Kew Booktalk 24 March 2010

here's what we talked about.

ANNIE

RUTHERFURD, Edward
New York
FIC RUTHE

FLINT, Shamini.
The Inspector Singh investigates series
FIC FLINT

HALL, Tarquin.
The case of the missing servant
FIC HALL

FOX, Kathryn.
The Anya Crichton series
FIC FOX

FIONA

BLACK, Tony.
Paying for it
FIC BLACK

GRAY, Alex.
Pitch black
FIC GRAY

MOFFAT, G J.
Daisychain
FIC MOFFA

RICHARDSON, Paddy.
Hunting blind
FIC RICHA

GRIMWADE, Stephen.
Literary Melbourne
829.8 LIT

LISA

JAMES, Erica.
The queen of new beginnings
FIC JAMES

GILMAN, Susan Jane.
Undress me in the Temple of Heaven
FIC GILMA

COTTERILL, Colin.
The coroner's lunch
FIC COTTE

SHAPTON, Leanne.
Important artifacts & personal property from the collection of Lenore Doolan & Harold Morris...
FIC SHAPT

COX, Rosamund Kidman.
Wildlife photographer of the year. Portfolio 19.
FOL 778.932 WIL

2010 Miles Franklin longlist announced.

The longlist of books in contention for this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award - Australia's most prestigious literary award - has been announced.

Lovesong by Alex Miller
The Bath Fugues by Brian Castro
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey.
Sons of the Rumour by David Foster
The Book of Emmett by Deborah Forster.
Siddon Rock by Glenda Guest
Boy on a Wire by Jon Doust
Figurehead by Patrick Allington.
Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
Truth by Peter Temple
Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett.
The People's Train by Thomas Keneally

The shortlist will be announced in April and the winner anounced on June 22.

How many of the longlist have you read?

Hawthorn Booktalk 11 March 2010

JUSTINE

KANFER, Stefan

Ball of fire: the tumultuous life and comic art of Lucille Ball

791.45028 BAL(K)

MORTON, Kate

The forgotten garden

FIC MORTO

QUINN, Spencer

Dog on it

FIC QUINN

JASMIN

EPHRON, Nora

I feel bad about my neck : and other thoughts on being a woman

928.1 EPH

ISHIGURO, Kazuo

Never let me go

FIC ISHIG

WATERS, Sarah

The little stranger

FIC WATER

FIONA

URE, Louise

The fault tree

FIC URE

PINTER, Jason

The mark

FIC PINTE

BALDACCI, David

True blue

FIC BALDA

TAYLEUR, Karen

Hostage

T FIC TAYLE

BROCKET, Jane

Cherry cake and ginger beer

641.5 BRO