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March 16, 2018 · 8:18 am

Lost the Plot – Episode 22 – Interactive Fiction

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Show Notes

Book Updates

Australian Podcast Awards
Vote for Lost the Plot

Libraries ACT Reading Challenge
Download challenge here

75 Books Recommended by Ursula K. Le Guin
Bookriot article

Sally from Asia Bookroom named New President of International League of International Antiquitarian Booksellers
Episode 8 with Sally
Episode 19 with Sally
Fine Books Magazine write up

Books for the World

Street Libraries on Gardening Australia
Watch the episode on iView

Missing Street Library in Newtown
Facebook post

Story Dogs
Libraries ACT website

Returning the Favour – Get Focused Program
Watch the episode on Facebook

Sekolah Gunung Merapi: Building Hope from the Ashes
Donate via Chuffed
Books for the World
The original campaign
Episode 13

Book News

Canberra Libraries Flooded (content warning: damaged books)
Canberra Times article
Second Canberra Times article
Libraries ACT Facebook post
ABC News article

Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards announced
The Guardian article

Stella Prize 2018 Shortlist
Full shortlist

2018-19 Children’s Laureate Announced
Children’s Laureate Website
ABC article

Aurealis Awards
Full list of finalists

Golden Man Booker Prize
Man Booker Prize website

Shakespeare Plagiarism Software
New York Times article

Mysterious Manuscript at the National Library of Australia
NLA Facebook post

“Welcome to Country” by Aunty Joy Murphy
Watch the Matter of Fact excerpt on facebook

“Marvelous Miss May: Queen of the Circus” by Stephanie Owen Reeder
Canberra Times article

“Tempests and Slaughter” by Tamora Pierce
Hatchette Australia facebook post

“Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier – 80th Anniversary edition
Virago Press facebook video
Virago Press photo essay
The Guardian article

“Silent Invasion” by Clive Hamilton
Hardie Grant facebook post
ABC News article

“Growing Up Black in Australia” by Anita Heiss
Anita Heiss’ website

“A Miniature Christmas Anthology”
Christmas Press facebook post

“The Outsider” by Stephen King
Hachette Australia facebook post

“No Country Woman” by Zoya Patel
Hachette website

“Shantaram” by Gregory David Roberts
Deadline article

Fahrenheit 451 Teaser Trailer
MHP Books website

“Working Class Boy” by Jimmy Barnes
The Book Club ABC facebook post

“The War of the Worlds” by H G Wells
The Verge article

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Trailer
Watch on Studio Canal’s facebook page

Picnic at Hanging Rock Date Reveal
Foxtel website

An Epic Tale of Redwall Computer Game
Steam listing

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” – Kindle in Motion
Pottermore facebook post

The Crimes of Grindelwald – Dumbledore’s Sexuality
The Independent’s article

Rose McGowan book event controversy
The Independent’s article

Book Censorship in Western Australian school
ABC News article

Lionel Shriver on ‘political correctness gone mad’
The Guardian’s article

Claire G. Coleman on ownership of stories
The Guardian’s article

Terry Goodkind publicly criticises own cover art
Screenshot
Joanne Harris’ commentary on Twitter
Goodkind’s ‘apology’

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on reading to his grandkids
Facebook post
News.com article

Drag Queen Story Hour
Sputnik News article

 

Interactive Fiction

Felicity Banks
Author website

Choice of Games – Felicity is writing an official story for them but is not associated or affiliated with them in any way
Website

Felicity’s Interactive Fiction
The Interactive Fiction Database

Hosted Games
Webpage

Choice Script
Webpage

Penguin Qantas Somerset College National Novella Writing Competition for School Age Students
Website

“Heart of Brass” and “After the Flag Fell”
Odyssey Books website

Peter Lalor
Wiki

Other Steampunk
Della Mortika series
Madeiline D’este
“Ichabod Hart and the Lighthouse Mystery” by James Roy
Richard Harland
Michael Pryor

Choices that Matter, Tinman Games
App in Google Play store

Odyssey Books
Website
Publisher Obscura

Hunt A Killer Boxes
Website

Laura E. Goodin
Website

Murder in the Mail
Kickstarter campaign
murderinthemailstories@gmail.com
Messageboard

Book Events

World Read Aloud Day
Website

Library Lover’s Day
Australian School Library Association post
Books on the Rail Blind Date with a Book
Queanbeyan Library Event

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Canberra Times article

Canberra Lifeline Book Fair
Canberra Times article

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Upcoming book fair dates

Stephanie Parkyn at Harry Hartog
Event

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“Egyptian Enigma” Book Launch
NLA Event

