NRB Crime Fiction Giveaway – four Sulari Gentill titles
This draw is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, Tien Ha from Pemulway, NSW! A Decline in Prophets The second in the series. In 1932, the RMS Aquitania embodies all that is gracious and refined, in a world gripped by crisis and doubt. Returning home on the...NRB’s Second Great Opening Lines of Australian Literature Quiz
More great opening lines of Australian literature – can you name the author and the title of these works? (Hint: some openings point directly to the title.) 1 We could begin with desertorum, common name Hooked Mallee. Its leaf tapers into a slender...NRB’s Australian Women Writers’ Quiz
Here’s a quiz to test your knowledge of Australian women’s writing, past and present. With bonus points it’s possible to get 23 out of 20 – and give yourself an elephant stamp if you can identify the photos as well. Good luck and let us know how you...
NRB’s Great Opening Lines of Australian Literature Quiz
Our first quiz for 2016: 20 questions to get your heads into gear for a readerly new year and test how well you know your Oz lit, past and present. (Helpful hint: the book images are purely decorative and have nothing whatsoever to do with the quiz.) Who wrote these...
Summer Giveaway 2015 #4
Some great summer reading … To win this fabulous bundle of books, simply email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Wednesday 23 December with ‘Summer Giveaway #4’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email. As we cannot afford...
Summer Giveaway 2015 #3
Another irresistible bundle of books in time for Christmas. To go in the draw simply email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Wednesday 16 December with ‘Summer Giveaway #3’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email. As we...
Summer Giveaway 2015 #2
More summertime goodies … To win this irresistible bundle of books, simply email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Wednesday 9th December with ‘Summer Giveaway #2’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the...
Summer Giveaway 2015 #1
Summertime … Just the time for some great reading with this fabulous bundle of books. Simply email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Wednesday 2 December with ‘Summer Giveaway #1’ in the subject line and your name and address in the...
Midwinter Giveaway 2015
This draw is now closed. Congratulations to our winner – Chris Maher from Sydney! . Michael Wilding: Wild Bleak Bohemia: Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall Wild Bleak Bohemia revolves around the meeting in Melbourne of Marcus Clarke, Adam...
Winter solstice 2015: Neil Gaiman Giveaway
This draw is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, Jaymi Santoro from WA! The Sleeper and the Spindle Neil Gaiman illustrated by Chris Riddell A thrillingly reimagined fairy tale weaving together a sort-of Snow White and an almost-Sleeping Beauty with a thread of...
Autumn 2015 Giveaway #6
This draw is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, Pam Pemberton from the Northern Territory! Anita Anand Sophie: Princess, suffragette, revolutionary Born in 1876, Sophia Duleep Singh was a dispossessed Indian princess and raised as an English gentlewoman....
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