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The Australia Defence Association (ADA) website contains a plethora of military and defence book reviews for the book enthusiast. To read these reviews, visit the reviews pages on the ADA website: http://www.ada.asn.au/Book_Review_Index.htm

The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Lothian) has been nominated for yet another award, this time in the United States. The Arrival has been nominated for a Hugo in the official awards of the World Science Fiction Society, which are open to sci-fi, fantasy and horror titles. Tan’s graphic novel has been nominated in the ‘best [...]

British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died aged 90. Author of more than 100 fiction and nonfiction books, he came to fame in 1968 when a short story called The Sentinel was made into the film 2001: A Space Odyssey by director Stanley Kubrick. Books by Sir Arthur C Clarke…

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Five Mile Press will release a new tribute book to Heath Ledger in May 2008.  The book will retail for $24.95. When the news of Heath Ledger’s tragic death first broke it sent shock waves through the world of showbusiness. Nominated for an Oscar for his role in the blockbuster movie Brokeback Mountain, Ledger seemed set [...]

The longlist for the 2008 Miles Franklin award has been announced. The nine novels selected are: Landscape of Farewell (Alex Miller,  A&U) Love without Hope (Rodney Hall,  Picador) Orpheus Lost (Janette Turner Hospital, Fourth Estate) Secrets of the Sea (Nicholas Shakespeare, Harvill Secker) Sorry (Gail Jones, Vintage) The Fern Tattoo (David Brooks, UQP) The Memory [...]

Australian author Sonya Hartnett has been announced as the winner of this year’s Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She is the first Australian winner of the prestigious award, established by the Swedish Government in 2002. With prizemoney of five million Swedish Kroner (equivalent to approx. A$844,000), the Astrid Lingren Memorial Award is the world’s richest children’s [...]

Victoria’s toddlers will receive around 280,000 free books over the next four years, thanks to a $2.1 childhood literacy program from the State Government. A literacy pack containing a rhyme booklet, information on libraries and the first consignment of books–Jeannette Rowe’s Whose Nose? Feet? Ears? (ABC Books)–will be distributed to 800 maternal and child health centres [...]

I have just posted 15 new children’s book and young adult book reviews on the Boomerang Books Info Bank.  They’re all due to be released in the period March-May. Take a look at them here: http://www.boomerangbooks.com/content/book-reviews/childrens-book-reviews/index.shtml

We’re interested to know what books have ‘changed your life’ – have any books that you have read in the past had a profound effect on you? We’d like to know which ones. We may even try to build a Top 50 Most Influential Books at some time in the future… For my part, these [...]

The Other Boleyn Girl – Film Tie-in Edition by Philippa Gregory ISBN 9780007262809 The bestselling historical novel from British author Philippa Gregory, based on the life of 16th century aristocrat Mary Boleyn. A tale of two sisters contending for the affection of King Henry VIII. The Boleyn family is keen to rise through the ranks [...]

The 2008 Adelaide Writers’ Week has wrapped up.  The crowds were slightly smaller on Friday – probably because most attendees were recovering from heat stroke and dehydration from the four preceding days - the mercury rose to well above 35 degrees (well over 40 degrees in the author tents) on each of these days.  In spite [...]

Well, I thought the crowds were good for day 2, but star acts Geraldine Brooks and Peter Carey attracted much greater numbers to the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Gardens in Adelaide on Tuesday 4 March – again in spite of the extreme heat as temperatures hovered around 35 degrees.  The heat wasn’t sufficient to dull the [...]

After several weeks of mild weather, Adelaide has poured on the heat for this week’s Adelaide Writer’s Week, part of the wider Adelaide Festival of Arts.  As temperatures hovered around 35 degrees, even shirt-and-tie-clad Premier Mike Rann welcomed a shot of cold water from the roving ‘sprayers’ employed to keep the crowd cool.   In spite of [...]