Cojones meme, nerd!

Thursday links are in, kiddies! We have a fantastic article from the Guardian about words invented by authors, which has been doing the rounds these last couple of days, and has provided the wonderful title to this blog post. The list of author-invented words is wonderful, but some seem particularly apt - that cojones (from the Spanish) entered regular English usage courtesy of Hemingway is glorious. Read more here. From Esquire, we have a step-by-step guide…

Oh me oh my

Let the awards for Nature's Line begin. The shortlist for the very highly respected Ernest Scott Prize was announced today, and Janis Sheldrick's amazing George Goyder biography is top of the list! With some spot on judges' comments, too. We're incredibly proud of this book, and the mammoth amount of work, love and dedication put into by Janis. We're definitely expecting more from where this came from. Congratulations Janis!

Born to Swim - we're famous! ...

... Or at least our very talented author Sally Hunter (née Foster) is. Skip forward to 1:45 to see a reference to Sally's upcoming book, Born to Swim. Available here soon - watch this space!

New Wakefieldians and Thursday links

Thanks to an awesome Oz Co grant, we now have an ebook expert in residence for the next three months. Or, as we like to say: Simon is in the house! We like this one. As well as being a general ebook Grand Master, he's also an avid reader and reviewer, and an on-the-side Brow Lifter (online editor). He also finds the best articles on interesting book-related things. Which brings me to today's links! We have an…

Tracking Wakefield's authors

Rise and shine kiddies, let this new (and short!) week begin ... To be perfectly honest, we're struggling to keep up with our authors over here -- There's Dino Hodge, on Late Night Live with Phillip Adams last night discussing Don Dunstan. Wonderful interview. Then there's Kate Strohm, who's again heading to Italy to present on sibling issues discussed in her book, Siblings: Brothers and Sisters of Children with Disability. She presented at workshops in…

Aspire

Check it out! We're famous this week! Do love that Aspire magazine. And if you want to check out the latest Holden book before it gets pinched, too, just click here!

For the love of Don

As promised, you can see a few pictures from the launch of Don Dunstan, Intimacy and Liberty from last week here. And below, author Dino Hodge looking just as pleased as he should: What a night!

Monday links

The simple act of going into a bookshop and buying an Australian novel is now radical. The slightly more demanding act of reading that novel is political. This is a good in itself. This makes the work good. It stimulates the economy, not to mention your intellect and capacity for empathy. It also provides writers, editors and publishers with the means to continue doing what they do. Most importantly, it stimulates a conversation, creates a context in…

One serving of adorable

What impeccable manners (and it's our pleasure, guys!) --

Oh, Don

It started innocently enough. In preparation for our launch of Don Dunstan, Intimacy and Liberty, we've been throwing some costume ideas around the office. Seventies, defs. This is the man who made those hot pink shorts so famous (see the book cover for proof). There's also that mini yukata from his resignation. The paisley blazer at his 70th. Or whatever it is that's going on here. How would we ever live up to his sartorial standards?…

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