Category Archives: Book News

Literary News and Bookish Potpourri — June 7, 2013

Posted on June 7, 2013 by

Vic Books News We’re pleased as punch to announce that we have been Conscious Consumers accredited and have been awarded the following badges: Composting, Eco-packaging, Organic, Recycling and Fair trade. Thanks to our many awesome suppliers like Peoples Coffee, Zany Zeus organic milk, … Continue reading →

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Three Ways of Looking at Book Covers and Their Design

Posted on May 27, 2013 by

Book covers are a marketing tool.  They are meant to help convince us that of all the books available, this one is right for us.  But is that all they are?  What of the many cover designs that have become … Continue reading →

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Bookish Videos — Part 2

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

Bookish Spaces Inside the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum Inside an Oxford University Press Distribution Centre One Amazing Private Library Virginia Woolf’s House and Writing Studio Literary Short Films The Last Bookshop Play by Samuel Beckett Lady Lazarus–1991 Experimental … Continue reading →

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Literary News and Bookish Potpourri — April 28, 2013

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Awards and Honours The Orphan Master’s Son Wins Pulitzer for Fiction Huo Yan wins NZ’s Rewi Alley Writing Fellowship CBCA 2013 Book of the Year Awards Craig Childs Wins 2013 Orion Book Award Carrie Tiffany Wins Stella Prize for Women … Continue reading →

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Literary News and Bookish Potpourri — April 14, 2013

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Awards and Honours NZ Post Children’s Book Awards Finalists 3 NZ writers on Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist Storylines Book Awards Winners Announced 2013 Notable Books List also Announced 2013 Royal Society of NZ Science Book Prize Shortlist NZ poet … Continue reading →

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Literary News and Bookish Potpourri — April 3, 2013

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

Awards and Honours New Zealand Publisher Gecko Press wins ‘Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in Oceania’ Most Beautiful Book Australia and New Zealand Award Winners Announced Isol wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Awesome Author Photos … Continue reading →

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Book Tables

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

The idea of re-purposing old or damaged books has always appealed to me and there is definitely something to be said for books as an element of décor (especially if they’re books you love); but books as furniture?  If it’s … Continue reading →

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Literary News and Bookish Potpourri — March 21, 2013

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Awards and Honours 30-year-old NZ Picture Book Honoured Emily Perkins on Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist Folio Society Sponsors New Fiction Prize Changes to the PANZ Book Design Awards Tan Twan Eng Wins 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize Weird + Library … Continue reading →

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Literary News and Bookish Potpourri — March 13, 2013

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

Awards and Honours Sir James Wallace Creative Writing Awards Winners 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalists Mantel wins 2013 David Cohen Prize  NZ’s Gecko Press Nominated for Bologna Prize for Year’s Best Children’s Book Publisher Coffee Shop Ambience + Creativity Coffinity — Coffee Shop … Continue reading →

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Book Covers — a Web Miscellany

Posted on March 10, 2013 by

Suspiciously Similar Book Covers Guess the Classics Cover Design: US vs. UK The Battle Against ‘Sexist’ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Covers New Anniversary Cover for Harry Potter Cherish Your Favourite Book with a Bespoke Binding 10 Redesigned Covers Better Than … Continue reading →

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