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Greetings!
As the days become shorter and colder, now is the perfect time to snuggle up with a mug of hot chocolate and a great book to read. If you're struggling to find something new, try checking out our website, where we have a large range of reviewed titles for you to peruse.
In the May edition of gr we talk to Adriana Trigiani, Mitch Albom, Irvine Welsh and Patrick Ness. We also take a look at some fabulous books to inspire budding authors. As always, we'd love to hear from you, whether it be about a new book you enjoyed or a fantastic bookstore you've discovered! Happy reading,
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win!
Click here to enter our May Competitions. This month you could win $1000 worth of children's books courtesy of Puffin, a copy of The Hand that First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell, tickets to  the Byron Bay Writers' Festival, Spooner by Pete Dexter, a mixed dozen of Fox Creek Wines, Roddy Par by Peter Rose and Every Secret Thing by Marie Munkara. Click here for our kid's competitions. |
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Iife imitating art? 
Flavorwire has compiled a list of great literary characters and their modern day tabloid counterparts. From George Clooney as Mr Darcy and Britney Spears as Anna Karenina, this article is sure to make you smile.
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the delicate art of shelving
 At gr we know that finding space for all of our fabulous books can be hard. Do we sort alphabetically, thematically or chronologically? We recently stumbled upon this blog that takes a look at some creative, beautiful or downright wacky ways of displaying books. Whether it's a traditional library setting or shelves that defy gravity, this site is a wonderful collection of images to inspire. |
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quick quiz
 Name the books these male characters play a significant role in. Here's a hint: they're all from classical literature. Click on the characters' names to find the answers. |
are you in a book club?
We have a new page on our website just for book clubs! This month we have selected two new books for our book club section and included questions for your group to discuss! |
This month the Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP) launches its inaugural Songs for Stories benefit concert. This event is an entertaining way to raise funds for the ILP to supply books and resources to remote Indigenous communities. The event includes a performance by Josh Pyke and a reading by author David Malouf. The concert is on Saturday 15 May at 7:30pm at Sydney Town Hall. Tickets are $65 ($55 concession) and available through the Sydney Theatre Company. |
 events for book lovers coming up
May 12: Society of Women Writers Lunch, State Library of NSW, 12pm. Guest speaker for lunch is Grant Hyde, author of Lords
of the Pacific.
May 20-23: Events from the Sydney Writers' Festival will be broadcast on ABC Digital Radio. Go to abc.net.au/sydney for details.
June 17-21: The youth festival of literature, Voices on the Coast, celebrates its 15th year. Attendees include Gary Crew, Garth Nix and Andy Griffiths.
For more information and events, see our events calendar.
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recent release
In For the Love of Nature, a short biography of E E Gostelow by award-winning author Christobel Mattingley is followed by beautiful full-colour plates of his bird and flower watercolours, drawn from the National Library of Australia's collection of some 860 of Gostelow's works.
National Library of Australia rrp $29.95 |
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Reviews in May's gr include The Endless Forest by Sara Donati, The Hand that First Held Mine, by Maggie O'Farrell, Beneath Hill 60 by Will Davies, 61 Hours by Lee Child and Murder at Mansfield Park by Lynn Shepherd. |
rogue puffins
Find
7 Puffins on our website and 7 Puffins in the May issue of Good Reading
to win $1000 worth of children's books!
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