Lindach's Posts - Mosman Readers2024-03-29T07:50:32ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswellhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2981629111?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=2ztts6dl5ln7g&xn_auth=noMan Booker 2018 Longlist announcedtag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2018-07-24:2517344:BlogPost:591462018-07-24T01:25:40.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2998106024?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="500" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2998106024?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/>https://themanbookerprize.com/fiction/news/man-booker-prize-2018-longlist-announced.</a></p>
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<p>Some great reads here!</p>Stella Prize 2018 Longlist Announcedtag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2018-02-09:2517344:BlogPost:582492018-02-09T01:24:16.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; color: #292929; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7rem; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif, sans; font-size: 1.3rem; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Stella Prize is a major literary award celebrating Australian women’s writing, and an organisation that champion cultural change.<span style="line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">The prize is named after one of Australia’s iconic female authors, Stella Maria Sarah ‘Miles’ Franklin, and was awarded for the first time in 2013. Both nonfiction and fiction books by Australian women are eligible for entry.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; color: #292929; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7rem; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif, sans; font-size: 1.3rem; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 10pt; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">The prize is named after one of Australia’s iconic female authors, Stella Maria Sarah ‘Miles’ Franklin, and was awarded for the first time in 2013. Both nonfiction and fiction books by Australian women are eligible for entry.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; color: #292929; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7rem; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: brandon-grotesque, sans-serif, sans; font-size: 1.3rem; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: inherit; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 10pt; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Here is this year's longlist which has just been released. <strong><a href="http://thestellaprize.com.au/prize/2018-prize/">http://thestellaprize.com.au/prize/2018-prize/</a>.</strong></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2998106147?profile=original" target="_self"></a></p>Announcing the 2016 Bailey's Prize for Women's Fiction Longlisttag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2016-03-09:2517344:BlogPost:501742016-03-09T03:00:00.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
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<p>On International Women's Day the longlist for the 2016 Bailey's Prize for Women's Fiction was announced. Follow the link below for some wonderful reads especially " A Little Life".…</p>
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<p>On International Women's Day the longlist for the 2016 Bailey's Prize for Women's Fiction was announced. Follow the link below for some wonderful reads especially " A Little Life".</p>
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<p></p>Best Books of 2015 According to Oprah.comtag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2015-12-29:2517344:BlogPost:493422015-12-29T05:21:52.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
<p>Oprah.com has chosen the best books of 2015. </p>
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<p>Oprah.com has chosen the best books of 2015. </p>
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<p>Read, Review & Win, Mosman Library Service's reading incentive program for adults, is back from 1-31 January 2016 .</p>
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<p>Read, Review & Win, Mosman Library Service's reading incentive program for adults, is back from 1-31 January 2016 .</p>
<p>Simply write a book review to go into the draw to win a $250 voucher to spend at "Ripples", Chowder Bay.</p>
<p>Either fill in a review card, post your review on the catalogue, or write your review on Mosman Readers.</p>
<p>For more details visit: <a href="http://www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/library">www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/library</a>.</p>
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<p></p>Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2015tag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2015-12-14:2517344:BlogPost:490422015-12-14T22:54:31.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
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<p> The winners of the Prime Minister's Literary Awards were announced last night.</p>
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<p> The winners of the Prime Minister's Literary Awards were announced last night.</p>
