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Little People is a historical novel and suspense story, a vivid re-imagining of General Tom Thumb and his troupes 9-month tour of Australia, complete with showbiz rivalry, mysterious secrets and love affairs aplenty. I caught up with its writer, Jane Sullivan, to ask her to peel back the curtains and show us what happens backstage. [...]

Literature, like any artform, is subjective. What one person loves, another can hate — sometimes for the very same reasons. And a book review is merely one person’s opinion. Get over it! The blogosphere has been abuzz recently with posts about reviewing. In February, author Sylvia Massara wrote a post for The Sunday Book Review [...]

The books I’ve received lately have been from publishers, which gives them that extra bit of sparkle when they arrive in the letterbox. The Good Fairies of New York, by Martin Millar I am quite sure I’ve discussed Martin Millar’s Lonely Werewolf Girl on the blog before, which is funny in itself since I’ve never [...]

Piracy is the bane of the digital content business, whichever way you look at it. If it didn’t happen, content producers wouldn’t spend so much time and effort pursuing it in a fashion that is almost as ethically dubious as the act itself. And if producers didn’t go to such lengths to protect their content, [...]

A story a day published on a public blog, the seed of a story kicked off on this blog, three different ideas for a book title, and the paradox of being presented with your own book and the opportunity to purchase loads of copies of it as part of your other job … They’re just [...]

Up until recently if someone wanted to tell you your writing sucked, it took them effort. They had to either go to all the effort of writing a letter, finding out your address, buying a stamp and posting their scathing missive on your finely crafted magnum opus, or manage to get published themselves somewhere that [...]

I Love You Book is the new picture book from Libby Hathorn and Heath McKenzie. In an age when e-books have become a focus for teachers, librarians, parents and readers, I Love You Book celebrates the joys of the traditional book. It is about the empowerment of reading and the joy that it can bring. Libby [...]