HELENE YOUNG

Some of you will remember Helene Young who flew down from Brisbane one cold Friday night in July a couple of years ago to speak at the Twilight Talks we held at the Stockyard Gallery.  There's an interesting article on the Sisters in Crime website I thought you might like to read.

We always have her latest book on the shelf and we're very pleased to see her still going strong.
 

PHYRNE FISHER WINS HEARTS IN AMERICA

For those of you who love Kerry Greenwood's books on Phyrne Fisher you might like to know the character has won the hearts of American in the form of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries television series.  Take a look at the article that appeared in The Guardian.

 

JACKIE FRENCH LOVES WOMBAT

The new title from Jackie French is Wombat Wins which is the perfect companion to her other Wombat stories.  We'll have it on the shelf soon.

 

THE PEOPLE HAVE VOTED......

More than 1700 Dymocks Booklovers members have voted for their favourite children’s book of all time. The ‘Harry Potter’ series (J K Rowling, Bloomsbury) topped the poll, followed by The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Eric Carle, Penguin) and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C S Lewis, various imprints). The ‘Treehouse’ series by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton (Pan) was the highest placed local entry in fourth spot. Eight out of the top 10 titles and nearly half of all 51 titles have been adapted for film or TV.

LIV, FOREVER BY AMY TALKINGTON

There's a great review of this title on our website, take a look here. 

 

WHY DO THEY DO IT?

A Macquarie University author survey has found that Australian authors earn on average $12,900 from their writing, with educational authors the highest earners, followed by children’s book authors and genre fiction authors. Nearly half of all authors supplement their income with a job unrelated to their writing, and 37.3% are supported by their partner’s income.  

So they really do write for the love of it…………we knew that.

One of these, a ream of paper and away you go.................

FOSTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY COMMENDATION

The book Prom Country: A History was short-listed for the Victorian Community History Awards and won a commendation.  Well done to the Foster Historical Society for publishing this great local history book.  And if you listen to 3mFM over the next 10 or 12 Saturdays at 1.00pm you'll hear some of the stories from this book.

Jennifer Jones was also awarded a commendation for her work on the Anzac exhibition currently on at the museum.  Congratulations Jennifer.

You might like to visit the historical societies website here.