<p>For more information follow this link: <a href="http://arts.gov.au/topics/pms-literary-awards">http://arts.gov.au/topics/pms-literary-awards</a>.</p>
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<p></p>2015 Stella Prize Shortlist Announcedtag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2015-03-12:2517344:BlogPost:465492015-03-12T04:49:37.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
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<p><span class="font-size-2">From more than 150 entries, <a href="http://thestellaprize.com.au/the-stella-prize/2015-2/judges-2015/">this year’s Stella Prize judges</a> – critic and writer Kerryn Goldsworthy (chair); journalist and broadcaster Caroline Baum; writer and lecturer Tony Birch; singer–songwriter Sarah Blasko; and acclaimed…</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-2">From more than 150 entries, <a href="http://thestellaprize.com.au/the-stella-prize/2015-2/judges-2015/">this year’s Stella Prize judges</a> – critic and writer Kerryn Goldsworthy (chair); journalist and broadcaster Caroline Baum; writer and lecturer Tony Birch; singer–songwriter Sarah Blasko; and acclaimed author Melissa Lucashenko – selected a <a href="http://thestellaprize.com.au/2015/02/announcing-the-2015-stella-prize-longlist/">longlist</a> of twelve books that they have now narrowed down to a shortlist of six.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><strong>In alphabetical order of author surname, the <a href="http://thestellaprize.com.au/the-stella-prize/shortlist-2015/">2015 Stella Prize shortlist</a> is:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><strong><i>Foreign Soil </i>by Maxine Beneba Clarke (Hachette)</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><strong><i>The Strays</i> by Emily Bitto (Affirm Press)</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><strong><i>The Invisible History of the Human Race</i> by Christine Kenneally (Black Inc)</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><strong><i>The Eye of the Sheep </i>by Sofie Laguna (Allen & Unwin)</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><strong><i>The Golden Age </i>by Joan London (Random House)</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><strong><i>Heat and Light</i> by Ellen van Neerven (UQP)</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2">The 2015 Stella Prize will be awarded in Melbourne on the evening of Tuesday 21 April.</span></p>Want to win an eBook reader?tag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2013-05-14:2517344:BlogPost:359962013-05-14T01:25:19.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
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<p>We are looking for your story of how libraries or a particular library has changed your life. Why not share your story as part of Mosman Library's online competition celebrating Australian and Library Week 2013 there is a Sony eBook reader up for grabs!</p>
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<p>We are looking for your story of how libraries or a particular library has changed your life. Why not share your story as part of Mosman Library's online competition celebrating Australian and Library Week 2013 there is a Sony eBook reader up for grabs!</p>
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<p>Here's the link:<a href="http://www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/events/3794/share-your-story-online">http://www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/events/3794/share-your-story-online</a>.</p>
<p></p>Miles Franklin Shortlist- It's all women this year!tag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2013-04-30:2517344:BlogPost:356702013-04-30T01:59:41.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
<p>This is exciting news for Australian women writers. I am sure Miles Franklin herself would be very happy with this year's list.</p>
<p class="first">An all-female shortlist has been named for the 2013 Miles Franklin Award, Australia's most prestigious literary prize.</p>
<p>First-time novelists Romy Ash, Annah Faulkner and Drusilla Modjeska, are among the five nominees competing for the $60,000 prize.</p>
<p>Author of Questions of Travel, Michelle de Kretser, and Carrie Tiffany, who wrote…</p>
<p>This is exciting news for Australian women writers. I am sure Miles Franklin herself would be very happy with this year's list.</p>
<p class="first">An all-female shortlist has been named for the 2013 Miles Franklin Award, Australia's most prestigious literary prize.</p>
<p>First-time novelists Romy Ash, Annah Faulkner and Drusilla Modjeska, are among the five nominees competing for the $60,000 prize.</p>
<p>Author of Questions of Travel, Michelle de Kretser, and Carrie Tiffany, who wrote Mateship with Birds and was the recent winner of the Stella Prize , make up the rest of the shortlist.</p>
<p>The winner will be announced on June 19 at The National Library of Australia in Canberra.</p>
<p>The five authors will also receive $5,000 in prize money from Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund.</p>
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<li>Romy Ash - Floundering</li>
<li>Annah Faulkner - The Beloved</li>
<li>Michelle de Kretser - Questions Of Travel</li>
<li>Drusilla Modjeska - The Mountain</li>
