Earliest known book jacket discovered..

"A librarian at Oxford's Bodleian Library has unearthed the earliest-known book dust jacket. Dating from 1830, the jacket wrapped a silk-covered gift book, Friendship's Offering."

The Guardian

Two pieces of bookish information for you..

The winner of the 2009 Pulitzer prize has been announced; Elizabeth Strout's novel Olive Kitteridge has beaten a number of other nominees which include big names such as Philip Roth, John Updike, Toni Morrison, Annie Proulx and Jhumpa Lahiri.

Abe Books



Also, acclaimed author J.G. Ballard has died at age 78, after a struggle with cancer. He was best known for his novel, Empire of the Sun.

The Age

Quiz Night

Date:	11 May 2009
Time:	20:00 - 22:00
Location:	The New Sydney Hotel
Street:	87 Bathurst Street

Everyone loves a quiz so as part of our 60th birthday celebrations we are holding one. In keeping with the fact that we are a bookshop it's a quiz all about books - old books, new books, awful books, amazing books and everything that lies in between.

You can have up to 6 people in your team. Contact us to book a table - reply on Facebook, email or call.

Entry is $2 per person. For your $2 you will get a couple of hours of entertainment and the chance to win books, wine (from Pembroke - good stuff!) and gift vouchers.

If you are in need of feeding before the quiz The New Sydney does great food (the chips are particularly excellent!).

If you have any queries get in contact.

Cheers!

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Indies Choice Book Awards

The American Booksellers Association today announces the winners of the inaugural Indies Choice Book Awards. Formerly the Book Sense Book of the Year Awards.

The winners are:

Best Indie Buzz Book (Fiction): The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Best Conversation Starter (Nonfiction): The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
Best Author Discovery: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Best Indie Young Adult Buzz Book (Fiction): The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Best New Picture Book: Bats at the Library by Brian Lies
Most Engaging Author: Sherman Alexie

BookBrowse

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies!

"Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you'd actually want to read."

In your favourite bookshop. NOW. $24.95.