Kylie Ladd is a Melbourne writer. She has just penned her first fiction novel, After the Fall, a striking examination of relationships and infidelity. She also has a very entertaining Twitter feed. Kylie recently answered a few questions for us, all about Australia. 1) Tell us about your favourite Australian book. Dreadful question! Way too [...]
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Benjamin Law is one of Australia’s most talented young writers. His debut book, The Family Law, is a collection of tales about his own life and family and was published in 2010 to wide acclaim (I reviewed it here). Ben took a few moments to answer 5 questions for us in honour of Australia Day. [...]
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Like most Australians, we’ve watched the flood disaster unfold in Queensland with equal amounts of horror and sadness. Businesses across Australia, regardless of their size, have been finding ways to contribute to the national fundraising appeal. From today, the 21st of January, until Monday the 31st of January, The Nile will be donating $2 from [...]
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Anyone who has followed Australian writer Benjamin Law over the last few years, particularly in his role as a senior columnist for Frankie Magazine, would invariably have reached the same conclusion I did: It’s only a matter of time before this guy gets a book deal. What do you know? That’s exactly what happened. The [...]
A book cover can cause as much consternation and argument as the story contained inside it. For every person that falls in love with cover art, there’s another who thinks the very same design resembles something recently regurgitated by a bird. New editions of old favourites seem to cause the most discontent. Every new edition [...]
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Congratulations to Pol McCann, whose review of Cannonball Simp has won our review competition for December/January: ‘I had this read to me a thousand times as a three- and four-year old child. It was my favourite book to get on a Friday night at the public library, and dad never tired of reading it to [...]
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