James Bradley is a bestselling and critically acclaimed Australian author. His latest work is The Penguin Book of the Ocean, an anthology bringing together the best writing about the ocean. The anthology is a carefully crafted combination of prose, poetry and nature writing from classic authors like Joseph Conrad, Herman Melville and John Steinbeck, as [...]
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Canadian-Australian author Tara Moss is already well known for her bestselling crime series featuring heroine Mak Vanderwall, with titles such as Fetish, Covet and Siren. Most recently she has branched out into the realm of the supernatural, releasing The Blood Countess. The first volume in what will undoubtedly be a new series, the book follows [...]
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‘ Young Adult fiction is a genre going from strength to strength. Pittacus Lore’s bestselling ‘I am Number Four’ is due for film release next February, and if the above trailer is anything to go by, it’s going to be excellent. If you’ve ever considered writing a fantasy novel, perhaps take the fantasy novellist’s exam [...]
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I know it’s hard to believe, but it won’t be long until we wake up to that magical day of champagne, far too much food and far too much family. Not to leave out gift exchanging of course, a pastime I will never be sick of. This year my goal is to buy my loved [...]
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Tara Moss is no stranger to bestseller lists. Her crime series has gathered a large and loyal fan base, and as a writer she is well known for her hands on research, having been set on fire and choked in the name of authenticity. In her new book, The Blood Countess, Moss departs (just for [...]
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Congratulations to Mark! His following review of ‘In Our Time’ by Eric Hoffer has won him $50 store credit and a mention on our blog! ‘It’s entering a time warp to read Hoffer. His musings date in the sense the one has to understand what was going on in the 1960′s and 70′s US to [...]
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The Queen of Palmyra Minrose Gwin Year: 2010 Pages: 416 Millbrook is a small, fiercely segregated Mississippi town that Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous words could have been written about; in the summer of 1963 it swelters with the heat of injustice and oppression. Eleven year old Florence Forrest doesn’t know it, but she is [...]
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We’ve heard about the end of literature countless times. New mediums of entertainment come along, a warning bell is rung somewhere and everybody throws up their skirts and runs around yelling ‘the book is dead!’ Recently, talk about the Armageddon on literature has gotten a little more specific. An article in the New Yorker has [...]
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Gary Bertwistle has worked for some of the largest and most-well known companies in Australia – carefully fostering their brands through innovative, left-of-field strategies. But for the past twelve years, he’s dedicated his time and energy to revealing the secrets of creativity. Whether it may be speaking, coaching or writing – Bertwistle has made a [...]
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