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Choice is a wonderful and sometimes overwhelming thing. If I were a mathematician I could tell you how many variations of lists could be produced for an A – Z of Vintage Classics. I know it would be a very large number. I confess I have taken a few liberties in interpreting the alphabet in this list, thus increasing the possibilities. Oh dear, not very helpful! We hope this list of titles...
I thought it would be a breeze to write about ten of my favourite Australian books for Australia Day, but each time I have thought about bringing my fingers to the keyboard, I change the books I want to include. One solution is to restrict myself to fiction only. Of course this means I won’t be able to mention Recollections of a Bleeding Heart by Don Watson (but this would be perfect to get...
If you drive down the Pacific Highway, and I know it is a very long road, you can probably feel the pulse of excitement pumping through the Random House office. Frank Moorhouse has delivered the third novel in his League of Nations series and it is a CRACKER. Edith Campbell Berry and her ‘rules to live by’, first demanded readers attention in Grand Days in 1993, and as Bert and I discussed with Frank...
I love the life lessons I learn from novels and most of the books on the Knopf Vintage lists are fiction. But the variety of information you take in when you work on non fiction is extraordinary and I always look forward to adding to the bank of knowledge you never know when you might need. The two non fiction books I will release in the coming months couldn’t be more different. First up is Crack...
Novels, like diamonds, tend not to display all of the toil that goes into producing the final product. Everything starts with the writer. Then add a combination of agent, readers, mentors, peers and friends before publisher and editor get involved. Next up are typesetters, designers, production experts, proofreaders, sales, marketing and publicity before the final ingredients of printers and digitisers,...
