Category Archives: Jottings
It’s shortlist time… Miles Franklin Award
The Miles Franklin is the most prestigious award for Australian literature with recent winners the likes of Stephen Carroll, Tim Winton and Peter Temple you can see why. A fantastic shortlist this year, Fairfieldbooks has a soft spot for Favel … Continue reading
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It’s shortlist time…The Orange Prize for Fiction
The Orange Prize is awarded to a female writer of the commonwealth every year. Started to address the lack of women making it onto important shortlists, The Orange Prize has become a well respect accolade in itself. This years shortlist … Continue reading
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Text Classics. Aussie Gold.
You may have read some articles about Michael Heyward of Text Publishing in the last few weeks about the sorry state of Australian literary classics, and that many of them have been out of print for some time. He is … Continue reading
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Meet Kerry Greenwood, creator of the divine Miss Fisher
On Wednesday 2nd of May you have the opportunity to meet Kerry Greenwood and hear her talk about her fictional lady detective Phryne Fisher. Kerry will be at the Northcote Library at 7pm. We will be there selling books so … Continue reading
Lake Eyre: harsh beauty in the heart of Australia
Last year three familiar names to ABC watchers and listeners made the headlines for tragic reasons. The helicopter piloted by Gary Ticehurst carrying cameraman John Bean and journalist Paul Lockyer crashed, and all three were killed. The project they were … Continue reading
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Indie Award for 2012. Anna Funder’s All that I Am
A relatively new literary award on the scene is the Indie Award. It is voted for and funded by a group of Australian Independent Booksellers including us at Fairfieldbooks so it is dear to our heart. This years winner is … Continue reading
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A Song of Ice and Fire
George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire has caused a sensation with the HBO TV series and the re release of the books. Ahead of the paperback release of #5 Dance with Dragons there’s a box set of … Continue reading
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SALE – From today till the end of February
We have 10% off everything and two tables groaning with stock we need to move. We are planning a significant rearrangement for the inside of the shop and want to make room for it all. So help up out and … Continue reading
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Vintage is turning 21!
The Vintage imprint is turning 21, and to celebrate they have released 21 of their most popular books as special editions. The books are beautiful, produced in a gorgeous rainbow of bright colours, with even the edges sprayed to match. … Continue reading
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George Ivanoff will be visiting Fairfield Books!
George Ivanoff, author of many fantastic books for children and teenagers, will be visiting Fairfield Books from 11am to 12noon on Saturday 29th October as part of the Fairfield Village Market Day festivities. His latest books, Gamers’ Quest and Gamers’ … Continue reading
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