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Craig Silvey’s JASPER JONES
This was one of my favourite reads last year and was only pipped as my book of the year by Philipp Meyer’s AMERICAN RUST. This wonderful novel is set in a remote West Australian town in 1965. The...
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Peter Temple’s TRUTH
Peter Temple has been carving his name out as the pre-eminent crime novelist in Australia. His Jack Irish novels are as good as if not better than any series delivered from UK and US bestselling...
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Recognition for Crime…Finally
Yesterday saw the announcement of the shortlists for the Orange Prize for 2010 and the Miles Franklin Award for 2010. After The Man Booker prize these two awards have the most impact on sales at Pages...
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Do you have a gender bias about what you read? I think I might do…
This year’s Miles Franklin award has produced much debate about the gender of authors, the Australian voice in literary fiction and the under-recognition of female authors by reviewers and literary...
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Why ALL THAT I AM should not have won the Miles Franklin Award
Anna Funder’s All That I Am is undisputedly the best novel written by an Australian in the last 12 months. But I do not think it should have won this year’s Miles Franklin award. There are a vast...
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