Complex Chinese characters: Dominique Wilson on ‘The Yellow Papers’
Dominique Wilson’s The Yellow Papers (Transit Lounge, March) is a ‘captivating historical epic, and a unique view of the formation of modern China’, writes Jennifer Peterson-Ward. She spoke to the...
Read ahead: Preview of 2014 titles
Kate Blackwood rounds up publishers’ top picks for 2014. Fiction Maxine Beneba Clarke’s debut short-story collection is Hodder and Headline sales and marketing director Justin Ractliffe’s top pick for 2014....
2011 Miles Franklin longlist announced
The longlist for this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are:Rocks in the Belly (Jon Bauer, Scribe)The Good Daughter (Honey Brown, Viking)The Mary Smokes Boys...
‘Under the Huang Jiao Tree’ wins Whitcoulls travel book of the year award
Under the Huang Jiao Tree (Jane Carswell, Transit Lounge) has won this year's Whitcoulls Travcom Travel Book of the Year. The award, presented at a gala dinner at the Heritage...