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2020 Indie Award Shortlist

The Indie Award highlights the best of Australian fiction and nonfiction, as nominated by Australian Independent Booksellers. Find the longlisted titles here and the shortlist here. Winners are announced at the end of March.

2020: Chinese Year of the Rat

Chinese New Year will be celebrated on January 25th and marks the beginning of the Year of the Rat. Here is a quirky collection of children’s books featuring rats and mice, as well as titles about Chinese New Year!

ALS Readers Recommend...

Staff of ALS have compiled a a list of the best books, audiobooks, movies and more that they have read, listened to, and watched over 2019. How many have you read?

2020 upcoming titles

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UNESCO Kalinga Prize winner: Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

The UNESCO Kalinga Prize rewards exceptional contributions made by individuals in communicating science to society and promoting the popularisation of science. In the first time an Australian has won the prize, Dr Karl was cited for his ‘longstanding commitment to fire up people’s curiosity for science and share his passion for the subject’. Check out a collection of his works for adults and children !