Often when we think of the concept of ‘truth’, we tend to think about knowledge. Nowadays we have been getting a little lazy when looking for truth, by using Google or Wikipedia; before these tools we often went to the encyclopaedia. In 1750 France, two people took on a task to change the way we Continue reading →

While most people know my story, I wasn’t much of a reader until a few years ago when something clicked and I started reading and wanting to read almost everything in sight. I’ve been playing catch up with everyone else for the past few years. While I claim to be a bibliophile, I’ve still got Continue reading →

Today I would like to congratulate Paul D. Carter, winner of the Australian/Vogel Literary Award 2012. The Australian/Vogel Literary Award is one of Australia’s top literary awards and recognises writers under the age of 35 with unpublished manuscripts. This award is a great way for Australian authors to break into the Australian literary field. The Continue reading →

Recently my mother complained about my taste in books, calling them difficult or weird books to read. This led to her saying that she wouldn’t trust me to recommend her a book because she wants light and frivolous books. I’ve recommended her two books in the past; one was The Shadow of the Wind by Continue reading →

Normally I would stand by a simple truth; “The book is always better than the movie” but that is not always true. In the case of The Hunger Games, I’m not going to say the book is better than the movie.   I think they were both great but I can’t pick one over the other. Continue reading →

Past the Shallows tells the story of Miles and Harry, growing up in a remote Tasmanian fishing village with their father. While the book tries to deal with overcoming personal fears, loss of their mother and, more recently, their grandfather and trying to survive their bitter alcoholic father, this book tends to be far too Continue reading →

As many people may have heard, the 2012 Pulitzer awards were announced on Monday and for the first time since 1977 there is no award for Fiction. This has been a shock since many people would say that 2011 was a decent year for fiction. This is the 11th time since the Pulitzer began; in Continue reading →

Steampunk and literature is an odd combination and I’ve often found it hard to find decent examples of this genre. It has gotten to the point where it is easier to look for the genre Alternate History instead of trying to find good Steampunk that isn’t the generic mass produced Young Adult novels. I’m not Continue reading →

The newly appointed Queensland premier is not off too a good start by cutting the Queensland Literary Awards from the state budget. This cut will only save the government $250,000 (244,000 to be exact) of a $47,000,000,000 budget but will have a huge impact on the arts though out the state. Queensland’s premier Campbell Newman Continue reading →

Book trends always interest me.  I love reading twitter and seeing what books seems to have everyone talking. I don’t see any pattern with the trends but it does interest me that some unexpected books seem to be the topic of conversation.  So in the attempt of being more in tune with the current book Continue reading →