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Category Archives: Bronwyn
The promise of a cookbook…
At Brays, we not only love to peruse the wonderfully delicious cookbooks that grace our shelves, we also love trying them out on our family and friends! Recently Sara’s daughter baked one of Annabel Crabb’s yummy recipes – Blueberry and Orange … Continue reading
Posted in Bronwyn, Cooking, Libby, Sara, Staff Favourites, Sylvia
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Miles Franklin Shortlist 2017
The Miles Franklin Literary Award Shortlist was announced this week. The finalists are: An Isolated Incident by Emily Maguire (Picador) The Last Days of Ava Langdon by Mark O’Flynn (UQP) Their Brilliant Careers by Ryan O’Neill (Black Inc.) Waiting by Philip Salom (Puncher … Continue reading
Pretty Book Covers
Do attractive covers influence you when you’re book browsing? The good folk at the Australian Book Design Awards 2017 think so. Each year for the past 65 years, they have celebrated the bravest and brightest, the most original and beautiful books published in … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Books, Book Covers, Bronwyn
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NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2017
On Monday night the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards were announced. For the first time in the awards history the Book of the Year prize was taken out by a play. Congratulations to all the winners. We were delighted to see … Continue reading
New Philosopher & Womankind Magazine
The latest editions of our best selling Womankind and New Philosopher magazines have now arrived in store. This quarter, #16 New Philosopher is all about food. What we eat and why. Too little; too much. Production, consumption and waste. Articles … Continue reading
Posted in Bronwyn, Magazines, New Philosopher, Womankind
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Sydney Writer’s Festival 2017 Launch
One of the pleasures of being a book seller is attending the many book and festival launches that occur throughout the year. Last night was the Launch of the 2017 Sydney Writer’s Festival season. It was also the first time … Continue reading
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Indie Books Awards 2017
As members of the Australian Independent Booksellers group, we at Brays Books are delighted to celebrate the diversity of exciting and interesting writers on this year’s long list for The Indie Book Awards. The Indie Book Awards were established in 2008 … Continue reading
Stella Prize Longlist 2017
We love a good longlist at Brays! The joy of seeing a staff favourite or two nominated, followed by the lovely bookish challenge of reading as many of the others before the winner is announced. So far, we have read The Hate Race, … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Books, Bronwyn, Stella Prize
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Brays Bestsellers for 2016
Our top twelve bestselling books in Balmain for 2016 included eight titles by Australian authors. It’s wonderful to see our home grown authors being so widely read and appreciated. Our number one bestseller for 2016, outselling even J. K. Rowling, was local author … Continue reading
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Our Best of 2016
It’s December, which means it must be time for our ‘best books of the year’ post! It’s often hard for us to keep our list of favourites to just two or three books. We all enjoy an eclectic range of genres each year, … Continue reading
Posted in Best Books, Bronwyn, Claire, Favourites, Fiction, Libby, Philip, Sara, Sylvia, Tim
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