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‘The crime writer crime writers read’: Garry Disher, author of 60 books and finding fame in his 70s

The Australian author is ‘incredibly influential’, but has had to survive decades of ‘cultural cringe’ and genre snobbery to make finally ‘a decent sort of living’Before parched and dusty towns across Australia became full of fictional sinister people; before the explosion of outback noir and... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2024-04-05 23:00:18 UTC ]
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This Aussie author had a book idea while ‘high as a kite’ after brain surgery.

She might not have written an entire book in one day, but Australian author Karina May has a pretty good, pretty sweat-smile story behind the rom-commy Duck à l’Orange for Breakfast, which comes out March 28 from Pan Macmillan Australia. First, you need to understand the plot: The novel centers... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-03-22 08:59:40 UTC ]
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Movie Alert: 'The Bad Guys'

Australian author Aaron Blabey's popular graphic novel series The Bad Guys is hitting the big screen. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of March 07, 2022

Flatiron signs a book about a civil rights leader by Beto O’Rourke, Australian author Helen Garner sells seven to Pantheon, and more. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
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'I believe in romance': remembering Valerie Parv, the Australian author who sold 34 million books

The author of 70 novels translated into 29 languages, Valerie Parv has passed away just before her 70th birthday. Continue reading at 'The Conversation'

[ The Conversation | 2021-04-30 05:02:04 UTC ]
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How a visit to Iceland inspired a futurist novel of climate change and hope

Australian author Charlotte McConaghy brings 'Migrations' to the L.A. Times Book Club Feb. 24. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-02-17 16:00:28 UTC ]
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Canongate signs 'explosive' Kate Grenville novel

Canongate will publish the "explosive" new novel by Booker-shortlisted Australian author Kate Grenville. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-22 08:51:53 UTC ]
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Faber lands Gabriel Bergmoser novel

Faber has snapped up rights to Australian author and playwright Gabriel Bergmoser's Sunburnt Country.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-09 10:12:57 UTC ]
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HarperCollins signs world rights from Sandy Barker

HarperCollins Publishers has acquired world all languages rights for two novels by Australian author, Sandy Barker. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PEN Festival Guest Turned Away by U.S. Immigration

Yassmin Abdel-Magied, an Australian author and Muslim activist who was slated to speak at the PEN World Voices festival in New York this month, has been deported from the U.S. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oz magazine co-founder Richard Neville dies aged 74

Richard Neville, the Australian author and co-founder of controversial 60s counterculture magazine Oz, has died in Byron Bay aged 74. Continue reading at 'BBC News'

[ BBC News | 2016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S buys Australian debut

Simon & Schuster has bought a "unique" debut from an Australian author. S&S ssistant fiction editor Carla Josephson bought UK, Commonwealth & ANZ rights in All These Perfect Strangers by Australian prize-winning author Aoife Clifford from Rebecca Ritchie and Clare Forster at Curtis... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Colleen McCullough dies

Colleen McCullough, the Australian author of The Thorn Birds, has died at the age of 77. The author died in hospital on Norfolk Island on Thursday afternoon, her publisher HarperCollins Australia confirmed. Shona Martyn of HarperCollins Australia paid tribute to McCullough, calling her "one of... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tinder Press buys 'special' Henshaw novel

Tinder Press has acquired a “smart, brilliantly written” novel by Australian author... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Her Ideal Reader: PW Talks With Liane Moriarty

Liane Moriarty is the Australian author of five internationally bestselling novels, including The Husband’s Secret. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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