To make sure I manage to fit in the rest of the card evenly, this is one of a few posts that will have multiple squares marked off - progress has been a little slower, so some squares might have books from earlier in the year, but in different categories to the first card. First… Continue reading Book Bingo 19: A Memoir and a book by someone under thirty.
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No Country Woman by Zoya Patel
Title: No Country Woman Author: Zoya Patel Genre: Autobiography/Memoir Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 14th August 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 264 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: 'An ambitious, nuanced and confident debut: Patel writes with passion, curiosity and purpose.' Maxine Beneba Clarke, bestselling and award winning author of The Hate Race, Foreign Soil, The Patchwork Bike and Carrying The World A fresh and exciting… Continue reading No Country Woman by Zoya Patel
Book Bingo Five – A foreign translated novel, a novel with a yellow cover, a novel by an Australian man, a funny book, a memoir and a non-fiction book.
In my fifth Book Bingo post for the year, I can report that I have a BINGO! The final row going down, row five, is complete, with three out of the five squares being filled with Australian Women Writers. The text version of the row is below: Row #5 (Down) - BINGO A Foreign Translated… Continue reading Book Bingo Five – A foreign translated novel, a novel with a yellow cover, a novel by an Australian man, a funny book, a memoir and a non-fiction book.
Tell It To The Dog: A Memoir of Sorts by Robert Power
Title: Tell It To The Dog: A Memoir of Sorts Author: Robert Power Genre: Non-Fiction/Memoir Publisher: Transit Lounge Published: 1st July 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $29.95 Synopsis: Tell it to the Dog is an exquisitely written memoir that is at once playful, heartbreaking and affirming. From a Dublin childhood to London, then on to… Continue reading Tell It To The Dog: A Memoir of Sorts by Robert Power
Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada
Title: Memoirs of a Polar Bear Author: Yoko Tawada, translated by Susan Bernofsky Genre: Fiction Publisher: Granta/Allen and Unwin Published: 29th March 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 256 Price: $27.99 Synopsis: A story of three polar bears: a memoirist who flees the Soviet Union; a dancer in an East Berlin circus; and Knut, a baby bear… Continue reading Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada
Born A Crime: Stories from A South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Title: Born a Crime: Stories from A South African Childhood Author: Trevor Noah Genre: Memoir/Non-Fiction Publisher: John Murray/Hachette Published: 29th November 2016 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $35.00 Synopsis: Growing up mixed race in South Africa, this is the fascinating and darkly funny memoir from Trevor Noah. Trevor Noah is the host of The Daily… Continue reading Born A Crime: Stories from A South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
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