ANZLL Archives 2007

To view the schedules from previous years, and our ratings, click the links.

Please note that the rating may refer in part to the quality of the discussion rather than the merits or otherwise of the book.

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2007 

The Mystery of the Hansom Cab

by Fergus Hume

Rating

7.0

mystery_hansom_cab 

Miles Franklin Winner 2006

The Ballad of Desmond Kale

by Roger McDonald

Rating

9.0

 Ballad of Desmond Kale

Australian Fiction

Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living,

by Carrie Tiffany

Rating

7.0

Everyman's Rules 

Australian Fiction

The Garden Book

by Brian Castro

Rating

6.0

 gardenbook

Australian Fiction

Summer at Mt Hope

by Rosalie Ham

Rating

8.0

 Summer at Mt Hope

Commonwealth Writers Prize nomination

Small Island

by Andrea Levy

Rating

9.0

Small Island 

The Transit of Venus

by Shirley Hazzard

Rating

8.0

 transitvenus

Australian non-fiction

Mermaids Are Singing/Peel Me A Lotus

by Charmian Clift

Rating

8.5

 mermaidssinging

Vogel Nomination          (any year)

Listening For Small Sounds

by Penelope Trevor

Rating

7.5

 ListeningSmallSounds

New Zealand Fiction

The Captive Wife

by Fiona Kidman

Rating

7.5

Captive Wife 

International Award Winner

Old Filth

by Jane Gardam

Rating

8.5

 Old Filth

International Fiction

Talk Talk

by T.C. Boyle

Rating

7.5

 talktalk

Australian Fiction

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

Rating

8.0

 bookthief

Australian Fiction

Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn

by Marshall Browne

Rating

6.0

 rendezvous

Summer Holiday Classic Choice:

A Fortunate Life

by A. B. Facey

Rating 7.0

 a fortunatelife

 

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