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In This Issue  (August 2012)

Table of contents

My say
Editor Rowena Cseh discusses books with disappearing ink

Your say
Hear what gr readers have to say

Booked up
Fill your calendar with exciting events this August, including the Mudgee Readers' Festival

Baxter's dog biscuits

My say addition
A gr reader recommends some knockout short story collections

Book trivia
Have a peek at the weird and intriguing book news from around the world, plus take our quiz with a sense of place

Fathers' Day gift guide
Find Dad the perfect present this Fathers' Day with gr's nifty gift guide

Writers' life
We guide prospective self-publishers through the vital steps of publicity and marketing

National Year of Reading

National Year of Reading
Welcome to the second half of the National Year of Reading and The Reading Hour on 25 August

Writers' city
A reader's guide to our sunburnt country

Readers' life 1
We catch up with the staff at MS Australia and find out what's on their reading lists for the MS Readathon

Fully booked
Find out about Dymocks Children's Charities

 

Up close 1
Alesha Evans chats to Finch Memoir Prize winner Lisa Nops about bringing up a daughter with autism

Me my shelf I
Get to know Indigenous author Ali Cobby Eckerman and find out what's on her shelf

Up close 2
We chat to versatile Australian novelist Sulari Gentill about her passion for Greek myth

Competitions
Try your luck at these exciting National Year of Reading competitions

Behind the book
Trudge in the footsteps of Henry Lawson with Gregory Bryan in To Hell and High Water

Book club
Explore the dark history of Australian fascists during World War II and the true story of an Australia digger's struggle for compensation for POWs

WORD OF MOUTH
General fiction
Crime / thriller
Sci-fi / fantasy
What's on the website
Bio / memoir
General non-fiction
Subscriptions
Younger readers
Readers' life 2

Readers' life 3
Check out the bookshelves of our gr readers from our Pinterest page

Book bite 1
Fit, Fifty and Fired Up by Nigel Marsh

Book bite 2
Get a Financial Grip by Pete Wargent

What's on
Find out about exciting events happening around town this August

 





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