Four more fab titles to win as our spring giveaway continues. To go in the draw to win all four, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Spring 2′ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by midnight tonight, Friday 9 November 2018. As we cannot afford to post giveaway bundles overseas, entries from Australian residents only please.
Rodney Hall A Stolen Season
The new novel from the two-times Miles Franklin winner. Adam’s life has been ruined by war, Marianna’s by men, and John Philip’s by too much money. Rodney Hall presents the interwoven story of three people experiencing a period of life they never thought possible and, perhaps, should never have been granted at all.
Courtesy of Picador
Annie Spence Dear Fahrenheit 451: A librarian’s love letters and break-up notes to her books
Librarian Annie Spence has written letters to the books under her care, from love letters to Matilda and The Goldfinch, to snarky break-up notes to Fifty Shades of Grey and The Hobbit. There are also recommendations for lazy readers; excuses to give your friends when you’d rather stay home reading, and how to turn your lover into a reader.
Courtesy of Allen & Unwin
Anna Haebich Dancing in Shadows: Histories of Nyungar performance
Historian Anna Haebich documents how the Nyungar people of Western Australia adapted their rich performance culture to survive the catastrophe of colonisation. Pushed away by the colonists and denied their culture and lands, they continued to live and perform in the shadows in combinations of the old and the new. Today they continue to perform to celebrate their ancestors and strengthen community.
Courtesy of UWA Publishing
SK Tremayne Just Before I Died
From the bestselling author of The Ice Twins. It was just a patch of ice that sent Kath Redway’s car spinning into the reservoir in beautiful Dartmoor National Park. Miraculously, Kath escapes the accident with just a few bruises and amnesia. But her family is not so delighted, and as fragments of memory return, Kath realises her ‘accident’ was nothing of the kind …
Courtesy of HarperCollins
Remember, to go in the draw to win these four books, email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Spring 2’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by midnight tonight, Friday 9 November 2018.
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