50 Years of the Library Building
NLA Event

The ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author Series
Upcoming events

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January 18, 2018 · 9:45 pm

Lost the Plot – Episode 20 – Book Lists

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Show Notes

The new Lost the Plot logo was designed by Louise Brooks
Brooksy Design

Jólabókaflóð
About

Jolabokaflod

The Jungle Books, Penguin Clothbound Classics
The Jungle Books

Bookish Christmas Presents
Book LampNovel Journal

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Australian Women Writers Challenge
Sign Up for 2018
November Round Up

ACT Lit-Bloggers of the Future
Hope in Dark Times, An Evening with Michael Leunig
All the blog posts

Whispering Gums
Blog Website

Street Library Australia
Website

Our New Street Libraries
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The Green Shed
Website

Street Library Vandalism
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Article on Street Library Vandalism

The Foxall Street Library Brothers
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Asia Bookroom Christmas Tree
Episode 19 – Giving Books

Worldbuilders
End of Year Fundraiser

Storytime Pledge
Alan Finkel’s Pledge
Australian Library and Information Association

My Storytime Pledge to my Niece
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2018 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
Shortlist

2017 Goodreads People’s Choice Awards
Full List of Winners

2018 Indie Book Awards
Longlist

2017 Bad Sex Award
The Guardian’s Article

Charles Darwin Annotated Origin of Species
Daily Mail Article

“The Shepherd’s Hut” by Tim Winton
Cover Released

“Transcription” by Kate Atkinson
Facebook post

Sydney Morning Herald List of 2018 Book Releases
Full Article

The Green Books
The Guardian Article
Publisher

Trailer for adaptation of Tim Winton’s “Breath”
The Guardian Article

Jennifer Lawrence starring in Hannah Kent’s “Burial Rites”
The Guardian Article

The Age’s Good Weekend interview with Hannah Kent, October 2016
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Miniseries Adaptation of Little Women
Stan Facebook post

“The Public” film
Youtube Trailer

Harry Potter news
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery game
Harry Potter and the Portrait of what Looked Like a Large Pile of Ash
Harry Potter and the Creaky Cabinet
J K Rowling on Grindelwald Casting
Amber Heard on JK Rowling’s Statement

Backlash against To Siri With Love
Bookriot Article
Observer Article

Is the senior English syllabus too depressing?
ABC News Article

Cat Person
The Guardian Article
“Cat Person”
The BBC’s “Cat Person: What Robert (Probably) Thought”

Max the Cat
Washington Post Article

Tiny Books
Video

Annie’s Pie Charts                                                 Angharad’s Pie Charts

/r/fantasy Subreddit
Link

The Australian Human Rights Commission reports 11% of Australians identify as LGBTIQ
AHRC Website

“Lonesome Dove” by Larry McMurty
The Best Book Ever Written

“The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
Annie’s Second Top Read

“The Sellout” by Paul Beaty
My review

“Do Not Say We Have Nothing” by Madeliene Thien
My review

“On Doubt” by Leigh Sales
My review

“120 Days of Sodom” by the Marquis de Sade
Wikipedia link so you don’t end up on a watchlist
“Quills” starring Geoffrey Rush and Kate Winslet

Sorry about my dog barking! She wasn’t even sorry.
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Scratch Map
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Book Bingo
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Should I review the religious text I read?

The Economist’s 2017 Books of the Year
Article

The Guardian’s Best Books of 2017
Article

Barack Obama’s top reads of 2017
Facebook post

ACT Writers Centre Christmas Party
Blog Post

Muse Christmas Sale
Muse Christmas Sale

“Beneath a Scarlet Sky” by Mark Sullivan
My review

“La Belle Sauvage” by Philip Pullman

“The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” by Haruki Murakami
My review

“Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow” by Jessica Townsend
My review

“Joe Cinque’s Consolation” by Helen Garner

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December 2, 2017 · 7:08 pm

Lost the Plot – Episode 19 – Giving Books

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Show Notes
50 Shades of Grey at the Koala Park Laundromat Street Library
Prank Update

Koala visiting “Bourne to Read” Street Library in Port Macquarie
Image may contain: people sitting

Kitchener Street Library Artworks
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20 years of passion for Australian literacy
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2017 World Fantasy Award
List of Winners

Readings 100 Great Reads by Australian Women
Full List

Australian Women Writers Challenge
Website
My Submitted Reviews

Amazon’s Best Books of 2017
Full List

Books are my Bag Awards
The Guardian Article

Goodreads Choice Awards 2017
Shortlist

Prime Minister’s Literary Award
Shortlist

ACT Book of the Year
Shortlist

“A Pocketful of Crows” by Joanne Harris
Website

“Oathbringer” by Brandon Sanderson
Website

“Atlantic Black” by A. S. Patric
Website

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
Website
Become a Lost the Plot Patron this month for a special Fantastic Beasts postcard!