<li>Carrie Tiffany - Mateship With Birds</li>
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<p>"Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors," Simon Lewis, Head of Philanthropy and Community at the Trust Company said.</p>
<p>"The shortlist demonstrates how strong Australia's pipeline of female literary talent really is, as witnessed with last year's Miles Franklin winner, Anna Funder, as well as by the growing number of first time female authors included in the long and shortlists in recent years."</p>
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<p></p>Winner of the first Stella Prize Announcedtag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2013-04-17:2517344:BlogPost:353112013-04-17T06:28:19.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
<p>Congratulations to Carrie Tiffany winner of the Stella Prize, a new literary award for Australian female authors, for her book "Mateship with Birds"</p>
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<div class="span8 pgeContent"><p>The Stella Prize is a major new literary award celebrating Australian women’s writing. It is named after one of Australia’s iconic female authors, Stella Maria ‘Miles’ Franklin, and celebrates women’s contribution to Australian literature. The Stella Prize rewards one writer with a significant…</p>
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<p>Congratulations to Carrie Tiffany winner of the Stella Prize, a new literary award for Australian female authors, for her book "Mateship with Birds"</p>
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<div class="span8 pgeContent"><p>The Stella Prize is a major new literary award celebrating Australian women’s writing. It is named after one of Australia’s iconic female authors, Stella Maria ‘Miles’ Franklin, and celebrates women’s contribution to Australian literature. The Stella Prize rewards one writer with a significant monetary prize of $50,000.</p>
<p>The Stella Prize raises the profile of women’s writing through the Stella Prize longlists and shortlists, encourages a future generation of women writers, and brings readers to the work of Australian women.</p>
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<p>The title of Carrie Tiffany’s <em>Mateship with Birds</em> is especially appropriate as Tiffany called all her fellow nominees up to the stage when collecting the award last night in Melbourne, Tiffany and announced she would share $10,000 of the $50,000 prize money with the other shortlisted authors.</p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://thestellaprize.com.au/static/images/stella-logo-large.png?1361403348"><img class="align-full" src="http://thestellaprize.com.au/static/images/stella-logo-large.png?1361403348&width=150" width="150"/></a></p>2012 Aurealis Awards Finaliststag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2013-03-22:2517344:BlogPost:347032013-03-22T00:02:13.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
<p>If you are into Horror, Scfi,Speculative Fiction or Fantasy you might want to check out the finalists for this year's Aurealis Awards for Australian writers of Adult, Children's and Yong Adult books in these genres. The article is on the Australian Women's Writers Site:</p>
<p><a href="http://australianwomenwriters.com/2013/03/22/announcement-of-the-2012-aurealis-awards-finalists/">http://australianwomenwriters.com/2013/03/22/announcement-of-the-2012-aurealis-awards-finalists/</a></p>
<p>If you are into Horror, Scfi,Speculative Fiction or Fantasy you might want to check out the finalists for this year's Aurealis Awards for Australian writers of Adult, Children's and Yong Adult books in these genres. The article is on the Australian Women's Writers Site:</p>
<p><a href="http://australianwomenwriters.com/2013/03/22/announcement-of-the-2012-aurealis-awards-finalists/">http://australianwomenwriters.com/2013/03/22/announcement-of-the-2012-aurealis-awards-finalists/</a></p>JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy is out today!tag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2012-09-27:2517344:BlogPost:316492012-09-27T02:14:24.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
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<p>The new novel by JK Rowling has nothing to do with wizards or witches or evil magic and the author and publishers are quite clear in saying that the book is not for children but is her first written for adults. So before you read it you might want to check out this review from the Guardian newspaper. Just click on the link:…</p>
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<p>The new novel by JK Rowling has nothing to do with wizards or witches or evil magic and the author and publishers are quite clear in saying that the book is not for children but is her first written for adults. So before you read it you might want to check out this review from the Guardian newspaper. Just click on the link:</p>
<p><a href="http://http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/27/jk-rowling-casual-vacancy-review?CMP=twt_fd" target="_blank">http://http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/27/jk-rowling-casual-vacancy-review?CMP=twt_fd</a></p>Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announcedtag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2012-09-12:2517344:BlogPost:312182012-09-12T04:13:23.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
