Australian Australian FictionFiction

Therese ScottTherese ScottAshfield Library

Melanie MutchMelanie MutchWarringah Library Service

OUR STORYOUR STORY: NSW SHORTLIST

MY FAVOURITESMY FAVOURITES

BOOKTOPIA: AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE NOVELISTBOOKTOPIA: AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE NOVELIST

ABC Quest For The Australian Book That

Means Most To Australian Readers

11stst Tuesday Book Club: Tuesday Book Club: 10 Aussie Books10 Aussie Books

The best book in the world is quite simply the one you like best and that is something you can discover for yourself, but we are here to help you find it.

Opening the Book

Appeal Appeal CharacteristicsCharacteristics

SETTINGSETTING

STORYSTORY

STYLESTYLE

CHARACTERCHARACTER

TONETONE

PACEPACE

PUT IT PUT IT INTO INTO

PLACEPLACE

IDENTIFY AUSTRALIAN AUTHORS

State Library NSW -Pinterest

www.pinterest.com/wlsbookclub/australian-stories/

STAY INFORMEDSTAY INFORMED

www.indies.com.au

http://bitethebook.com/

http://blog.booktopia.com.au/

http://anzlitlovers.com/ (winner Word Category Best Australian Blog 2012)

http://newtownreviewofbooks.com/

http://auslit.net/

http://reviewofaustralianfiction.com/

PUBLISHERS

Allen & Unwin@AllenAndUnwinPan Macmillan Aus@PanMacmillanAusText Publishing@text_publishingPan Macmillan@panmacmillanHachette Australia@HachetteAusBloomsbury Sydney@BloomsburySydRandom House Books@randomhouseauPenguin Books Aust@PenguinBooksAusReviewAustFiction@AustFictionHarperCollins Aus@HarperCollinsAU

BOOKSELLERS

Gleebooks@Gleebooksbooktopia@booktopiaBetter Read Books@BRTDbookshopDymocks Books@DymocksbooksBerkelouw Books@BerkelouwShearer's Bookshop@ShearersBooksJon Page@PnPBooksellerReadings@ReadingsBooksKinokuniya Sydney@KinokuniyaAustAusIndieBooks@AusIndieBooks

Literary Prizes

TheStellaPrize@TheStellaPrizeMilesFranklin@_milesfranklinNSW Prem'sLitAwards@NSW_PLAMan Asian Lit Prize@MALPrize

Get Reading@GetReadingAUlove2read@love2read2013Good Reading@GoodReadingThe Big Book Club@TheBigBookClubBooks+Publishing@BplusPNewsFirstTuesdayBookClub@tuesdaybookclubSpectrumSMH@SpectrumSMHAustralianBookReview@AustBookReviewCity of Literature @melbcityoflit

TWITTERTWITTER

WEBSITES MENTIONED:WEBSITES MENTIONED:National Year of Reading - Our Storyhttp://www.love2read.org.au/our-story.cfm

The Book Club - 10 Aussie books specialhttp://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/s3671230.htm

Booktopia Blog - Australia's Favourite Novelisthttp://blog.booktopia.com.au/2013/01/26/australias-favourite-novelist-the-full-list/

Booktopia Blog - 50 Must Read Australian Novels (the popular vote)http://blog.booktopia.com.au/2011/01/11/50-must-read-australian-novels-as-voted-by-you-in-2010/

Your Favourite Australian Book - ABC Radio, ABC Online and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) invited you to celebrate the rich tradition of our literature by helping unearth the nation's favourite bookhttp://www.abc.net.au/radio/book/default.htm

Reading Australia 200The Australian Society of Authors' Council list of 200 classic Australian titles students should encounter at school and university. They plan to take the 200 works and match them with materials from the National Library's Trove archive to create a rich set of resources.http://www.copyright.com.au/assets/documents/top-200-australian-literary-titles

Opening the BookA reader-centred approach has lots of advantages. It allows people with different preferences in reading to talk to each other on common ground.http://www.openingthebook.com/reader-centred-library