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Favourite staff reads of 2020

— Annie I read lots of good books last year and have gushed about many of them to lots of people – most notably The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett… Read More

What We’re Reading: July 2020

Annie — The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away… Read More

What we’ve been reading to start 2020

Annie — Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel and Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo Over the summer break I read two big fat engrossing reads that couldn’t be otherwise more different (except that they’ve… Read More

Awards, News

Indie Book Award Shortlist 2021

The Indie Book Award recogises and awards the best Australian writing as chosen by Australian independent booksellers. The award celebrates the enormous depth and range of literary talent in the… Read More

Awards, News

PMLA Winners 2020

The winners of the 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction The Yield (Tara June Winch, Hamish Hamilton) Nonfiction (joint winners) Songspirals:… Read More

Awards, News

Man Booker Winner 2020

The 2020 Man Booker Prize for Fiction has gone to Shuggie Bain, the debut novel of Douglas Stuart, who was born and raised in Glasgow. After graduating from the Royal… Read More

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