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<p>This year's shortlist has just been announced. Hilary Mantel is up again this year.Can she win again for <strong>Bring Up the</strong> <strong>Bodies</strong> which continues the story of her previous Booker winner <strong>Wolf Hall?</strong></p>
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<p>This year's shortlist has just been announced. Hilary Mantel is up again this year.Can she win again for <strong>Bring Up the</strong> <strong>Bodies</strong> which continues the story of her previous Booker winner <strong>Wolf Hall?</strong></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.themanbookerprize.com/">http://www.themanbookerprize.com/</a></p>Last Chance to win an eReader by submitting a book review in National Year Of Reading 2012 Competitiontag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2012-05-04:2517344:BlogPost:307452012-05-04T01:00:00.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
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<p style="margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: left;"><strong style="text-align: left;">The National Year of Reading</strong> <span style="text-align: left;">and the Right Honourable Minister Simon Crean announced the winners of</span> <strong style="text-align: left;"><em>Our Story…</em></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: left;"><strong style="text-align: left;">The National Year of Reading</strong> <span style="text-align: left;">and the Right Honourable Minister Simon Crean announced the winners of</span> <strong style="text-align: left;"><em>Our Story</em></strong><span style="text-align: left;"> on 14 February 2012. This outstanding set of books was chosen by readers as books that truly defined our national pysche and typified the Australian way of life.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">Smoke and Mirrors</font></font></i><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">, by Kel Robertson (ACT);</font></font> <i><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">The Idea of Home</font></font></i><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">, by John</font></font></font></span></p>
<p align="left">Hughes (NSW);</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">Listening to Country</font></font></i><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">, by Ros Moriarty (NT);</font></font> <i><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">The White Earth</font></font></i><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">, by Andrew</font></font></font></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">Time’s Long Ruin</font></font></i><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">, by Stephen Orr (SA);</font></font> <i><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">Wanting</font></font></i><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">, by Richard Flanagan (TAS);</font></font></span></p>
<p>Well Done, Those Men</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">, by Barry Heard (VIC) and</font></font> <i><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">Jasper Jones</font></font></i><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">, by Craig Silvey (WA).</font></font></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: left;"><strong>Now</strong> you have a chance to reflect on the winner for your state or territory and tell other readers what you thought. All you need to do is write a review of 50 words or less for any of the eight titles featured in the above list.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: left;">All reviews will be entered into the draw so start writing your thoughts down now and tell others why they may want to read them.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: left;">The closing date for entries is 14th May, 2012.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: left;">Follow this link to submit a review: <a href="http://www.thereadingroom.com/book-club/national-year-of-reading/1921%22">http://www.thereadingroom.com/book-club/national-year-of-reading/1921%22</a>.</p>Want some suggestions for a great read during the National Year of Reading?tag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2012-05-03:2517344:BlogPost:303232012-05-03T05:13:43.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
<p>The Shortlists for the Miles Franklin and National Biography Award have just been announced. Perhaps you will find something to tempt and add to your " Must Read" List for National Year of Reading 2012.</p>
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<li><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Tony Birch</strong>,</span> <em>Blood</em></li>
<li><strong>Anna Funder</strong>, <em>All That I Am</em></li>
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<p>The Shortlists for the Miles Franklin and National Biography Award have just been announced. Perhaps you will find something to tempt and add to your " Must Read" List for National Year of Reading 2012.</p>
<p><strong>Miles Franklin Award Shortlist</strong></p>
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<li><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Tony Birch</strong>,</span> <em>Blood</em></li>
