Gift Fair

This week Sue and Wenche attended the gift fair in Melbourne - where they were overwhelmed with the array of beautiful cards, and gifts that are available. There were lots of beautiful things to look at (a little too much fun to be work). Book and Paper are sure to be getting in some amazing cards and other magnificent things in store - so keep an eye out over the next few weeks!

Join us on facebook for more regular updates, we will try and post some pictures of the new additions to the 'paper & gift' section of our shop, and of course come in any time for a browse in store, at 20 Ferguson Street, Williamstown 3016.
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What We Are Reading - Hannah Martin

To all those crime lovers out there, if you haven't yet read Michael Robotham's books then you are missing out! Yes they have been out for quite a while, but only just now have I joined the Robotham band wagon, and I honestly doubt that I will ever be able to get off it.

Shatter - which I read first, is a psychological thriller that has you hooked from the very first line, Robotham delves into the inner workings of the human mind, with a psychologist (professor Joe O'Loughlin) as the main character, as he works with the police to solve a series of mysterious murders with an absent,unseen and manipulative killer.I don't want too give to much away in terms of story line - would hate to ruin it for everyone else.
As with the following books of his that I have read (The Suspect, Lost) it is impossible to pick the ending, with an amazing twist always challenging the way that you think! Highly highly recommend!

For those who agree with me (and I don't think there are many that wouldn't) there is more to be excited about - Robotham is soon to be releasing his new book, Say You're Sorry, which will be released on the 17th of August. 

We will be sure to stock this one at Book and Paper, so make sure you come in and get your hands on it!

Hannah Martin - Book and Paper Williamstown

Great Reads!

Even though we are finding it impossible to keep up with the demand for the Fifty Shades of Grey series, it is certainly not the only popular book out at the moment!

Anna Funder's All That I Am, winner of the 2012 Miles Franklin Literary Award, is a fantastic read with love, friendship, war, betrayal, politics and most of all passion. Not only has it won the prestigious Miles Franklin award, but also the Indie Book of the Year, Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year, and the Barbara Jefferis Award. Definitely worth reading!

Popular Premier Steve Bracks has released A Premier's State, which delves into his own personal thoughts and ambitions, and talks about everything from the impact of public life on his family, to forming minority government with independents. On the 19th of September at Ragusa Restaurant on Nelson Place, we will be having an event with Mr. Bracks in conversation with Tim Pallas, who worked as his chief of staff. Bookings essential so if you are interested, you had better get in quickly before places sell out!

 For more suggestions of some new, interesting and impossible to put down reads, come in store at Book and Paper, we will endeavour to find you a book that you can't put down! 

Booker Prize Winner announced

He's been shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize, but this time it's a win for Julian Barnes and his novel, Sense of an Ending.

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. That's the sound of Christmas approaching.

We have already received a wide range of Christmas books, wrap and cards, with more arriving weekly. Call in and have a browse!

Inkys long list

This year celebrates the fifth year of the Inky Awards!
For those of you who may not be aware – the Inkys recognise Australian and international authors of teen literature with the victors voted online by the readers of insideadog.com.au.

GOLD INKY LONG LIST
(Australian titles)

• Pigboyby  JC Burke
• Good Oil by Laura Buzo
• Just a Girl by Jane Caro
• The FitzOsbourne’s in Exile by Michelle Cooper
• Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
• This is Shyness by Leanne Hall
• Black Painted Fingernails by Steven Herrick
• Silvermay by James Moloney
• The Comet Box by Adrian Stirling
• All I Ever Wanted by Vikki Wakefield

SILVER INKY LONG LIST
(International titles)

• Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
• Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
• No and Me by Delphine de Vigan
• Where She Went by Gayle Forman
• Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen
• The Agency: The Body at the Tower by YS Lee
• Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
• First Light by Rebecca Stead
• Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork
• Violence 101 by  Denis Wright

The short list will be announced on September 1st with the voting open until October 18th

'Tis the Season

Booker Shortlist announced today!

Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending (Jonathan Cape - Random House)
Sebastian Barry On Canaan's Side (Faber)
Carol Birch Jamrach's Menagerie (Canongate Books)
Patrick deWitt The Sisters Brothers (Granta)
Esi Edugyan Half Blood Blues (Serpent's Tail - Profile)
Yvvette Edwards A Cupboard Full of Coats (Oneworld)
Alan Hollinghurst The Stranger's Child (Picador - Pan Macmillan)
Stephen Kelman Pigeon English (Bloomsbury)
Patrick McGuinness The Last Hundred Days (Seren Books)
A.D. Miller Snowdrops (Atlantic)
Alison Pick Far to Go (Headline Review)
Jane Rogers The Testament of Jessie Lamb (Sandstone Press)
D.J. Taylor Derby Day (Chatto & Windus - Random House)