On Episode 15 of Lost the Plot we have Lesley Boland on the show to talk about independent publisher Blemish Books and the Pulpture art project at Noted Festival that upcycled books into artwork.
Show Notes:
Future Library
https://www.facebook.com/Futurelibrary.no/posts/756937187813455
https://www.futurelibrary.no/
Lost Rocks
http://www.apublishedevent.net/projects/lost-rocks/editions/a-slow-publishing-event
ACT Lit Bloggers of the Future
https://actwritersblog.com/2017/05/19/act-literary-bloggers-of-the-future-2017-program/
Whispering Gums
https://whisperinggums.com/
Book Awards
http://abiawards.com.au/general/the-17th-annual-australian-book-industry-awards-winners-announced/
https://www.perpetual.com.au/MilesFranklin/Award-and-Recipients
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/may/22/brave-ruthless-and-utterly-compelling-leah-purcell-wins-big-at-nsw-premiers-literary-awards
William Caxton’s lost pages
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-39846929
Jane Austen's Secret Love
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/jane-austen-darcy-wentworth-did-a-sydney-surgeon-steal-her-heart/news-story/75c46de91b052d2b4bc49de0b04b64a6
Pride and Prejudice House for Sale
https://www.buzzfeed.com/laraparker/empty-out-your-piggy-banks-now-because-the-house-from-pride?utm_term=.ylwWMXboz&bffbbooks#.mmR7Ok09e
Taiwanese Author Commits Suicide
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kassycho/author-commits-suicide-after-writing-about-alleged-rapist?utm_term=.arMaKwq4N&bffbbooks#.alAnbdlY9
Support Resources
https://www.lifeline.org.au/
https://www.1800respect.org.au/
N K Jemisin in the world's worst interview
https://storify.com/nkjemisin/how-not-to-interview-an-author
https://archive.is/DnQ3H
...except maybe Paul Beatty's
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/30/more-than-the-n-word-how-a-tense-paul-beatty-interview-raises-bigger-questions?CMP=share_btn_fb
Top Borrowed Books in Australia
https://www.alia.org.au/news/15524/aussie-readers-craving-local-stories-about-heritage-identity-and-relationships
Street Library Controversy
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/hornsby-advocate/streetbased-lending-library-saved-after-threats-to-shut-it-down/news-story/cab0b8a5ed8cf825cb3c37c5068c3975?%3F
The Book of Dust
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/26/before-his-dark-materials-how-lyras-story-began-exclusive-extract
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/27/arundhati-roy-fiction-takes-time-second-novel-ministry-utmost-happiness?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Facebook
Islamophobia Teen Romance Novel
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-31/randa-abdel-fattah-spins-islamophobia-into-aussie-teen-romance/8574990
The Dark Tower
https://www.facebook.com/SonyPicturesAUS/videos/1724155807610832/
Game of Thrones
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/16/george-rr-martin-game-of-thrones-spinoffs-all-prequels-hbo-winds-of-winter
Harry Potter News
https://www.pottermore.com/news/wizarding-world-book-club-coming-soon-to-pottermore
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-12/harry-potter-prequel-handwritten-by-jk-rowling-stolen/8522834?smid=Page:+ABC+News-Facebook_Organic&WT.tsrc=Facebook_Organic&sf78322054=1
https://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewchampion/a-super-rare-harry-potter-prequel-has-been-stolen-in-a?utm_term=.igDdONB4X&bffbbooks#.ktAP7zvrq
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-20/harry-potter-fans-warned-against-walking-on-railway-from-film/8543718?smid=Page:+ABC+News-Facebook_Organic&WT.tsrc=Facebook_Organic&sf80469336=1
Canberra Women Writers Network
https://www.facebook.com/canberrawomenwriters/
Pulpture
http://www.blemishbooks.com.au/pulpture/
http://kbreyd.com/pulpture