<li><strong>Anna Funder</strong>, <em>All That I Am</em></li>
<li><strong>Gillian Mears</strong>, <em>Foal's Bread</em></li>
<li><strong>Frank Moorhouse</strong>, <em>Cold Light</em></li>
<li><strong>Favel Parrett</strong>, <em>Past The Shallows</em></li>
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<li><div><strong>Tim Bonyhady</strong> <em>Good Living Street: The Fortunes of My Viennese Family</em>, Allen & Unwin</div>
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<li><div><strong>A J Brown</strong> <em>Michael Kirby: Paradoxes & Principles</em>, The Federation Press</div>
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<li><div><strong>Delia Falconer</strong> <em>Sydney</em>, NewSouth Publishing</div>
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<li><div><strong>Paul Kelly</strong> <em>How to Make Gravy,</em> Penguin</div>
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<li><div><strong>Mark McKenna</strong> <em>An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark</em>, Melbourne University Publishing</div>
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<li><div><strong>Martin Thomas</strong> <em>The Many Worlds of R.H. Mathews: In Search of an Australian Anthropologist,</em> Allen & Unwin</div>
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<li><div>The winner of the 2012 National Biography Award will be announced at <a title="" href="http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/events_talks/events/national_biography_award_2012.html" target="_self">a special presentation at the State Library of NSW on Monday 14 May 2012</a> as part of the Sydney Writers’ Festival.</div>
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<p>To commemorate this very special year for vampire literature, a century since the death of the creator of Dracula, Bram Stoker, Richard Matheson's 'I am Legend' has been named - Vampire Novel of the Century. Read this article from the Guardian newspaper in the UK to find out why:</p>
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<p>To commemorate this very special year for vampire literature, a century since the death of the creator of Dracula, Bram Stoker, Richard Matheson's 'I am Legend' has been named - Vampire Novel of the Century. Read this article from the Guardian newspaper in the UK to find out why:</p>
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<p>Mosman Library will be kicking off the <a href="http://www.love2read.org.au/">National Year of Reading</a> with our Big Book Club Party on Library Lovers Day, 14 February at 6.30pm.</p>
<p>All are welcome to come and celebrate reading with the members of our book clubs. There will be Lucky Door Prizes, refreshments and some surprises.</p>
<p>We are also interested in knowing what book changed your life or had the…</p>
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<p>Mosman Library will be kicking off the <a href="http://www.love2read.org.au/">National Year of Reading</a> with our Big Book Club Party on Library Lovers Day, 14 February at 6.30pm.</p>
<p>All are welcome to come and celebrate reading with the members of our book clubs. There will be Lucky Door Prizes, refreshments and some surprises.</p>
<p>We are also interested in knowing what book changed your life or had the most influence on your reading.</p>
<p>We will have a special booth set up on Library Lovers Day for you to record your choice or if you can’t make it on the day simply email us on <a href="mailto:library@mosman.nsw.gov.au">library@mosman.nsw.gov.au</a> with the book that changed your life!</p>Bram Stoker's Missing Journal Found!tag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2012-01-03:2517344:BlogPost:286932012-01-03T06:22:50.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2998101408?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2998101408?profile=original" width="150"></img></a> For all those fans of Dracula out there, here is some exciting news! The lost journal of Bram Stoker has been found and will be published in March 2012 to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of Bram Stoker's death. Lots of insight and information on Bram and the creation of the seminal novel- Dracula.I can hardly wait to read it.…</p>
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<p>A suggestion for you to read before the real journal is published is the Dracula Dossier by James Reese based on the fictitious journal and letters of Bram Stoker. A great thriller with the Dracula story, Bram Stoker's life and Jack the Ripper intertwined!</p>
<p>For the full story follow this link:</p>
<p><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/29/world/dracula-journal-discovered/index.html?hpt=hp_c2">http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/29/world/dracula-journal-discovered/index.html?hpt=hp_c2</a>.</p>
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<p>Check out the Huff Post editors' selections via the link below. I was glad to see included my favourite for the year ,'The Tiger's Wife' by Tea Obreht, and also one of the books on my 'to read' list, 'The Night Circus' by Erin Morgenstern.</p>
