Blogs1 - 8 of 8 recent posts for tag:"random house australia"
17
Oct
2009
10 things you might not know about Snowy’s Christmas (and win your own copy!)

21 days ago by soupblog

Today I am talking to Sally Murphy and David Murphy, author and illustrator of Snowy’s Christmas (reviewed in an earlier post). We asked Sally and David to share 5 things each – things you might not already have heard about their book! You’ll find their answers if you read on. But before you do – we ...

Soup Blog - soupblog.wordpress.com · Rank: 156,677 · 6 references

13
Oct
2009
Snowy’s Christmas – book review

26 days ago by soupblog

Over the next few months, I’ll be reviewing a number of Christmas books. (Last year I reviewed Roland Harvey’s Big Book of Christmas, and that will certainly be back on our shelf when we pull all the boxes of tinsel out of the back cupboard!) I have a number of Christmas books in my ‘to read’ pile, ...

Soup Blog - soupblog.wordpress.com · Rank: 156,677 · 6 references

09
Aug
2009
Australian book publishing under attack?

90 days ago by James Tuckerman

Amazon.com is the world’s largest book retailer and Australians spend around $150 million with Amazon each year. So how do Australian book stores take on a $16 billion company? Australian online book-reseller Booktopia.com.au has adopted a model that could leave it at a loss (and deliberately so). O ...

Anthill Magazine - anthillonline.com · Rank: 4,629 · 77 references

07
Jul
2009
Steph Bowe a New Young Reviewer of Young Adult Literature

123 days ago by Susanne

Steph Bowe is a young reviewer of young adult literature. She came up from Melbourne to be part of the Kids and Young Adult Literature Festival at the NSW Writers Centre Sydney. Steph met everyone from James Roy to Melina Marchetta to Hazel Edwards … as well as publishers including Zoe Walton from R ...

Susanne Gervay's Blog - sgervay.com/blog · 2 references

05
Jul
2009
Kids and Young Adult Literature Festival a Huge BUZZ

125 days ago by Susanne

Melina Marchetta internationally acclaimed author and script writer of ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ who’s flying to Chicago next weel to accept one of the world’s major young adult award - Michael L Prinz Award - it’s fantastic Garth Nix has sold more than 5.5 million books & is one of the world’s best f ...

Susanne Gervay's Blog - sgervay.com/blog · 2 references

03
Jul
2009
Launch: Road to Camelot with contributors - Sophie Masson,Richard Harland, ...

127 days ago by Susanne

Fantasy author Richard Harland and illustrator Elise Hurst Road to Camelot Launch at The Hughenden Sophie Masson author launches Road to Camelot Where? At The Hughenden in Sydney - Why? As the pre event to the Kids and Young Adult Literature Festival at the NSW Writers Festival. Who was there? Autho ...

Susanne Gervay's Blog - sgervay.com/blog · 2 references

18
Jun
2009
Random House Australia appoints us for digital

143 days ago by Guy

Random House Australia has today announced its new digital strategy will be developed in partnership with the award-winning The Project Factory. Random House Australia recognises that digital reading will be a force in the next decade and appreciates the need to embrace new media. The exciting new d ...

The Project Factory - theprojectfactory.com · Rank: 62,213 · 10 references

24
May
2009
Postcard from Sydney Writers’ Festival

168 days ago by chrisbongers

The call came from my kids’ school, the moment I stepped off the plane. “The camp is under water, they’re on their way back from Stradbroke Island. Can you pick your child up at five-thirty?’ “Well, no. I’m in Sydney.” Did I consider, even for a moment, heading home to rescue my children from flood- ...

Christine Bongers - christinebongers.wordpress.com · Rank: 83,582 · 11 references