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JACQUELINE KENT at the Sydney Writer's Festival.Jacqueline Kent, author of Exacting Heart: The Hephzibah Menuhin Story is presenter at the following four sessions: - Tuesday 20 May 2008, at 1.30pm, Carrington Hotel, Katoomba. Presentation of her biography Exacting Heart: The Hephzibah Menuhin Story. (with Edmund Campion) Friday 23 May, 1pm, Pier 2/3 Upstairs Writers' Salon. Presentation of 'The Voyeurism of Biography' (with Virginia Dulgan) Saturday 24 May, 2.30pm, Sydney Dance Company, Studio 2/3. Presentation of 'Writing Lives'. (with Andrew Riemer and Craig Sherborne) Sunday 25 May, 2pm, Sydney Theatre, Richard Wherrett Studio. Presentation of 'Set to Music'. (with Graeme Skinner) For further details go to http://www.swf.org.au/ FL!P: HOW TO TURN EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ON ITS HEAD - AND SUCCEED BEYOND YOUR WILDEST IMAGININGS Peter Sheahan's latest book Fl!p: How to Turn Everything You Know on Its Head - and Succeed Beyond Your Wildest Imaginings was published in North America by William Morrow in April 2008. BELIEVERS: THE FUTURE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA Paul Collin's latest book Believers: The Future of the Catholic Church in Australia was published by the University of New South Wales Press in April 2008. LOVE WITHOUT HOPERodney Hall's Love Without Hope has made the Miles Franklin shortlist. http://www.trust.com.au/awards/miles_franklin/ LEANNE PRESTON WINS TELSTRA AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS WOMAN OF THE YEARLeanne Preston, Chief Executive Officer of Wild Child, and author of The Leanne Preston Story, was named 2007 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year For more information click here . MY LIFE AS A TRAITORCongratulations to Zarah Gharahmani and Robert Hillman for the superb quote from Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner: 'My Life as a Traitor is a riveting story. It is a celebration of human courage under duress and a savage indictment of the oppressive regime of Iran. It shocks, angers, saddens, and inpires.' My Life As A Traitor has also received excellent reviews in the New York Times and the Independent. my-life-as-a-traitor-by-zarah-ghahramani-with-robert-hillman-784808 ADRIAN HYLAND WINS NED KELLY AWARDAdrian Hyland's novel Diamond Dove has won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction, presented by the Crime Writers' Association of Australia. Diamond Dove was published in Australia by Text Publishing, in the UK by Quercus Books and will be published in the US by SoHo Press as Moonlight Downs. Adrian is currently at work on a second novel featuring the same heroine, Emily Tempest.
For more information of Diamond Dove and Adrian Hyland (click here) For more information on the Ned Kelly Awards (click here) For an excellent review of Diamond Dove, published in Norht America under the title Moonlight Downs, go to: http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2008/02/24/a_return_to_oz_marred_by_a_wicked_killing/
PETER COCHRANE WINS THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEARPeter Cochrane's Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy (MUP) has won The Age Book of the Year Award. To read more (click here). Earlier this year Colonial Ambition was also joint winner of the inaugural Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History. To read more (click here). For more information on Peter Cochrane (click here).
THE MARY CUNNANE AGENCY HAS MOVED
Our new address: Post Office Box 336, Bermagui, NSW 2546. Phone: +61 (0) 264933880; Fax: +61 (0) 264933881 |
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