done wonders for coverage of his autobiography My Word Is My Bond.

Tags: alistair cooke, amanda lohrey, peter manseau, roger moore, toni morrison

Bestsellers this week

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:50:04 UT

A familiar street name (to Melbournians at any rate) and now book is atop the Highest New Entries chart this week--Lygon St by Michael Harden.

Tags: james patterson, michael harden, p d james

YABBA winners announced

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:40:37 UT

The YABBAs (Young Australian Best Book Award) were announced this week in Victoria.

Tags: andrew lansdown, andy griffiths, bruce whatley, carole wilkinson, emily rodda, graeme base, j k rowling, jackie french, judy horacek, Li Cunxin, melina marchetta, mem fox, paul jennings, stephenie meyer

Pattrick wins Mansfield Prize

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:23:00 UT

The 2009 New Zealand Post Mansfield Prize has gone to Jenny Pattrick.

Tags: janet frame, jenny pattrick, katherine mansfield, vincent o'sullivan, witi ihimaera

Australian and New Zealand authors on IMPAC longlist

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:06:09 UT

Australian and New Zealand authors are well represented on this year's International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award longlist.

Tags: alex miller, carl nixon, christopher koch, fiona farrell, geraldine wooller, j m coetzee, jessica white, laurence fearnley, Matthew Condon, nicholas drayson, owen marshall, peter wells, ray kluun, sheridan hay, stephen scourfield, steven carroll, Thomas Keneally

Hughes longlisted for inaugural Warwick Prize

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:58:17 UT

Australian author John Hughes is one of 20 authors longlisted for the inaugural Warwick Prize, worth £50,000 (A$115,000).

Tags: anton chekhov, bob dylan, john hughes

What's Hot in the Media 17th November 2008

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:30:56 UT

Author Brian Matthews spent 10 years writing the authorised biography of Manning Clark--one of Australia's most treasured intellectuals--and it has just hit bookshelves nationwide.

Tags: amanda lohrey, brian matthews, christos tsiolkas, richard flanagan, roberta taylor

Bestsellers this week

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:47:28 UT

The ubiquitous James Patterson has struck again, with novel Cross Country gracing the top of both the Bestsellers and Highest New Entries charts this week.

Tags: adam gilchrist, di morrissey, james patterson, kevin sheedy

Dr Karl breaks world record

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:40:37 UT

On 6 November, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki broke the Guinness World Record for ‘most interviews on radio in 24 hours by an individual'.

Tags: harper collins, karl kruszelnicki