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NewsAustralia's Leading Female Authors Choose Their Mother's Day Books
Check out the books that Australia's leading female authors have chosen as their ideal Mother's Day gifts - to both give and receive! New Text Young Adult Prize
Text Publishing has announced a new writing prize on Australia's literary landscape: The Text Young Adult Prize.
The prize aims to discover more wonderful new books for Young Adult readers, by Australian and New Zealand writers.
The Publisher at Text, Michael Heyward, hopes this award 'will unearth some brilliant new writing for teenagers,
which we can take to the world as we have done for many adult writers on our list'.
Click here for more information
New BooksTim Winton - Breath
Breath is a story about the wildness of youth - the lust for excitement and terror, the determination to be extraordinary,
the wounds that heal and those that don't - and about learning to live with its passing.$45.00 Read Mark Rubbo's interview with Tim Winton. Kate Jennings - Stanley and Sophie
Stanley and Sophie is a book about animals, but it is also about grief and grieving - for Jennings's husband,
for the city after 9/11, for the world. And it is a book about the way two rivalrous, demanding, idiosyncratic, exhilarating dogs gave
Jennings daily purpose and showed her the way to her own heart. $29.95 Read Readings' review of Stanley and Sophie. Jhumpa Lahiri - Unaccustomed Earth
Eight luminous stories - longer and richer than any Lahiri has yet written - explore the heart of family life and the immigrant experience,
beginning in America, and spilling back over memories and generations to India, Europe and Thailand. $29.95 Read the Readings review of Unaccustomed Earth. Lisa McGarry - The Piazzas Of Florence
Artist Lisa McGarry has captured the essence of her adopted city of Florence through an intimate exploration of twelve of her favourite piazzas,
from the Piazza del Duomo to the Piazza Pitti that sits outside her front door. Lisa's original watercolour maps beautifully illustrate
each piazza and the landmarks within.Judith Lucy - The Lucy Family Alphabet
Judith Lucy has been cracking jokes about her parents for years. But when a birth relative's casual comment implied that she despised them,
Judith was shocked. So she decided to write the full story of her parents and childhood.$29.95 Read the Readings review of The Lucy Family Alphabet. Check out the full range of new books at Readings Upcoming EventsAn evening with Junot Díaz
This is a unique opportunity to meet Junot Díaz and hear him talk about his Pulitzer-prize winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
Monday 19 May 6.30pm, Readings Hawthorn
An evening with Anne Enright
Anne is the winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize. We are privileged to have her with us talking about her new collection of short
stories Taking Pictures.
Tuesday 20 May 6.30pm, Readings Hawthorn
Kate Jennings in conversation with Elliot Perlman
Kate Jennings's new book will appeal to animal lovers and fans of Kate's work. Stanley and Sophie is about one woman's
journey after the death of her husband and the two dogs that join her along the way. She will be in conversation with the wonderful Elliot Perlman.
Monday 26 May 6.30pm, Readings CarltonFree, but please book on (03) 9347 6633.
An evening with Jane Webster
Jane Webster sold her house in Melbourne and moved with her four children to a grand but neglected chateau in Normandy.
Filled with exquisite photography, recipes and stories,
At My French Table captures the simple pleasures of family life
in a beautiful corner of France.
Tuesday 13 May 6.30pm, Readings HawthornFree, but please book on (03) 9819 1917.
For the Kids: Elizabeth Honey and Sue Johnson
I'm Still Awake, Still! is a gorgeous picture book & CD collaboration between Elizabeth Honey and Sue Johnson
(of Coco's Lunch fame). Join us to hear Elizabeth Honey and Sue Johnson reading, singing and performing their story. Saturday 10 May. Free, but please call your local shop to book a spot.
Readings Hawthorn - 10am
Movie GiveawayWin a double pass to see The Flight of the Red Balloon
A mysterious red balloon affectionately follows seven-year-old Simon around Paris. Completely absorbed in her new puppet show, his single
mother Suzanne becomes
overwhelmed by the complications of modern daily life. She decides to hire Song Fang, a Taiwanese film student, to help her care for Simon.
The first 50 eNews subscribers to email their name and address, with 'The Flight of the
Red Balloon' as the subject line will win a double pass to see the film.
Readings' Famous Bargain Table
Check out specials such as On Ugliness -
the follow-up to the previous volume On Beauty as edited by Umberto Eco. There are many more bargains to be found at Readings - check out the
full range of specials on Readings' Famous Bargain Table.
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CDs & DVDs for Mum I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too - Martha Wainwright (out this Saturday)  Third - Portishead  Kiri: Her Greatest Hits - Kiri Te Kanawa  Atonement  Imitation Of Life: Director's Suite  Helen Mirren Collection Pass it onIf you know someone who may be interested in receiving this newsletter, you can easily forward up to five copies at once. |
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