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What's hot in the media - 14 April 2008Julia Leigh's awaited second novel Disquiet has been greedily snatched up by our nation's reviewers and, as a result, gained the most mentions this week..Published 15 April, 2008 
Julia Leigh's awaited second novel Disquiet has been greedily snatched up by our nation's reviewers and, as a result, gained the most mentions this week. A mother, Olivia, and her children leave Australia and come back to live with Olivia's family in France. While the chateau is an enchanting surprise for the children, Olivia finds that nothing has remained the same. Salman Rushdie's new novel The Enchantress of Florence came in behind Disquiet on the Most Mentioned chart. Most Mentioned in the Media this week: 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 2 Bin Ladens: The Story of a Family and Its Fortune, The – Steve Coll 3 Enchantress of Florence, The – Salman Rushdie 4 Spare Room, The – Helen Garner More from Book News Archive
Bestsellers this week
The Bestseller charts are much the same as last week in that Stephenie Meyer has taken over...28 August, 2008 
The winners of the Romance Writers of Australia Romantic Book of the Year 2008 were announced on the weekend.28 August, 2008
LIANZA award winners announced
The winners of the LIANZA (Library and Information Association New Zealand Aotearoa) awards for 2008 have been announced.28 August, 2008
Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize announced
New South Wales poet Angela Malone is the winner of the 2008 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize.28 August, 2008
Speech Pathology awards announced
The winners of this year's Speech Pathology Australia awards have been announced.28 August, 2008
Farrer wins Crichton Award
Announced at the beginning of Book Week, the Crichton Award for New Illustrators went to Anna Walker for Santa's Aussie Holiday (text by Maria Farrer, Scholastic).28 August, 2008
A 'fantastic' Tasmanian book fair
The Tasmanian Book Fair was held on Sunday August 24 from 10am to 4pm in Hobart as part of the Tasmanian Living Writers' Week.28 August, 2008
Children's Book Week wraps up
This year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Children's Book Week wound up on Friday 22 August, having run from 16 August.28 August, 2008
Melbourne Writers' Festival kicks off
The Melbourne Writers' Festival got off to a very successful start over the weekend, with many sell-out sessions and crowds buying books and lining up to get them signed at Readings bookshop in the Atrium at Federation Square.28 August, 2008 
The winners of the 35th Age Book of the Year Awards were announced on Friday 22 August at the opening night of the Melbourne Writers' Festival.28 August, 2008 |
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