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The Miles of Reading Challenge
Could you read every book on the Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist? The Trust Company, who administer Miles Franklin's bequest, hope lots of people can, and will, in 2013. They have launched theMiles of Reading Challengeto support Franklin's wish of ...
20/03/2013
9:06:22 AM
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So You Think You Know Australian Fiction?
Challenging pre-conceived ideas is always a tricky business. But sacred cows are meat and drink to academics, and Dr Katherine Bode, in her project, Reading By Numbers, has not shirked the job of challenging accepted ideas about Australian novels and ...
27/07/2012
7:37:41 AM
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Australian Writers Back in Print
Books by even well-known authors such asMiles Franklin, Marcus Clarke or Henry Handel Richardson can be hard to find in bookshops. The advent of a new publishing series, TextClassics, and the launch this month of an all-new imprint, House of Books, will ...
19/06/2012
11:14:04 AM