Books & Poetry
Looking for holiday reading inspiration? We asked Adelaide booksellers and literary experts to share some of their favourite recent titles – from fierce, thrilling and laugh-out-loud fiction to true tales of love, war, fire and forests.
Books & Poetry
June 30, 2018, will be another “red-letter day” in the life of antiquarian bookseller Michael Treloar, with the closure of his Book Room in the Antique Market. But, as he tells Suzie Keen, he’s happy to give his full attention to his main passion.
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Adelaide retains a resilient cluster of colourful second-hand and antiquarian booksellers who, driven by a labour of literary love, have defied the contemporary threats to the industry. And their stories suggest the printed book is far from dead.
The University of South Australia has significantly reduced its collection of physical books as they are overtaken by electronic volumes, making way for new teaching and learning spaces.
The Australian book publishing and printing industry could disintegrate if the Federal Government goes ahead with plans to drop import restrictions, book publishers and printers have warned.
Adelaide writer Kiera Lindsey’s historic tale ‘The Convict’s Daughter’ was inspired by her discovery of a newspaper clipping about a feisty relative who ran away from her family’s Sydney hotel in 1848 to elope with a “gentleman settler”.
Award-winning Australian writer Candice Fox talks about the dark art of crime fiction and reveals what she has learned from her current collaboration with top US author James Patterson.
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