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Original Western Australian Acts of Parliament now online

BusLib wrote 6 months ago: We’ve all been able to access current Western Australian legislation online for some time now … more →

Tags: WA websites, Western Australia, WA history, digitized, legislation, State Law Publisher

The Sunday Times Big Book Club: March & April 08

FredEd wrote 1 year ago:  The Sunday Times Big Book Club: March & April 08 Liz Byrski, WA-based author of ‘Belly Dancing … more →

Tags: Libraries WA, Public libraries

WA Writer's Websites #7: Katharine Susannah Prichard3 comments

Nathan Hobby wrote 2 years ago: http://kspf.iinet.net.au/katharine/index.html The writers’ centre in Greenmount, KSP House, ha … more →

Tags: WA websites, WA writers' websites, Katharine Susannah Prichard

The Sunday Times Big Book Club in 20081 comment

FredEd wrote 2 years ago: The Sunday Times Big Book Club is pleased to announce the selected authors for January and February … more →

Tags: Libraries WA, Public libraries

WA Writers' Websites #6: Nigel Gray2 comments

Nathan Hobby wrote 2 years ago: http://www.nigelgray-author.com  Nigel Gray has had a fascinating life. Visit his website and you ca … more →

Tags: WA websites, Nigel Gray, WA writers' websites

Westraliana #2: Retribution by Robert Roget1 comment

Nathan Hobby wrote 2 years ago: I saw a copy of this novel on my grandad’s reading pile about ten years ago. I felt cross beca … more →

Tags: Robert Roget, Westraliana

WA writers' websites #5 : Stephen Dedman

Nathan Hobby wrote 2 years ago: www.stephendedman.com http://stephen-dedman.livejournal.com Perth speculative fiction writer Stephen … more →

Tags: WA websites, Stephen Dedman, WA writers' website

WA Cartooning in the News

carol wrote 2 years ago: West Australian Jason Chatfield has taken over drawing the popular Ginger Meggs cartoon. After the d … more →

Tags: humour, SLWA collections, Ginger Meggs, Comics, cartoons, Jason Chatfield

Westraliana #1: Upsurge by J.M. Harcourt2 comments

Nathan Hobby wrote 2 years ago: In 1934, Perth’s most controversial novel was published. It was Upsurge, by the socialist J.M. … more →

Tags: WA websites, WA history, American Psycho, censorship, J.M. Harcourt, Upsurge, Westraliana

WA writers' websites #4 : Shaun Tan

Nathan Hobby wrote 2 years ago: http://www.shauntan.net   Shaun Tan (1974-) has become one of Western Australia’s best known i … more →

Tags: children's literature, Public libraries, Shaun Tan, WA writers' websites

WA writers' websites #3: John Kinsella

Nathan Hobby wrote 2 years ago: http://www.johnkinsella.org/index.html  Harold Bloom is one of those scary old men of literature, so … more →

Tags: WA websites, john kinsella, Poetry, Harold Bloom, Veganism, anarchist, pacifist, WA writers' websites

WA writers' websites #2 : Greg Egan

Nathan Hobby wrote 2 years ago: www.gregegan.net  Perth is home to one of the world’s most acclaimed science-fiction writers … more →

Tags: WA websites, Greg Egan, Science Fiction, WA writers' websites

WA writers' websites # 1: Samantha Ellen Tidy3 comments

Nathan Hobby wrote 2 years ago: http://www.samanthatidy.com W.A. writer Samantha Ellen Tidy has a nice-looking website about her lif … more →

Tags: Samantha Ellen Tidy, novelists, WA writers' websites, writers' website

New Western Australian books

Nathan Hobby wrote 2 years ago: WA publisher Hesperian Press has just released Padre Plod , the story of Father Barry May’s  l … more →

Tags: Fremantle Press, UWA Press, Hesperian Press

Sunday Times Big Book Club December 2007 Selection

FredEd wrote 2 years ago:  Elizabeth Jolley, The Well Each year in December The Sunday Times Big Book Club takes a step back a … more →

The Sunday Times Big Book Club comes to WA!1 comment

FredEd wrote 2 years ago: WA’s statewide book club is here, with best-selling author Monica McInerney as the first visiting au … more →

Tags: State Library of Western Australia, SLWA news

Book review: The Devil's Garden - The Claremont Serial Killings

Nathan Hobby wrote 2 years ago: There was controversy when Debi Marshall’s true crime book about Western Australia’s Cla … more →

Tags: Western Australia, WA history, Book Reviews, Devil's Garden, Claremont serial killer

WA publisher profile: UWA Press

Nathan Hobby wrote 2 years ago: UWA Press is one of the biggest publishers based in Western Australia. Recently, they have begun pub … more →

Tags: publisher profiles

Book Review: Road Story by Julienne Van Loon

Nathan Hobby wrote 2 years ago: Julienne Van Loon has lived in Western Australia since 1997. In 2004, she won one of Australia … more →

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