From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Canongate caters to true fans with Bunny Munro

August 11, 2009

Jamie Byng and his publishing team sure are a bright bunch. The release of Nick Cave’s new novel The Death of Bunny Munro brings with it a basket of goodies to satisfy fans, true fans and even ordinary readers. In addition to the hardcover print book, there will also be a deluxe CD audio edition [...]

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Aviva Tuffield, you’re my hero

August 10, 2009

There’s a common category of many government-funded arts programs in Australia: “young and emerging.” This is for programs aimed at artists of a fairly arbitrary age range, typically 18 to 25 years, sometimes up to 30. It’s prevalent throughout all tiers of government and whole systems of funding, arts infrastructure and public programs have sprung [...]

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I dig your marginalia

August 4, 2009

The quote of the day comes from YA blogger Steph Bowe: I love it when you borrow a book from the library for school and all the relevant passages have already been underlined, all the pages you’re meant to read are dog-eared, and there are notes in the margins that match the questions you’re meant [...]

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