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<p>Check out the Huff Post editors' selections via the link below. I was glad to see included my favourite for the year ,'The Tiger's Wife' by Tea Obreht, and also one of the books on my 'to read' list, 'The Night Circus' by Erin Morgenstern.</p>
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<p></p>Nominations for Ned Kelly Award for Crime Writing announced.tag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2011-04-28:2517344:BlogPost:157422011-04-28T23:36:40.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
<p>The nominations for16th Ned Kelly Award for Crime Writing have been announced. This Award has been linked with the Melbourne Writers Festival since 2000 and includes Australia's best crime writers both fiction and non-fiction.Follow the link below for this year's list.</p>
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<p>The nominations for16th Ned Kelly Award for Crime Writing have been announced. This Award has been linked with the Melbourne Writers Festival since 2000 and includes Australia's best crime writers both fiction and non-fiction.Follow the link below for this year's list.</p>
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<p><a href="http://nedkellyawards.com/index.php/news-feeds">http://nedkellyawards.com/index.php/news-feeds</a></p>John Le Carre asks to be withdrawn from Man Booker International Prize List!tag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2011-03-30:2517344:BlogPost:138432011-03-30T03:00:00.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
<p>I was suprised to come across this article in The Guardian about John Le Carre's request to be taken out of consideration for this year's Man Booker International Prize. Read the following article to find out why!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9570766">http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9570766</a></p>
<p>Here is the list of the 13 authors shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize which is awarded every 4 years and which was announced in Sydney…</p>
<p>I was suprised to come across this article in The Guardian about John Le Carre's request to be taken out of consideration for this year's Man Booker International Prize. Read the following article to find out why!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9570766">http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9570766</a></p>
<p>Here is the list of the 13 authors shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize which is awarded every 4 years and which was announced in Sydney today!</p>
<p>The thirteen authors on the list are:</p>
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<li>Wang Anyi (China)</li>
<li>Juan Goytisolo (Spain)</li>
<li>James Kelman (UK)</li>
<li>John le Carré (UK)</li>
<li>Amin Maalouf (Lebanon)</li>
<li>David Malouf (Australia)</li>
<li>Dacia Maraini (Italy)</li>
<li>Rohinton Mistry (India/Canada)</li>
<li>Philip Pullman (UK)</li>
<li>Marilynne Robinson (USA)</li>
<li>Philip Roth (USA)</li>
<li>Su Tong (China)</li>
<li>Anne Tyler (USA)</li>
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<p>My vote goes to Amin Maalouf who is an amazing author. I recommend the following two books by him- Gardens of Light and Samarkand.I also think David Malouf would be a deserving winner.</p>St Patrick's Day reading suggestionstag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2011-03-17:2517344:BlogPost:121492011-03-17T04:30:00.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
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<p>As today is St Patrick's Day I thought we should celebrate Irish writers. So here is the link to the 2010 Irish Book Awards for some suggestions for great Irish reads.</p>
<p>My favourite Irish writers are Colm Toibin, Sebastian Barry and John Banville</p>
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<p>As today is St Patrick's Day I thought we should celebrate Irish writers. So here is the link to the 2010 Irish Book Awards for some suggestions for great Irish reads.</p>
<p>My favourite Irish writers are Colm Toibin, Sebastian Barry and John Banville</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.irishbookawards.ie/PreviousWinners.aspx">http://www.irishbookawards.ie/PreviousWinners.aspx</a></p>This year's Nobel Prize for Literature announcedtag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2010-10-07:2517344:BlogPost:86672010-10-07T23:12:31.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 was awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa <i>"for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat"</i>.<br />
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 was awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa <i>"for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat"</i>.<br />
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<p>Temple had to fight off stiff competition from five other authors, including Deborah Forster, Sonya Hartnett and Alex Miller, to win the $42,000 prize, presented at an award dinner on Tuesday 22 June in Sydney.</p>
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<div id="body"><p style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px">Peter Temple has been awarded the highly acclaimed 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award for his novel Truth.</p>
