Posts tagged ‘Australia’
Aussie Author Month 2012
It’s Aussie Author Month again!
Local eBook Options Are the Key to the Future Viability of an Australian Book Industry
Local eBook options are the key to the future viability of our industry. Giving priority of content to multinationals like Amazon, Apple and Google sets off alarm bells. EBooks are a part of the future of bookselling and there should be a multiplicity of players, especially local ones like Booki.sh and ReadCloud, if we want to retain an Australian book industry.
Kate Grenville’s SARAH THORNHILL
a thought-provoking story about the lies and half-truths Australia has been built on and the legacy it leaves on future generations.
BOOK BITES: Past The Shallows by Favel Parrett
My video review of PAST THE SHALLOWS by Favel Parrett
The Australian Voice in Fiction: What is it? What should it be?
When judges of our highest literary prize believe an old man from the country speaks for modern Australia is it little wonder our society sits on a precipice of intolerance.
All Things Peter Temple
I have to admit to a bit of cultural cringe when it comes to Australian writing in the crime genre but Peter Temple has completely and utterly broken this down
Why it’s worth saving the local book industry
I wrote an article for for the St James Ethic Centre’s Living Ethics publication on why I think people should support Australian booksellers rather than overseas ones.
Aussie Author Month
April is Aussie Author Month, a cross-genre collaboration to support and promote Australian writing.
Andrew McGahan’s THE WHITE EARTH
As part of Aussie Author Month I wanted to review my all-time favourite Australian book
Chris Womersley’s BEREFT
This is a rural, gothic masterpiece that is sorrowful, poignant and keeps you enthralled and guessing until the final pages
The Book Industry is not dying, it’s about to take off, everybody just has to get on board.
To say our industry is on its knees is overly pessimistic. In fact the book industry is on the cusp of a new and exciting era.
Paul Ham’s VIETNAM: THE AUSTRALIAN WAR
Covers all aspects of the Australia war in Vietnam from the politics at home and abroad through to the changing attitudes at home during the course of Australia’s longest war.
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BOOK BITES: Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
My video post on Jasper Jones
Why the 30 day rule doesn’t work
The 30/90 day rule disrespects readers and hampers the ability of booksellers to provide books to their customers. It is anti-competitive and does not promote supply chain efficiency.
Handing the keys to Amazon
As a group publishers are moving in the right direction but individually they are shooting the industry in the foot.
Peter Temple’s TRUTH
Every word literally detonates off the page
Craig Silvey’s JASPER JONES
This will remind you of reading TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD for the first time and the realization of how powerful a book can be.
