Book News
Bambert's Book Of Missing Stories
Sunday January 18, 2009
BAMBERT'S BOOK OF MISSING STORIES
Reinhardt Jung,
ills. Emma Chichester Clark
Egmont, $24.95Author's Life Was An Open Book
Saturday January 10, 2009
Owen Richardson finds that what Oscar Wilde read provides another way of looking at him.Revoke The Rules And Help Book Pirates
Saturday January 10, 2009
It is one of the mysteries of the book publishing world that the market in India is so small. Even in gross terms, let alone per capita, fewer Indians buy fiction and nonfiction than Australians, despite India's high literacy rate, strong education system, growing middle class and a 50-fold population.
parallel importation,The Return Of The Bard Seed As Cave Pens Another Book
Tuesday January 6, 2009
The dark prophet Nick has written his second book in 20 years - an experience he found less tortuous this time around, writes Bernard Zuel.First Public Show For Lindsay Watercolours With Strings Attached
Wednesday December 24, 2008
A PUPPET maker whose work enchanted children all over Australia knew magical writing when he saw it - and Peter Scriven's all-time favourite was The Magic Pudding, the classic children's book by Norman Lindsay that he adapted for his Tintookie puppets.Exploring Architects' Hunter Joy
Saturday December 13, 2008
A UNIQUE glimpse at the origins of some of the region's most prominent buildings has been provided by a new book that celebrates the region's built environment.This Book Has Issues: Adventures In Popular Psychology
Saturday November 29, 2008
This Book Has Issues: Adventures in Popular Psychology
Christian Jarrett and Joannah Ginsburg
Allen & Unwin, $19.95Volunteers March Into Book History
Saturday November 15, 2008
AFTER three years of research and editing, a book documenting 150 years of Hunter volunteers in the Citizen Defence Force and Defence Reserve is now available.Positive Story Time For City's Libraries
Saturday November 1, 2008
BE it to borrow a book, take part in story time or read the paper, Novocastrians love their libraries.The Little Book
Saturday October 25, 2008
The Little Book
Selden Edwards
Abacus, $32.99Longing For Fluency Of Yesteryear
Saturday October 18, 2008
BOOK OF LONGING
State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, October 15-17 Running time: 95 minutesCracker Of A Read
Thursday October 16, 2008
CRIME writer John Suter Linton was at Newcastle Regional Library last night to share insight into his latest book, Murder at Anna Bay, which details the investigation into the 2000 murder of mother of three Judith Brown.Book Thief Author Steals Top 10 Spot
Sunday October 5, 2008
HE HAS topped The New York Times bestseller list and now author Markus Zusak has made his debut in an Australian top 10.Rural Women Celebrated
Thursday October 2, 2008
AFTER writing a book about the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio in the Northern Territory, author Sue Williams was relieved that her next outback assignment was on a much brighter topic.Cook Beat French By A Nose
Sunday September 21, 2008
THE French came within a sniff of beating Captain James Cook to discovering the east coast of Australia, a new book by historian Geoffrey Blainey says.Beauty In Bloom Book Launch
Sunday September 7, 2008
The Society, PaddingtonPmp Takes A Bet On Books
Friday September 5, 2008
A $21 MILLION expansion into book distribution will help cushion printing company PMP from any weakness in the magazine market, chief executive Brian Evans believes.Holden History Prize For Driven Dads
Saturday August 30, 2008
DRIVE has a copy of John Wright's book SPECIAL: The Untold Story of Australia's Holden to give away for Father's Day.Spanish Conquistador
Tuesday August 26, 2008
In the introduction to his 2007 book MoVida - Spanish Culinary Adventures, Frank Camorra explains the term "Movida" - the urban cultural movement of Spain that followed Franco's death in 1975, the "reawakening of the spirit of youth".The Unmasked Crusader
Saturday August 23, 2008
Batman And Philosophy:The Dark Knight Of The Soul
Edited by Mark D. White and Robert Arp
John Wiley & Sons, 304pp, $24.95
A study of the comic-book hero Batman allows for an exploration of social problems.