2011, a great year for Australian fiction

2011, a great year for Australian fiction

18 Oct 2011

Two new October new release novels by local writers Elliot Perlman and Alex Miller look set to cap off a brilliant year for Australian story writing. Within days of Perlman’s The Street Sweeper and Miller’s Autumn Laing arriving on the shelves, booksellers were ordering more copies, with several independents saying they had sold out after the first weekend. more

Summer and Christmas trading

18 Oct 2011

From Melbourne Cup week until December 18 My Bookshop’s trading hours will be:

Sunday-Wednesday: 9.30am-5pm Thursdays and Fridays: 9.30am-7pm Saturdays: 9.30am-6pm

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Fourth-time lucky Barnes wins Man Booker

17 Oct 2011

“Beautifully written … a book that spoke to humankind,’’ is how Man Booker Prize judging chairwoman Stella Rimington described London author Julian Barnes’ The Sense Of An Ending. more