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August 20, 2012

Is Maud the only book blogger on Pinterest? she certainly has one of the most attractive "Books I'm Reading" pages.

There is a very fine Victorian Premier's Awards website up at the Wheeler Centre with a terrific collection of reviews on each shortlisted title in all categories. Go, be informed, and vote in the People's Choice awards.

At The Millions, Sonya Chung interviews James Salter.

From ReadWriteWeb, a video of fifthgraders in 1995 who made some interesting predictions about the future of the Web.

Pleasing to see that the first of Australian Book Review's Fireside Chats, on Jonson, Donne and Shakespeare, is booked out. So be sure to get in early for the second (scroll down at that link), on September 12: Peter Rose and Michael Farrell will read from their new collections, and hopefully chew some fat regarding Peter Porter.

August 20, 2012 in Books, Festivals and awards, Interviews - writers, Newsy stuff, Web/Tech | Permalink

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