by NRB | 17 Sep 2014 | Giveaways |
This draw is now over. Congratulations to the winner, Katie Muldowney. Tobias Hill What Was Promised Four decades. Three families. One city: London. ‘Hill is one of the two or three most original and interesting young novelists working in Britain today.’...
by NRB | 10 Sep 2014 | Giveaways |
This draw is now over. Congratulations to the winner, Margot Korbell. Christos Tsiolkas Barracuda The new novel from the multi-award-winning author of The Slap. Class, ethnicity, elite sports, private schools, and rage. Our reviewer said: ‘Barracuda doesn’t...
by NRB | 2 Jan 2014 | Giveaways |
Test your feline intuition with this special quiz celebrating our literary cats. Answers are posted below. Good luck! 1 TS Eliot wrote a book of poems that inspired the hit musical Cats. What was the title of the original book? 2 What is the name of Lewis...
by NRB | 26 Dec 2013 | Giveaways |
Here are the answers to our Boxing Day quiz (no pun intended). How did you do? 1 Nicole Hayes’s YA novel about AFL: The Whole of My World 2 Malcolm Knox’s novel about cricket: A Private Man 3 Tim Winton novels about surfing: Breath/Open Swimmer 4 Steven...
by NRB | 26 Dec 2013 | Giveaways |
Here’s a quiz, just for fun. Sport in Australian literature – not much, but some. How well do you know it? (Answers will be posted separately.) Questions 1 What is the title of Nicole Hayes’s young adult novel about AFL? 2 What is the title of Malcolm...
by NRB | 13 Feb 2013 | Giveaways |
For a copy of Antti Tuomainen’s just published prize-winning Finnish crime novel The Healer – or just for fun – do this quiz and send us your answers by email (nrbooks@ymail.com). The earliest correct entry wins. Good luck! 1. Which Australian writer of...
by NRB | 6 Feb 2013 | Giveaways |
For a copy of Pamela Burton’s The Waterlow Killings: A Portrait of a Family Tragedy – or just for fun – do this quiz and send us your answers by email to: nrbooks@ymail.com. The earliest correct entry wins. Good luck! 1. Who wrote Mad Dog Moxley? 2. What was the...
by NRB | 28 Jan 2013 | Giveaways |
For a copy of Paul D Carter’s 2012 Australian/Vogel’s Award-winning book Eleven Seasons – or just for fun – send us your answers via ‘Leave a Comment’. The earliest correct entry wins. Good luck! 1. George Johnston wrote the iconic Australian...
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