The Merriam Webster dictionary has declared ‘they’, as used a pronoun for non-binary people, is their word of the year for 2019. The English-American dictionary added the additional definition of the word earlier this year, and have shared that searches for the definition have increased by 313% this year. Singer Sam Smith declared he identified […]
Find Me by André Aciman Allen & Unwin As shown in his 2007 book Call Me By Your Name which was made into the Academy-Award winning film, author André Aciman excels in love stories that have a touch of scandal about them. In Call Me By Your Name, 17 year-old Elio was living with his […]
The 2020 Indie Book Awards have released their long list of nominations, and WA writer Holden Sheppard’s young adult novel Invisible Boys is among the nominees. Since being released earlier this year the Geraldton raised author’s debut novel has been attracting high praise and racking up award nominations. Also making the list is the new book by […]
Otherwise Known as Pig by Catch Tilly Wakefield Press “It’s always a shock: that sudden explosion of pain and the short involuntary cry as my lips meet my teeth. I hate that cry. That’s when he laughs. Along with the rest of Year 9. Maybe they’re too scared to do anything else or maybe it’s […]
WA author Holden Sheppard’s debut novel Invisible Boys has been shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Book Award. Launched in 1985, the award is Australia’s richest book award with $25,000 prize money for each category. Category winners go in the running to pick up the Victorian Literature Prize worth $100,000. Invisible Boys is listed in the Young Adult Fiction category […]
How Fear Works: Culture of Fear in the 21st Century by Frank Furedi Bloomsbury The television news headlines were as depressing as usual. This time is was forecasts of “hellish catastrophic weather for Sydney”, “fears that the black plague might return” and surveys finding that “most people are anxious about the state of the economy”. […]
Perth writer Scott-Patrick Mitchell has won a prize at the Wollongong Writers Festival. Mitchell picked up the Best Short Story prize for his work Us Boys Made Of Smoke. The story will be published in a future edition of the Mascara Literary Review. The prize was judged by the publication’s editor Effie Carr and author Helena Fox. While Mitchell […]
The Four Paws of Spiritual Success by David Michie Hay House For those of you who have met the Dalai Lama’s cat before in a previous book by Subiaco writer David Michie (The Dalai Lama’s Cat, The Art of Purring, The Power of Meow), she is back … just as vain and just as insightful […]
The Kat Muscat Fellowship which offers support and development for a young writer or editor is now accepting applications for its 2020 fellowship. The annual fellowship offers professional development up to the value of $5,000 for an editorial project or work of writing by a young person of an underrepresented gender. The fellowship aims to […]
Acclaimed author Margaret Atwood will tour Australia in February 2020 getting up close and personal with her many fans. The tour coincides with the publication of The Testaments, Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to her seminal work, The Handmaid’s Tale. The evening will also feature Atwood’s remarkable career, her diverse range of works and why she […]
