by NRB | 26 Mar 2018 | Giveaways |
What is life without chocolate and what is chocolate without books? To go in the draw to win all four of these new titles, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Autumn 2’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body...
by NRB | 14 Nov 2017 | Non-fiction |
Stuart Kells gives us an entertaining and enlightening history of the pursuit, collection and housing of books. Kells, a book-trade historian, begins by looking at the songlines and oral traditions that collected myths and legends long before they were written down....
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