I will no doubt blog about this in more detail and more eloquently once I have had some sleep - it is 3am at the moment - but I wanted to get it out there while it was still fresh in my mind. An event like Canada Reads (http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/) is an awesome idea and should be promoted around the world.
Australia has appalling literacy levels, yet we also have a number of exceptional novelists. Why are we not promoting them? Well this is me promoting them by asking you to check out this link to AbeBooks (http://www.abebooks.com/docs/Community/Featured/australian-authors.shtml) which details a list of the top twenty Australian authors plus a quick review of the work of five authors that have really capture the attention of the public. I may not totally agree with the entire list but there are a number of authors that I love on that list! Of course, like Canada, we have adopted a few authors that may not have been born in Australia but call it home (like J.M. Coetzee). I love his books and would recommend them to anyone to pick up and read! In fact I actively do this at work and have converted a number of casual readers to his novels.
Well time for bed ... after three nights waking up in the middle of the night to watch a debate about books and reading, I am in desperate need of sleep for work tomorrow! But no doubt I will blog more about reading, literacy, novels, and authors in the weeks to come. I will certainly be contacting the ABC and promoting the idea that they do something similar to Canada Reads (because if they do already, it is not very well promoted to the public)!
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