Thursday, January 27, 2011

The #spbkchat Australia discussion list

Wednesday was Australia day, so the #spbkchat topic on twitter was Australian literature. I wasn't around for a lot of it, but it looked like a very lively discussion ensued!


Here is the list:


Australia-related books:
The Riddle of the Trumpalar by Judy Bernard-Waite
Wombat Stew
Serendipity by Melanie LaBrooy
Diary of a Wombat 
The Riddle of the Trumpalar by Judy Bernard-Waite
Aussie Bites/Nibbles series
Roland Wright Future Knight series by Tony Davis
The Girl Most Likely by Rebecca Sparrow
Joel and Cat Set the Story Straight by Rebecca Sparrow and Nick Earls
The Well by Elizabeth Jolley
My Brilliant Career
The Harp in the South
For the Term of his Natural Life
The Shiralee
Digit Dick
The Riverboat Family
Blinky Bill
Transmitters by Damien Broderick
The Slap
Death Works by Trent Jamieson
Tangled by Cally Jackson
Pentangeli series by Steve J Spears
A Little Friendly Advice
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
The Arrival
Forgotten Garden
House at Riverton
Distant Hours
The Riders
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Messenger
The Red Tree
The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan
I Came To Say Goodbye, by Caroline Overington
Bottersnikes and Gumbles
Brumby series by  Elyne Mitchell
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie 
The Magic Pudding
The Fatal Shore 
Outback Saga by Aaron Fletcher
The Nargun and the Stars by Patricia Wrightson


Website links
http://www.australianliterature.org/Antipodes_Recent_Issues.htm
http://www.readercon.org/
http://www.librarything.com/work/222484/book/26307070
http://www.australianwritersrock.com/



authors mentioned
Steven Herrick
Lisa ShanahanToni Jordan
Peter Temple
Elaine Forrestal
Bruce Whatley
Krissy Kneen
Marcia Vaughan
Elizabeth Fensham
May Gibbs
D.McRobbie
Geoffrey McSkimming
Odo Hirsch
Felice Arena
Dave Hackett
Bronwyn Parry
Paul Jennings
Morris Gleitzman
Pamela Lofts
Andy Griffiths
Matthew Reilly
Jackie French
Juliet Marillier
Trent Jamieson
Ian Irvine
Nicole Murphy
Lian Hearn
Nick Earls
Melina Marchetta
John Marsden
Dominic Knight
Tim Winton 
Andrew Daddo
John Larkin
Peter Carey
Jackie French
Greg Egan
Melanie La'Brooy
Erica Hayes
Sean Williams
Garth Nix
Sara Douglass
Trent Jamieson
Terry Dowling
Robert Hood
Paul Haines
Bob Franklin
Rjurik Davidson
Martin Livings
Jason Fischer
Lisa Heidke
Rebecca Sparrow
Alan Baxter
Kylie Ladd
Alison Lester
Kim Falconer
Nicole Murphy
Kylie Chan
Tara Moss
Van Badham
Tansy Robert
Jules Watson

Dennis Altman
David Malouf
Arthur Upfield
Trudi Canavan
Donna Maree Hanson
Kit Denton
Cyril Pearl
Frank Hardy
Bill Wannan
Ruth Park
Darcy Niland
Keri Arthur
Simmone Howell
Bryce Courtenay
Shane Maloney
Chopper 
Kerry Greenwood
Graeme Base
Shaun Tan
Chris Tsolkas
ME Patchett
Phryne
Corinna
Kerry Greenwood
Elliot Perlman





off-topic books or authors that came up in the chat
Siobhan Vivian
Fanny Hill

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