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In This Issue  (February 2012)

Table of contents

My say
Editor Rowena Cseh chats about the year ahead

Baxter's dog biscuits

New book guide
Discover new titles out this month

Your say
Your letters and emails

Book trivia
Test yourself with our Valentine's Day quiz

Author profile
Marion von Adlerstein talks about her life in advertising

Coffee table
Explore the wild beauty of Macquarie Island

Book bite 1
Read an extract from Miles off Course, a 'Rowland Sinclair' book by Sulari Gentill

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Book bite 2
A sneak-peek into the new book of award-winning Australian author Stephen Scourfield

Book bite 3
Follow the story of a boy in the aftermath of the 2010 Haitian earthquake

National Year of Reading
Welcome
Margaret Allen welcomes everyone to the National Year of Reading

Our story
The importance of telling Australian stories

The reading hour
Find out why reading for just an hour a week can change your life

 

Australia's first Children's Laureates
Australia's first Children's Laureates on the importance of books for kids

Caught reading
What the National Year of Reading ambassadors are reading

Changing face of bookshops and libraries
The future for places that sell and lend books

Events
A snapshot of events to celebrate

Writer's life
What you didn't know about iconic author May Gibbs

Indigenous literacy
Boosting the literacy rate among Indigenous Australians

Literacy in prisons
Changing prisoners' lives with books

Who's who
How six famous authors looked when they were little readers

Music and books
How music can enchance your reading

WORD OF MOUTH
General fiction
Book club
Sci-fi / fantasy
Crime Fiction
What's on the website
General non-fiction
Younger readers

What's on
Find out what's happening around town

Readers' life
Postcards from gr readers

Booked up
What's on in February


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