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What's hot in the media - 22 October 2007Perhaps it is the smell of racing season in the air as horsey-thriller Dead Heat by Dick and Felix Francis comes in at number one this week.Published 22 October, 2007 
Perhaps it is the smell of racing season in the air as horsey-thriller Dead Heat by Dick and Felix Francis comes in at number one this week. Also, a local title features on the most mentioned chart. Those Faraday Girls is a novel by Monica McInerney about the life of Maggie Faraday in relation to the older women in her life. Everything she knows about them is called into question when she realises they all have something to hide. Most Mentioned in the Media This Week: 1 Dead Heat by Dick and Felix Francis 2 Galileo Antichrist by Michael White 3 The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor by William Langewiesche 4 Those Faraday Girls by Monica McInerney 5 World without End by Ken Follett
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 2007, Thorpe-Bowker More from Book News Archive
Cookbooks, sports books, Bryce Courtenay and a Clive Cussler title topping the charts this week? Must be Christmas!3 December, 2008 
The Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry ($4000) for 2008 has gone to Western Australian poet Caroline Caddy, for Esperance (Fremantle Press).3 December, 2008 
There is a strong representation of Australian-affiliated authors on this year's influential New York Times Top 100 Most Notable Books of the Year.3 December, 2008
ILP auction raises $8000
The recent auction broadcast on 702 ABC Sydney raised $8000 for the Indigenous Literacy Project.3 December, 2008 
A total of $250,000 has been dedicated to literature projects in the Victorian Government's latest round of arts grants.3 December, 2008 
The shortlist for the inaugural Territory Read Literature Award, celebrating Northern Territory literature, has been announced.3 December, 2008 
Don Watson's American Journeys (Knopf) has been awarded the 2008 Walkley Award for Best Nonfiction Book.3 December, 2008 
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 10.1 December, 2008 
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.27 November, 2008
Ten Days on the Island program launched
The program for Tasmanian arts festival Ten Days on the Island, which runs from 27 March to 5 April, was launched yesterday.27 November, 2008 |
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