The Dark Carnival: Helen Pitt's Luna Park History Digs Up Sydney's Buried Secrets Helen Pitt's new history of Luna Park Sydney uncovers corruption, the unsolved 1979 Ghost Train fire, and the community battles that saved the iconic park.

The Dark Carnival: Helen Pitt's Luna Park History Digs Up Sydney's Buried Secrets

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PS: We have a giveaway running for Angie’s debut crime/thriller ‘Melaleuca’ that’s open to Aus/NZ! If you want to get your hands on a copy, check out the IG post here: www.instagram.com/p/DVZ522TDw8...

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Look what I found at Parra Library earlier today...

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Some books are written in a season. Some are written in a lifetime. At 97, Natalie Scott finally shares hers. 'A Secret Grief' is here.

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Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton review – ocker crime caper plagued by more than a beleaguered ballsack The bestseller’s fourth novel could have tackled timely questions about true crime – but instead it offers a bleakly retrograde fable about being a good bloke

Ocker should only ever be used as a sleight of hand, covering something deeper in a more accessible cloak, and reading the excerpts from this book just makes me cringe #ausbooks
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‘A ticking time bomb’: How Australia’s reading slump is making us stupid Low literacy. A drop in recreational reading. Students who can’t finish texts. A book industry of falling margins. The decline in reading poses a risk to us all.

'A ticking time bomb': How Australia's reading slump is making us stupid
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To read or not to read? A new report from Australia Reads surveys the reading habits of different segments of the Australian population and offers advice to motivate wider reading.

A new report surveys the reading habits of different segments of the Australian population and offers advice to motivate wider reading.

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Review: AUSTRALIAN GOSPEL by Lech Blaine An outstanding memoir from Queensland writer Lech Blaine.

You might not read a memoir as compelling as this one again for a very long time: my review of AUSTRALIAN GOSPEL by Lech Blaine, now posted. www.kasshall.com/australian-g... #BookSky #AusBooks

Cover of novella "The thirty-one legs of Vladimir Putin", by P S Cottier and N G Hartland, showing a number of people's legs standing on a tiled surface.

"Autocrats and body doubles go together like Elon Musk and Nazi salutes..."

From my book review: The thirty-one legs of Vladimir Putin, by P S Cottier and N G Hartland: www.timjonesbooks.co.nz/2025/02/03 #australia #auslit #ozlit #ausbooks

What I've learned: Peter Rose, Australian Book Review Peter Rose will be leaving his post as the Editor of 'Australian Book Review' next year. What does he have to say about the state of Australian publishing?

After 24 years of sifting through countless books, Peter Rose will be leaving his post as the Editor of 'Australian Book Review' next year. What does he have to say about the state of Australian publishing?

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Australian readers should grab this slim #book as a Christmas present for themselves or friends.

Jack Marx of The Australian says "The Thirty-One Legs of Vladimir Putin" by PS Cottier & NG Hartland, maybe the best book he's read in 2024.

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