19.Oct.2009 TSS: Borders 100 Favourite Books of All Time
My first Musing Mondays! Yea I know it’s not Monday. So I’m making this a Sunday Salon post too. (Then I forgot to post it on Sunday, so it’s back to Monday now. Oh well, who’s taking note?)
This past week, Borders re-released it’s 100 Favourite Books of All Times. Do you vote in these [...]
16.Apr.2009 2009 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
A few facts about the awards:
First awards were presented in 1979
It celebrates their 30th anniversary this year
In 1979, NSW became the first state in Australia to present Premier’s Literary Awards
The awards celebrate achievements by Australian writers
Admittedly, I’ve never heard of this award before until I’m back in NSW. I’ve also never [...]
04.Jul.2008 The Updated 1001 Books
So apparently they changed the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list. They took out and added not only a few books, but 284 books! That’s a whole lot of changes! Almost a third? So now we have the 2006 version and 2008 version. I wonder if they will change the list every [...]
26.Jun.2008 EW’s The New Classics
Entertainment Weekly published the list of 100 books that they consider “The New Classics”. Their 100 best reads from 1983 to 2008.
I saw this list posted all over people’s blog. I’m skeptical about the list, seeing books like Eat, Pray, Love and Angela’s Ashes (ones that I think I would never read). But then I [...]
