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The Gospel According To Luke by Emily Maguire & Rosie Little’s Cautionary Tales For Girls by Danielle Wood
The War of the World: History’s age of hatred by Niall Ferguson
Breadfruit by Célestine Hitiura Vaite & Frangipani by Célestine Hitiura Vaite
The latest batch of Australian picture books contains many good, solid stories, competently told – but definitely nothing out of the ordinary. However, picture books do not necessarily have to deal with new subjects, use complex illustrative techniques or contain gimmicks to be something special. Some of the best picture books are those which simply celebrate the ordinary.
... (read more)Australian television’s golden anniversary roadshow kicked off in September 2005 with the screening of 50 Years, 50 Shows on Channel Nine. Some twelve months were to elapse before the actual anniversary, on 16 September 2006. In 2005, Channel Nine was entering television’s anniversary year and, as the first station to go to air in Australia, determined to present its own history as synonymous with the history of television.
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