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29 February, 2008 Max Barry's novel Company and Barry Heard's Vietnam memoir Well Done, Those Men, both published by Scribe, are Victoria's favourite summer reads, according to the State Library of Victoria (SLV). 
29 February, 2008 Hachette Livre Australia has announced an urgent recall of actress Kathleen Turner's biography Send Yourself Roses, as a ‘precautionary measure', following legal action taken by actor Nicholas Cage in relation to what he says are false claims in the book. 
27 February, 2008 Even though Geraldine Brooks has spent most of her working life overseas and is now living offshore as well, booklovers, booksellers and critics still make it very clear that Brooks is one of our own. 
20 February, 2008 Stephen King's new horror novel Duma Key is number one in the highest new entry charts this week.
Writers call for intervention in Darfur
20 February, 2008 Dave Eggers and Tom Stoppard have joined the chorus to help bring peace to Darfur in Sudan's western region.
New judge for Miles Franklin Award
20 February, 2008 Lesley McKay has joined the judging panel for this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award. 
20 February, 2008 Australians are guaranteed at least two regional awards at this year's Commonwealth Writers' Prize (CWP).
18 February, 2008 Welcome to the 200th issue of Media Extra! And while that's celebration enough in itself, MX is just a few weeks shy of it's fourth birthday as well.
Bestsellers this week
13 February, 2008 Crime is prevalent and ever-popular--in the book world at any rate. James Patterson's 7th Heaven comes in at number one again this week 
13 February, 2008 The Running Man (Scholastic) is in the running for another prize. 
13 February, 2008 Author Nick Earls will spearhead a new push to sell more Queensland-authored books in the growing Asian market.
Brooks and Coetzee on NBCC 'good reads' list
13 February, 2008 Geraldine Brooks and J M Coetzee are among the authors on the list of ‘good reads' voted on by the members of the US-based National Book Critics Circle (NBCC).
Lit Board offers $40,000 to break new ground
13 February, 2008 The Literature Board of the Australia Council has announced a new one-off grant for established writers and picture book/graphic novel illustrators.
Edgar wins 2007 Dromkeen Medal
13 February, 2008 Patricia Edgar, who established the Australian Children's Television Foundation and was the force behind acclaimed television series such as 'Touch the Sun' and 'Round the Twist', has been named the winner of the 2007 Dromkeen Medal.
OzCo emeritus awards for Koch and Murnane
13 February, 2008 The Australia Council's annual accolade for writers over 65, the $50,000 writers' emeritus award, will be shared by Christopher Koch and Gerald Murnane.
Design Awards shortlist released
13 February, 2008 The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released the shortlist for the 2008 Book Design Awards. 
13 February, 2008 Continuing efforts by the Australian newspaper to discredit former boy soldier Ishmael Beah appear to have fallen flat, with customers continuing to purchase his memoir, A Long Way Gone (HarperCollins). 
13 February, 2008 Despite a court injunction preventing the screening in Victoria of the 13-part Channel Nine true-crime TV series Underbelly, on the basis that it could prejudice an upcoming murder trial, the books that the series are based on remain on sale. 
11 February, 2008 If we were to award authors a prize for the best-named protagonist in a novel, Paul Torday would have a fighting chance of winning.
Wait for Thiele books over
11 February, 2008 The last two children's books written by Australian author Colin Thiele will be released later this year.
Parish awarded Order of Australia
6 February, 2008 The nature photographer and publisher Steve Parish has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours list. 
6 February, 2008 Australian doctor, author and euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke was detained by New Zealand customs officers at Auckland airport last week.
Adelaide Festival Awards shortlist
6 February, 2008 The shortlist of nominees for the 2008 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature has been announced. 
6 February, 2008 Curtin University in Western Australia will launch the Elizabeth Jolley Research Collection later this week.
An evocative word of the year
6 February, 2008 The Macquarie Dictionary has announced its ‘word of the year' for 2007: ‘Pod-slurping.' |
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