Chronicling the weird, the wonderful and the downright wacky… Jordan – TheNile.com.au
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Last week, the fifteen titles comprising the 2009 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Shortlist were finally released to the public. This year, there are eight titles duking it out in the non-fiction category, and seven vying for the fiction crown. The eventual winner of each category will be selected by the Prime Minister himself, awarded some [...]
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It’s a little known fact, but before Dan Brown was a mediocre author, he was a mediocre singer. Check out his 1993 masterpiece ’976-Love’ here!* Jordan – TheNile.com.au *Please note, TheNile.com.au accepts no liability concerning potential neurological damage caused by Dan Brown’s music.
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Back in August, we gave one lucky reviewer a complimentary $50 gift voucher as thanks for posting their impressions up on our site. Well, now that September has rolled on by, it’s once again time to announce the winner of our latest monthly Review Competition. So let’s get into it! This month’s competition was incredibly [...]
In my previous post, I was planning to talk briefly about why I thought World War II was still so popular. I had attempted to say something reasonably eloquent about how Nazis are the ideal bad guys – but unfortunately I couldn’t quite get what I was trying to say across. Hopefully the diagram you [...]
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The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick Pages: Published: 1962 Despite the fact that some seventy years have transpired since fighting first broke out, WWII has remained firmly entrenched in our society’s collective consciousness. And rightfully so – we should never forget the pain, the horror and the sacrifices our forebears were forced [...]
PAAAAAAPEEEERBAAAAACKK WRIIIIIIIITEEEEEERRR!!!!!!!! (via BookNinja) • Yes, I know last week’s link roundup was actually released on a Thursday. And it in fact contained eleven links (as opposed to the usual ten). Thanks for noticing. You may now have some Candy. • Did you know that Bunny Munro author and sometime rock star Nick Cave planned [...]
Whereas Leonard Mlodinow (The Drunkard’s Walk) and Ben Goldacre (Bad Science) have both been topics of previous blogs (and rampant speculation on my behalf) neither was the recipient of this year’s £10,000 Royal Science Society Book Prize. Awarded in London earlier this week, the the grand prize was instead handed to Richard Holmes for his [...]
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A tribute to the late Patrick Swayze. And to a lesser extent, the greatest bad movie ever made… • “This autumn, eight years after Douglas Adams died, Arthur Dent and friends will be hitching across the galaxy once again, Bram Stoker’s Dracula will be stalking the pages of a book for the first time in [...]
Today, in what has been hailed as ‘the publishing event of the millennium’, Browniacs across the globe will at last have the opportunity to get their hands on the latest Dan Brown blockbuster. That’s right, The Lost Symbol has arrived! But, you may ask, is it actually any good? Well, then. You’ll be pleased to [...]