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New novel by Tim Winton to be published by Hamish Hamilton in 2013 Ben Ball, Publishing Director, Penguin Books Australia has revealed a new novel by Tim Winton will be published on 14 October 2013. “I’m delighted to be able to announce that on October 14 this year we will be publishing a new novel [...]

We surveyed our customers to discover the Most Popular Aussie Novels of all time – we’re counting down the Top 24 Novels between now and Christmas Eve… At #13 – Cloudstreet by Tim Winton 27.7% of all respondents have read this book Synopsis for Cloudstreet by Tim Winton Cloudstreet is a novel by Australian writer [...]

We surveyed our customers to discover the Most Popular Aussie Novels of all time – we’re counting down the Top 24 Novels between now and Christmas Eve… At #22 – Dirt Music by Tim Winton 22.5% of all respondents have read this book Synopsis for Dirt Music by Tim Winton Georgie, the heroine of the [...]

We surveyed our customers to discover the Most Popular Aussie Novels of all time – we’re counting down the Top 24 Novels between now and Christmas Eve… At #23 – Breath by Tim Winton 21.1% of all respondents have read this book Synopsis for Breath by Tim Winton Breath is the the eighth novel by Tim [...]

Well, this is exciting.  My very first post in this wonderfully cozy corner of the blogosphere, talking about one of my favourite pastimes in the whole, wide world – books. About the Blog ‘Poisoned Apples and Smoking Caterpillars’ is geared towards all things fantastical, so this blog’ll include high fantasy; science fiction; gothic Victorian fiction; [...]

 “…Why don’t you write proper books?” I’m often asked by friends. I write on the frontier of Australian story telling. It’s a wild and woolly place. A little bit dangerous even. There are Dragonkeepers and Ranger’s Apprentices. A Book Thief and a Bugalugs Bum Thief. You can go Hunting Elephants or into the Teenage Underground. [...]

The ten novels selected for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2009 longlist are: