Most Read This Week In Australia

[close] I am excited to share the story behind the story, and my journey as an author-publisher. Red Earth Diaries is an unusual travelogue in many ways, and I am happy to answer any questions you may have about the book itself or about my journey (and struggles) as an author. The book is due to be released on 06 May 2021. A brief synopsis is provided below: A one-way ticket to Australia...two months of travel...and a shoestring budget. In ‘Red Earth Diaries’ we meet Jason and Ambika, an average couple who met, fell in love, and got married. That’s when their average love story took a dramatic twist. At the peak of their careers, they gave up everything they had and said goodbye to their comfortable lives in India, and migrated to Australia. Once they arrived in the country, unlike most migrants, they made a bold decision to postpone their settlement plans, throw caution to the wind, and backpack in Australia on a shoestring budget. Swimming with sharks, cuddling cute koalas, delving into mysterious caves, chartering private helicopters, venturing deep into ancient rainforests, and getting to know plenty of locals – the couple had incredible experiences in this stunning country. Join Jason and Ambika on their spectacular journey of discovery…

[close] A group for participants in the Dymocks book store reading challenge in 2023. This year, the challenge is structured around seasonal reads, commencing with summer (as we're in Australia!). From the Dymocks website: We’re mixing it up this year with a new challenge each season. More prompts. More inspiration. More reading! Can you handle the heat of our Summer Reading Challenge? To help you have the best bookish summer, we’ve got prompts to inspire your beach reads, motivate you in the new year and an excuse to dust off your favourite guilty pleasure. ... Share photos, reviews and recommendations on socials using the hashtag #DymocksReadingChallenge and join the community of book lovers taking the challenge. Keep an eye out for the seasons to come...

[close] A book club for Sydneysiders (Australia) who love sci-fi and speculative fiction. If enough people and there's interest I'll organise an in-person meetup.

[close] I started this group on idea that I had as a reader. I was constantly finding books in foreign languages that I am/was unable to read. I thought wouldn't it be great if I could ban together translators, authors and publishers together to possibly make English versions available to non-multilingual people? and also, books from other countries like the UK and Australia not available to those in the USA? I'm looking for translators who are dual-lingual, in their native tongue and in English. French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, all apply here. My idea is to take the original book, translate it, publish it to Smashwords or somewhere similar, see how it gains an audience to an American publisher may pick it up and publish it, possibly give it a better translation. I'm not sure how all this work, legally, but it's worth taking a shot at! If this takes off, I'd like to start a website, to collaborate with reviewers, other bloggers, authors, publishers and freelance translators. We would work on translations, take requests, communicate with authors and publishers and review said books. if we cannot translate, I'd like to at least spread the knowledge of the books in hopes that they'd picked up by a USA publisher.