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'No Country for Old Men' the big winner at bookish OscarsIt was a bookish Oscars ceremony this year, with three of the five films nominated for best picture at this year's Academy Awards being based on novels.Published 29 February, 2008 
It was a bookish Oscars ceremony this year, with three of the five films nominated for best picture at this year's Academy Awards being based on novels. The other films nominated in the best adapted screenplay section were Atonement, based on the novel by Ian McKewan (Vintage), There Will Be Blood, based on the novel Oil by Upton Sinclair (Penguin), Away From Her, based on the short story ‘The Bear Came Over the Mountain' from Hatred, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro (Vintage), and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Jean-Dominique Bauby, HarperCollins). Other films based on books that received nominations in various categories this year were The Bourne Ultimatum, based on the novel by Robert Ludlum (Orion), The Golden Compass, based on Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (Scholastic), Into the Wild, based on the biography by Jon Krakauer (Pan), The Kite Runner, based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini (Bloomsbury), and Beaufort, based on the novel by Ron Leshem (Harvill Secker). This article from Thorpe Bowker's Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker More from Book News Archive
One of Australia's favourite authors, Robert Drewe, received a number of mentions for his new collection of short stories, called The Rip, in the press at the weekend.6 October, 2008
National Young Writers' Festival
The National Young Writers' Festival runs from 2 to 6 October in Newcastle, NSW, as part of the This is Not Art (TiNA) Festival.1 October, 2008
Australian poetry slam returns
Australia's largest performance poetry competition will have poets competing for a $5000 prize and a chance to perform in the National Grand Slam at the Sydney Opera House on 4 December.1 October, 2008
Franco-Anglais Poetry Festival comes to Melbourne
From 8 to 12 October Melbourne will host the 31st Franco-Anglais Poetry Festival.1 October, 2008 
As expected, Christopher Paolini's Brisingr has struck gold in the Bestsellers and Highest New Entries charts, starring at number one in both.1 October, 2008 
The Five Mile Press is re-releasing A Killer in the Family (Lindy Cameron and Fin J Ross), after legal considerations prompted the publisher to recall the title earlier this year.1 October, 2008 
The winners of the 2008 Australian Food Media Awards were announced on Friday September 26 in the Parkside Ballroom of the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, to an audience of 400 people.1 October, 2008 
Two Australian stalwarts go head to head in the Most Mentioned chart this week, Kate Grenville with The Lieutenant and Colleen McCullough with The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet.29 September, 2008 
The Bestseller charts are heavy with a swathe of Stephenie Meyer books--Twilight coming in at number three--while both 4 Ingredients, 2 and the original frugal recipe book are in first and second place respectively.24 September, 2008
Ubud Writers' and Readers' festival program online
The Ubud Writers' and Readers' Festival is getting closer, and the full program is now available.24 September, 2008 |
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