<p>Temple had to fight off stiff competition from five other authors, including Deborah Forster, Sonya Hartnett and Alex Miller, to win the $42,000 prize, presented at an award dinner on Tuesday 22 June in Sydney.</p>
<p>The Miles Franklin literary award is recognised as Australia's most prestigious prize and is awarded to the novel of the highest literary merit that presents Australian life.</p>
<p>The awards were established in 1957 and it is the first time a genre novel has won. This decision shows how far the crime novel has developed as a literary genre.</p>
<p>"It unusual for a crime writer to receive such a prestigious award, so cop it sweet," Temple told AAP upon receiving the award.</p>
<p>Truth, the sequel to Temple's highly acclaimed The Broken Shore, is a complex crime novel set against the background of Victoria's 2009 bushfires.</p>
<p>Award judge Morag Fraser said Truth was "writing tempered with fire".</p>
<p>"It was a controversial and challenging short list, accomplished and diverse in ways that made the judges' task extremely difficult," Ms Fraser said.</p>
<p>"Each novel offered a quite distinct and compelling fictional journey."</p>
<p>The six novelists shortlisted this year were Deborah Forster for her debut novel The Book of Emmett, Sonya Hartnett for Butterfly, Alex Miller for Lovesong, Brian Castro for The Bath Fugues, and 27-year-old Craig Silvey for Jasper Jones.</p>
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<p>Read the interview Peter Temple gave today on the ABC's AM program.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2010/s2934394.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2010/s2934394.htm</a></p>Article by John Birminghamtag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2010-06-11:2517344:BlogPost:80492010-06-11T04:04:00.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
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<p>John Birmingham who is visiting Mosman Library on 5 July to discuss his latest book " After America" has written an interesting article about female action heroes in literature. Here's the link:…<a class="tweet-url web" href="http://bit.ly/bfZVGw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></p>
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<p>John Birmingham who is visiting Mosman Library on 5 July to discuss his latest book " After America" has written an interesting article about female action heroes in literature. Here's the link:<a class="tweet-url web" href="http://bit.ly/bfZVGw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><font color="#0D0A0F">http://bit.ly/bfZVGw</font></a></p>Lost Man Booker Prize win by J G Farrell for The Troublestag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2010-05-20:2517344:BlogPost:78552010-05-20T07:08:10.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
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<p>There was no Booker prize awarded for the year 1970.</p>
<p>In 1971, just two years after it began, the Booker Prize ceased to be awarded retrospectively and became, as it is today, a prize for the best novel in the year of publication. At the same time, the date on which the award was given moved from April to November. As a result of these changes, there was whole year's gap when a wealth of fiction, published in1970, fell through the net. These books were simply never considered…</p>
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<p>There was no Booker prize awarded for the year 1970.</p>
<p>In 1971, just two years after it began, the Booker Prize ceased to be awarded retrospectively and became, as it is today, a prize for the best novel in the year of publication. At the same time, the date on which the award was given moved from April to November. As a result of these changes, there was whole year's gap when a wealth of fiction, published in1970, fell through the net. These books were simply never considered for the prize.</p>
<p>Now, 40 years on, a panel of three judges - all of whom were born in or around 1970 - has been appointed to select a shortlist of six novels from those books. They are journalist and critic, Rachel Cooke, ITN newsreader, Katie Derham and poet and novelist, Tobias Hill.</p>
<p>Here is the longlist of 22 books which would have been eligible and are still in print and generally available today. They are:</p>
<p>o Brian Aldiss, <em>The Hand Reared Boy</em><br/>o Paul Bailey, <em>Trespasses</em><br/>o H.E.Bates, <em>A Little Of What You Fancy</em><br/>o Nina Bawden, <em>The Birds On The Trees</em><br/>o Melvyn Bragg, <em>A Place In England</em><br/>o Christy Brown, <em>Down All The Days</em><br/>o Len Deighton, <em>Bomber</em><br/>o J.G.Farrell, <em>Troubles</em><br/>o Elaine Feinstein, <em>The Circle</em><br/>o Shirley Hazzard, <em>The Bay Of Noon</em><br/>o Reginald Hill, <em>A Clubbable Woman</em><br/>o Susan Hill, <em>I'm The King Of The Castle</em><br/>o Francis King, <em>A Domestic Animal</em><br/>o David Lodge, <em>Out Of The Shelter</em><br/>o Iris Murdoch, <em>A Fairly Honourable Defeat</em><br/>o Shiva Naipaul, <em>Fireflies</em><br/>o Patrick O'Brian, <em>Master and Commander</em><br/>o Mary Renault, <em>Fire From Heaven</em><br/>o Ruth Rendell, <em>A Guilty Thing Surprised</em><br/>o Muriel Spark, <em>The Driver's Seat</em><br/>o Patrick White, <em>The Vivisector</em></p>
