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Andrea Mayes
24 July 2008-
Barwon Booksellers is proud to welcome a new staff member, novelist and freelance writer Andrea Mayes. Andrea is currently working on a number of projects, as well as a third novel and will be joining us to tame the hoards on Fridays and Saturdays. Her books are all still available in new bookshops, though occasionally we may have one in stock also, but for more info visit her webiste www.andreamayes.com
The Rose Notes (Penguin 2005)
Shearwater (Penguin 2007/2008)
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New Bond!!
30 May 2008- Benita
Celebrate the release of the new 007 book by completing your collection. We have an assortment of Fleming and Gardner titles available online at the moment. Follow this link to check them out and/or read some of the press about the new book written by Sebastian Faulks.
NY Times.
Top 10 Bond Villains
Guardian Review
Devil May Care Myspace
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Astrid Lindgren Award.
28 May 2008- Benita
2008 winner Sonya Hartnett will today receive her Astrid Lindgren prize reportedly worth $AU844, 000. Hartnett is the author of seventeen books for which she has won cart loads of local awards and much critical acclaim. Here are some links to learn more about her work:
WikiSonya
Books Sonya Loves
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Website
Astrid Lindgren Books we have for sale
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New Barwon Booksellers Recent Acquisitions List. OUT NOW!
15 May 2008- Benita Bunting
We have just uploaded our list of featured titles for this month and they'll certainly catch your eye...one way or the other. To check them out go to our Recent Acquisitions page or to receive info by email please subscribe.
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Arthur C Clarke.
19 March 2008- Benita Bunting
The Sci-Fi writer that penned more than 100 titles including 2001: A Space Odyssey has died age 90.
First edition of 2001: A Space Odyssey available online now.
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'Tis the season for sports books
17 March 2008- Benita Bunting
To celebrate the beginning of the long awaited new season read Ian Murray's musings on sporty books and/or do this Guardian Quiz which has nothing to do with football but something to do with Ian's article. We have plenty of many different types of sports books on our shelves and many more listed online. Go Cats!
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The Medieval Imagination
15 March 2008- Benita Bunting
An exciting collection of over 90 illuminated manuscripts from Cambridge, Australia and New Zealand are being exhibited together at the State Library of Victoria over the next few months. Dating from the 8th to the 16th centuries, they include examples of deluxe book production from Byzantium, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. The exhibition is accompanied by a conference and a catalogue.
March 28 - 15 June
For more information visit the Sate Library of Victoria website.
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Robbe-Grillet dies age 85.
20 February 2008- Benita
Alain Robbe-Grillet the acclaimed writer, celebrated film-maker and biological scientist's most important legacy will be as master of the nouveau roman...read more.
Guardian Obituary.
NY Times Obituary.
Bibliography.