http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm Good Reading Magazine Blog en-us Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:11:55 --1000 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:46:00 --1000 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2010/9/6/QA-with-Chris-Womersley Ned Kelly Award-winning author Chris Womersley chats to us about his newest novel Bereft, the inspiration and research behind it, as well as what it's like to be an author and book reviewer. Bereft is set in an Australian country town in 1919, when ... General Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:46:00 --1000 http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2010/9/6/QA-with-Chris-Womersley http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2010/8/16/QA-with-Jack-Heath Jack Heath may only be 24, but he has already published five young adult novels. Often described as a young Matthew Reilly, Jack's 'Six of Hearts' series is widely popular with boys and girls alike. In our Q&A with him, Jack talks about what it's... General Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:01:00 --1000 http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2010/8/16/QA-with-Jack-Heath http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2010/8/2/QA-with-L-A-Larkin Australian author L A Larkin divides her time between writing environmental thrillers and working for one of Australia's most prominent climate change consultancies. Larkin recently spoke to gr about her debut novel and the writing process.... General Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:15:00 --1000 http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2010/8/2/QA-with-L-A-Larkin http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2010/6/1/QA-with-Barbara-Trapido 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; ... General Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:05:00 --1000 http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2010/6/1/QA-with-Barbara-Trapido http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/16/QA-with-Maggie-OFarrell Maggie O'Farrell is the author of The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox and After You'd Gone. She talks to Good Reading about her writing style and the inspiration for her latest novel, The Hand that First Held Mine.   GR: You’ve said that wr... General Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:37:00 --1000 http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/16/QA-with-Maggie-OFarrell http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/19/Reading-Time The Slightly Skewed Life of Toby Chrysler was one of those long-term projects that authors sometimes embark upon. They’re not meant to be long term – they just become that way. Authors get asked what they do when they encounter writers&rs... Guest Blogger-Paul Collins Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:58:00 --1000 http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/19/Reading-Time http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2009/12/16/Juliet-Marillier Juliet Marillier was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, a town with strong Scottish roots. She graduated from Otago University with degrees in arts and music, and has had a varied career which includes teaching and performing music as well as working in g... General Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:59:00 --1000 http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2009/12/16/Juliet-Marillier http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2009/12/2/Meet-Michelle-Lovric Michelle Lovric is the Australian-born author of several books for adults, but her latest novel, The Undrowned Child, is for younger readers. It's a wonderful tale of Venice, monsters and mermaids with unladylike tongues. Michelle's website is www.mi... 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General Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:22:00 --1000 http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2009/9/7/Diana-Gabaldon-on-her-forthcoming-Outlander-novel http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/23/Lucy-Christopher-talks-about-Stolen Lucy Christopher was born in Wales but grew up in Australia, living in Melbourne from the age of nine, until the end of her Undergraduate degree at Melbourne University. As a child, she loved camping in the bush and exploring the overgrown creek at t... Website Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:30:00 --1000 http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/23/Lucy-Christopher-talks-about-Stolen http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2009/7/27/New-Dan-Brown-Going-for-a-Song Australian Online bookseller Seekbooks.com.au has announced it will offer Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol for a staggering 60%+ off the AUD$49.95 recommended retail price, at AUD$18.99. Seekbooks says that it believed the price was the lowest ... General Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:19:00 --1000 http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2009/7/27/New-Dan-Brown-Going-for-a-Song http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2009/7/6/Advertising-in-your-Books Slashdot.org has reported 'Three Amazon inventors set out to correct what they felt was a real problem - i.e., that "out-of-print or rare books ... typically do not include advertisements ... the content is fixed and, therefore, has no... General Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:23:00 --1000 http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2009/7/6/Advertising-in-your-Books http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/25/Q--A-with-Sam-Fisher-author-of-State-of-Emergency Sam Fisher is the pseudonym for an international bestselling author who has written over 30 books, has a degree in chemistry, has lectured in Science at d’Overbroeck’s College, Oxford and been the science editor of GQ magazine in the UK. ... Website Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:44:00 --1000 http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/25/Q--A-with-Sam-Fisher-author-of-State-of-Emergency http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2007/10/1/The-Name-Game-1 Names are a real challenge for a writer. Get the name of a character wrong, and you risk losing your reader quick smart. The ex-Gulf War veteran with a drinking problem, a broken family and a debt of honour he can only repay by selling his services t... Guest Blogger-Michael Pryor Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:58:00 --1000 http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2007/10/1/The-Name-Game-1