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The Lost Symbol sold 1 million copies worldwide in one day. While no-where near the numbers Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows raked in – 8 million in the US alone on Day 1 – there’s no doubting that Dan Brown’s latest is a hit. When a book has been as anticipated as this has, readers often [...]

Whenever William the author is invited to an event, William the Boomerang Blogger gets indirectly invited too. On Wednesday, NSW authors and illustrators braved the orange dust storm, and headed into the CBD for this year’s Bookfeast, a great event organised by Haberfield school librarian Michael Fraser. Some Boomerang Books Blog alums were there, including Deborah [...]

Justine Larbalestier answers questions about her new YA novel Liar, the cover of which recently caused quite a stir in the US. She spoke to Joy Lawn.

Justine Larbalestier answers questions about her new YA novel Liar, the cover of which recently caused quite a stir in the US. She spoke to Joy Lawn.

                 Here is                  the unfinished map of the world,                  the mists of slow mountains,                  the ache of the whale,                  the blue water crescent,                  the sulphur-yellow caking                  around the volcano,                  the wind’s wild whisper.                  Take it all and go further.                       – Penny  Prologue In the early years [...]

Since Exposure has come out, a few journalists have asked me what my most extreme travel experience was, which has got me thinking about death – always good for a new perspective on life. At first I thought the answer to their question had to be the experience I had in a Bolivian desert: setting [...]

The curious title of this book gives no clues to its contents other than to suggest that art is the link which binds this book together.

T.S.Spivet is a twelve-year-old genius maker of maps, plans and illustrations.

Do you want sex with that? Our attitudes to sex in society have hit the headlines more than once in recent weeks – the public reaction to the Kyle and Jackie O lie detector debacle in which a teenage girl was forced to submit to an on-air interrogation about her past sexual experiences; the enormous [...]

SEPTEMBER MAJOR GIVEAWAY Let this month’s prize pack take you on an unforgettable journey – globe-trot with Joel Magarey, get lost among the desert elephants of Namibia, pig out in northern Spain. Relax and soak in William McInnes’ reflections on his father, and unleash your inner-child with the hottest children’s releases. The pack includes: A [...]