On Tuesday we took a look at who was short-listed for the 2013 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). The winners were announced last night at a gala dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney as part of the Sydney Writers’ Festival. The 2013 ABIAs celebrate the very best of Australian writing, … [Read more...]
Australian Book Industry Awards 2013 – the Shortlists
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) will be announced on Friday night as part of the Sydney Writer's Festival this week. So before the winners are announced I thought it worth recapping which titles have been short-listed. General Fiction Book of the Year 2013 Secrets of the Tides by … [Read more...]
Australian Women Writers Challenge 2012
Just because I am hosting the 2012 Aussie Author Challenge (see details) that does not stop me from signing up to participate in the very topical Australian Women Writers Challenge. There has been much discussion lately about how under-represented females are in Australian literary prize winner … [Read more...]
Wonderful Wednesdays – Historical Fiction Favourites
Wonderful Wednesdays is a meme run by Sam @ Tiny Library aimed at spotlighting and recommending some of our most loved books, even if we haven't read them recently. Each week will have a different genre or theme. This week's theme is HISTORICAL FICTION. Some of my more recent favourite … [Read more...]
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton, Review: A magical storyteller
Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden is a captivating and atmospheric story of secrets, family and memory that I highly recommend in audiobook. The Forgotten Garden Synopsis Thirty-eight-year-old Cassandra is lost, alone, and grieving. Her much-loved grandmother, Nell, has just died and Cassandra, … [Read more...]