Klosterman’s Hypertheticals
Would you rather kick Chuck Klosterman in the cojones for his infuriating but ever-so-entertaining rants... or buy these game cards?
The Book With The Cover Tattoo
Readers can finally embrace the same individuality that their Japanese koi fish sleeves represent by picking up a copy of Bridget Jones's Diary with a tattoo design cover.
Where Are Melbourne’s Literary Hearthrobs?
Melbourne's Wheeler Centre is facing an embarrassing situation: its "literary speed dating" event does not have enough men.
Read ‘Em If You Got ‘Em
Innovative publishers are using cigarette packaging and vending machines to sell a product just as addictive but far less deadly: literature.
What’s Up, Doc?
A new series of children's books called Medikidz sets out to explain illnesses to under-15s. But there's already a healthy body of kids' medical literature on the market.
Do Not Feed The Literary Lions
Australian Book Review just polled its readers' favourite Australian novels, and we haven't read many of 'em. Are we philistines, or is it time to hunt Australia's literary lions rather than feed them?
Book Thieves And Publishing Pirates
It's reassuring that people still want to read. It's less reassuring that they're more than willing to head to the black book market, in digital or physical form, to get their fix.
Reducing Bookshelves To Kindling
The Kindle will be available in Australia for the first time this Friday. While you might've hocked all your CDs the moment you put them on your iPod, we'd advise against any book-burning just yet.








