Australian football legend Tim Cahill to add to children’s book series
OK, I’ll level with you. Every week, we go through the books news looking for the most vital, interesting, controversial and otherwise blog-worthy stories. It’s fun! And the past couple… Read more »
Refugee wins Australia’s most prestigious literary prize—isn’t allowed to enter the country
One of Australia’s most prestigious literary prizes was just awarded to Kurdish-Iranian refugee and journalist Behrouz Boochani. According to NPR’s Colin Dwyer however, due to the country’s immigration system, Boochani was not… Read more »
The Bovine Comedy: publishers race to secure Big Cow memoir (probably)
Haven’t you herd? Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better than a chicken in trousers, the latest online animal curiosity has arrived in the form of an extremely… Read more »
The Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist has been announced
The shortlist for Australia’s most prestigious book prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, was announced this week by Perpetual, the financial services company that sponsors it. The mission of the award,… Read more »
He said, Xi said: An Australian scholar finds a publisher for his book, despite the threat of Chinese lawsuits
Back in November, we wrote about a sticky situation in which one Aussie intellectual had found himself: Meanwhile, in Australia, the last nation on earth where disparaging the boot remains a bootable… Read more »
Author who writes about tolerance and acceptance comes to US to talk about tolerance and acceptance, is detained at LAX
Celebrated Australian children’s author Mem Fox was detained by immigration officers at Los Angeles International Airport earlier this month and “aggressively questioned about her visa status,” Nora Krug reports for… Read more »
Melbourne bookstore to close because one jerk complained
In yet another instance of an uptight Australian snitch ruining it for the rest of us indie bookstore-goers, a beloved bookstore is being forced to close in St. Kilda, a suburb of… Read more »
Civil servant arrested for publishing book of already-public information
Further dispatches from Australia, the Florida of the world It’s not hard to get arrested for writing (or publishing) books. It happens when the government doesn’t like the cut of your… Read more »
Disgraced cookbook author may now face more than $1 million in fines
It’s been a rough year for Belle Gibson, and it’s about to get rougher. In 2015, the wellness guru, who rose to prominence based on the claim that she had… Read more »
Newly discovered leech named for Amy Tan
It’s rare that a person—let alone a writer of novels—has the honor of having her name bestowed upon a newly discovered species. Now, Jennifer Schuessler reports for the New York… Read more »