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2013 Commonwealth Regional Book Prize winner

Michael Sala’s The Last Thread has just won the 2013 Commonwealth Regional Book Prize. I haven’t read it myself, but Sue at Whispering Gums has, and you can read her review here. Sala’s de… more →

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2013 Commonwealth Regional Book Prize winner — 8 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 week ago: Michael Sala’s The Last Thread has just won the 2013 Commonwealth Regional Book Prize. I haven … more →

Tags: commonwealth writers prize, Michael Sala, The Last Thread

Steeplechase, by Krissy Kneen

Lisa Hill wrote 1 week ago: The steeplechase is a very clever metaphor for this book: I know that there are fans of this form of … more →

Tags: 21st Century, Art, Australian Literature, Female authors, Fiction, KNEEN, Krissy, Read in 2013, Reviews, Text Publishing

2013 Miles Franklin Shortlist — 3 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 3 weeks ago: 2013 Miles Franklin Award The 2013 Miles Franklin shortlist was announced today. Romy Ash – Flounder … more →

Tags: 2013, ASH Romy, de Kretser Michelle, Faulkner Annah, Modjeska Drusilla, Tiffany Carrie, 2013-miles-franklin-shortlist

The Travel Writer, by Simone Lazaroo

Lisa Hill wrote 3 weeks ago: It seems strangely appropriate in the wake of Anzac Day which Australians claim as a defining event … more →

Tags: 21st Century, Australian Literature, Female authors, Lazaroo, Simone, Pan Macmillan, Read in 2013, Reviews, Reading from the Backlist, simone lazaroo

Mullumbimby, by Melissa Lucashenko — 11 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 month ago: Mullumbimby is Melissa Lucashenko’s fifth book but the first that I have read by this author.  … more →

Tags: 21st Century, Australian Literature, Female authors, Indigenous Australian Writing, Indigenous authors, LUCASHENKO Melissa, Read in 2013, Reviews, UQP (University of Queensland Press)

Thirty Years in Australia, by Ada Cambridge (1903) — 5 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 month ago: Ada Cambridge (Source: Wikipedia Commons) Ada Cambridge  (1844 – 1926) was an English-born writer wh … more →

Tags: 20th Century, Australian classics, Australian Literature, Australian Non Fiction., CAMBRIDGE Ada, Female authors, Life Stories, memoir, Read in 2013

As the River Runs, by Stephen Scourfield — 2 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes, when you’ve just read a really great book, you start the next one half-expecting it … more →

Tags: 21st Century, Australian Literature, Male authors, Read in 2013, Reviews, SCOURFIELD Stephen, UWAP (University of Western Australia Press), As the River Runs, Stephen Scourfield

Lost Voices, by Christopher Koch — 1 comment

Lisa Hill wrote 1 month ago: Christopher Koch is brilliant at exploring charismatic personalities.  This is territory that he has … more →

Tags: 21st Century, Australian Literature, Harper Collins Australia, KOCH, Christopher, Male authors, Read in 2013, Reviews, Christopher Koch, lost voices

The Beloved, by Annah Faulkner — 6 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 month ago: Two novels set in New Guinea on the one Miles Franklin longlist! Drusilla Modjeska’s The Mount … more →

Tags: 2013, 21st Century, Australian Literature, Debut Aussie Fiction, Faulkner Annah, Female authors, Pan Macmillan, Read in 2013, Reviews

Floundering, by Romy Ash — 9 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 month ago: I couldn’t find much online about Romy Ash’s debut novel Floundering, so it’s a pi … more →

Tags: 2013, 21st Century, ASH Romy, Australian Literature, Debut Aussie Fiction, Drama, Female authors, Read in 2013, Reviews

Sensational Snippets: Lost Voices by Christopher Koch — 4 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 month ago: The whole point about great literature is that it offers more to think about than just the plot and … more →

Tags: Australian Literature, Harper Collins Australia, KOCH, Christopher, Male Authors, Quotations, Sensational Snippets, Christopher Koch, lost voices

Every Secret Thing, by Marie Munkara — 9 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 month ago: Read during Australian Literature Month at Reading Matters I feel as if I am late to the party with … more →

Tags: 21st Century, Australasian Literature, Australia's Black History, Australian Literature, David Unaipon Award, Debut Aussie Fiction, Female authors, Indigenous Australian Writing, Indigenous authors

Darkness of the Edge of Town, by Jessie Cole — 8 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 month ago: I have discovered a beaut new Aussie author, thanks to Angela Meyer’s Literary Minded blog.  D … more →

Tags: 21st Century, Australasian Literature, Australian Literature, COLE Jessie, Debut Aussie Fiction, Female authors, Harper Collins Australia, Read in 2013, Reviews

2013 Miles Franklin Longlist — 16 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 2 months ago: 2013 Miles Franklin Award The 2013 Miles Franklin longlist was announced today.  Not with a convenie … more →

Tags: 2013, 2013 Miles Franklin Longlist

Harmless, by Julienne Van Loon — 5 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 2 months ago: Julienne Van Loon is an author with a taste for grim topics.  Her first, Vogel Award-winning novella … more →

Tags: 21st Century, Australian Literature, Female authors, Fremantle Press, Read in 2013, Reviews, Van Loon, Julienne, HARMLESS, Julienne van Loon

Shortlist for the Stella Prize Announced - AustLit News — 5 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 2 months ago: Shortlist for the Stella Prize Announced – AustLit News. … more →

2013 ALS Gold Medal Shortlist — 1 comment

Lisa Hill wrote 2 months ago: The 2013 ALS Gold Medal shortlist has been announced by the Association for the Study of Australian … more →

Tags: ALS Gold Medal, Australian Literature, Brett Lily, COLE Jessie, de Kretser Michelle, DREWE Robert, GRAY Robert, Hooper Chloe, KENNEDY, Cate

They Hosed Them Out, by John Bede Cusack — 3 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 2 months ago: This new edition of the Australian war classic They Hosed Them Out by Australian air-gunner John Bed … more →

Tags: 20th Century, Australian Literature, Australians at War, CUSACK John Bede, Male authors, Read in 2013, Reviews, Wakefield Press, John Bede Cusack

Sensational Snippets: Harland's Half Acre, by David Malouf

Lisa Hill wrote 2 months ago: I am reading Harland’s Half Acre by David Malouf, first published in 1984 but reissued by Vint … more →

Tags: 20th Century, Australian Literature, Male Authors, Malouf David, Quotations, Random House Australia, Sensational Snippets, David Malouf, Harland's Half Acre


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