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On the Jellicoe Road almost on the silver screen
Melina Marchetta’s On the Jellicoe Road looks set to become a feature film. The author walks us down the path…
How not to write erotica
Erotica is all elfin blondes, mountainous mammaries and throbbing members right? Well it doesn’t have to be, and good erotica…
Oh là là: Aboriginal art to be seen from Eiffel Tower
A work by Indigenous Australian artist Lena Nyadbi has been chosen to grace the top of the Musée du Quai…
NYC to pay more than $365,000 to Occupy Wall Street Library
The City of New York will pay more than $365,000 USD to settle a lawsuit with the Occupy Wall Street…
Booki.sh without the books
Booksellers will lose out as Australian innovation Booki.sh, swallowed up by a US corporation, decides it will no longer sell…
Go the F**k to Sleep, the movie
Go the F**k to Sleep, the subversive picture book loved by parents everywhere, will be made into a film by…
Kate Tempest wraps up Ted Hughes Award for Poetry
26-year-old poet, rapper, and spoken word performer Kate Tempest takes out the 2012 Ted Hughes Award for New Work in…
Pulitzer Prize winners announced for 2013
The winners of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for 2013 were announced yesterday, with the awards to be officially given in…
Charlotte Brontë manuscript sold for over $130,000
The manuscript of I’ve Been Wandering in the Greenwoods by Charlotte Brontë was sold on the 10 April for more…
Ireland's Central Bank mints Ulysses mistake
James Joyce has done so much for Ireland, you’d think they’d be able to lift a line from his modernist…