<p>The list includes many distinguished writers whose books have stood the test of time including J.G. Farrell, whose <em>The Siege of Krishnapur</em> won the prize in 1973; Iris Murdoch, whose <em>The Sea, The Sea</em> won in 1978 and whose novels were shortlisted in four other years; David Lodge, who was shortlisted in 1984 and 1988 and chaired the prize in 1989; Muriel Spark, who was shortlisted in 1969 for her novel <em>The Public Image</em> and in 1981 for <em>Loitering with Intent</em>; Nina Bawden whose <em>Circles of Deceit</em> was shortlisted in 1987 and Susan Hill, whose <em>The Bird of Night</em> was shortlisted in 1972 and who judged the 1975 prize.</p>
<p>.Here is the shortlistannounced in March:</p>
<p><em>The Birds on the Trees</em> by Nina Bawden (Virago)<br/>• <em>Troubles</em> by J G Farrell (Phoenix)<br/>• <em>The Bay of Noon</em> by Shirley Hazzard (Virago)<br/>• <em>Fire From Heaven</em> by Mary Renault (Arrow)<br/>• <em>The Driver's Seat</em> by Muriel Spark (Penguin)<br/>• <em>The Vivisector</em> by Patrick White (Vintage</p>
<p>Read more about JG Farrell @ <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/lost-booker-prize">http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/lost-booker-prize</a></p>New Look Public Libraries in the UKtag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2010-04-30:2517344:BlogPost:77522010-04-30T05:30:00.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
<p>Check out this article from the UK. Interesting to see UK libraries are starting to catch up with us!</p>
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<p><font size="2">Britain’s terminally dull libraries are looking more like Heathrow’s Terminal 5 courtesy of a nationwide transformation............…</font></p>
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<p>Check out this article from the UK. Interesting to see UK libraries are starting to catch up with us!</p>
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<p><font size="2">Britain’s terminally dull libraries are looking more like Heathrow’s Terminal 5 courtesy of a nationwide transformation............</font></p>
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<p><font size="2"><a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/821576-check-out-the-new-look-of-libraries"><strong>http://www.metro.co.uk/news/821576-check-out-the-new-look-of-libraries</strong></a>.</font></p>
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<p></p>Irish Book Awardstag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2010-03-15:2517344:BlogPost:75472010-03-15T05:30:00.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
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<p>To carry on from Wallerawang's St Patrick's Day Blog here is a link to the Irish Book Awards site for the 2009 winners in the fiction category. Some great reads especially the Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry</p>
<p><a href="http://www.irishbookawards.ie/AwardDetails.aspx">http://www.irishbookawards.ie/AwardDetails.aspx</a></p>
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<p>To carry on from Wallerawang's St Patrick's Day Blog here is a link to the Irish Book Awards site for the 2009 winners in the fiction category. Some great reads especially the Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry</p>
<p><a href="http://www.irishbookawards.ie/AwardDetails.aspx">http://www.irishbookawards.ie/AwardDetails.aspx</a></p>Unlimited Loans at Mosman Librarytag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2009-12-01:2517344:BlogPost:69642009-12-01T01:00:00.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
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Over the December/January holiday season Mosman Library is allowing its patrons to borrow as any books, DVDs, CDs and audio books as they like.<br />
Extended loans are also available for those going away on holidays.
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Over the December/January holiday season Mosman Library is allowing its patrons to borrow as any books, DVDs, CDs and audio books as they like.<br />
Extended loans are also available for those going away on holidays.Free The Word Book Clubtag:mosmanreaders.ning.com,2009-11-16:2517344:BlogPost:67622009-11-16T03:30:00.000ZLindachhttp://mosmanreaders.ning.com/profile/LindaHorswell
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This is a great concept set up by International PEN - an association of writers dedicated to preserving freedom of expression. Take the time to have a look.<br />
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<a href="http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/go/literary-events/free-the-word-world-book-club">http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/go/literary-events/free-the-word-world-book-club</a>
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This is a great concept set up by International PEN - an association of writers dedicated to preserving freedom of expression. Take the time to have a look.<br />
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<a href="http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/go/literary-events/free-the-word-world-book-club">http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/go/literary-events/free-the-word-world-book-club</a>