Roxane Gay’s New Book
EW Article

Stephen King’s New Book “The Outsider”
Website
Hachette Announcement

Shaun Tan’s New Book “Cicada”
Hachette Announcement

Book recalled for derogatory term for disability
SMH Article

Book critical of China pulled from publication
Canberra Times Article

Lord of the Rings TV Series
Deadline Article
Telegraph Article

Catch-22 TV Series
The Guardian Article

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Video
Closer Look on Pottermore
More Information on Pottermore

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Augmented Reality Game
Pottermore Announcement

StoryVille Bar
Website
Video

Tianjin Binhai Library
High Snobiety Article
Project Page

World of the Book, State Library of Victoria
Exhibition Page

Stella Prize – Read Up
Website

Lost the Plot – Episode 8
Book Clubs with Sally from Asia Bookroom

Asia Bookroom
Website

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Classrooms in the Clouds
Donation Website

Indigenous Literacy Foundation Giving Season Campaign
Donation Website

Worldbuilders
Donation Website
That time I won a prize in the Worldbuilders lottery
The Story of Stardust

Jolabokaflod
The Founding Story

Harry Hartog VIP Event

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Photo by Kendall Kirkwood

 

Mum Says My Memoir Is a Lie Podcast
Website

Graeme Simsion Men and Books
Event Page

Image may contain: 1 person, smiling, sitting, table and indoor

Photo by Kendall Kirkwood

ACT Lit Bloggers of the Future
My Blog Posts

ACT Book of the Year Awards & ACT Writers Centre Christmas Party
Event Details

National Library of Australia Bookshop Christmas Sale
Event Details

 

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May 21, 2017 · 10:25 pm

Lost the Plot – Episode 14

Also available via iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/lost-the-plot-podacast/id1185190716

Seeking Tumnus YA Fiction Podcast
seekingtumnus.com/

World Builders
worldbuilders.org/page/fundraising
Michelle West books

Lost Rocks
Lost Rocks

The Great Book Swap – Indigenous Literacy Foundation
www.greatbookswap.org.au/

My New Bookshelf 😀
Book Shelf

Blemish Books – Pulpture
blemishbooks.com.au/news/index.shtml
blemishbooks.com.au/pulpture/index.…tform=hootsuite
WIP Pulpture

Banjo Paterson Park
Banjo Paterson Park

Banjo Paterson Bricks

Treasures from my Bookish Past

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Does anyone want these? Comment somewhere and I will send them.

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30 books!! I’m not making this up – people would have been sponsoring me like 20c a book.

 

 

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Hugo Award Finalists
www.worldcon.fi/wsfs/hugo-finalists/

Sad Puppies
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_Puppies

Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/…d-wolf-erlbruch

Banned Books Week – 2016 Top Challenged Books
www.facebook.com/bannedbooksweek/…f=PAGES_TIMELINE

2016 Top Challenged Books
www.bustle.com/p/the-most-challe…leanor-park-50160

Aranda Primary School Decommissions Library
www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/ara…-gvtcpx.html

National Simultaneous Storytime
www.alia.org.au/nss#resources

Anita Heiss’ New Book
www.facebook.com/AnitaHeissAuthor…/?type=3&theater

Cleverman Graphic Novel
www.facebook.com/ClevermanTV/phot…/?type=3&theater

Tara Moss Working on New Book
www.facebook.com/taramossauthor/p…/?type=3&theater

Free Copies of the Handmaid’s Tale in NYC
www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/free-c…af6d718a3ee6

My Cousin Rachel
www.facebook.com/ViragoPress/vide…f=PAGES_TIMELINE

Berlin Syndrome
www.facebook.com/BerlinSyndromeAU…f=PAGES_TIMELINE

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Casting
www.facebook.com/pottermore/photo…/?type=3&theater
www.buzzfeed.com/eleanorbate/the-…books#.otw8edGB3

The Wheel of Time TV Series
variety.com/2017/tv/news/wheel-…tv-series-sony-1202

Kim Morton
feminartsy.com/unspoken-the-real…btqi-communities/

Apply to be a CBCA Judge
cbca.org.au/judges-judging

What’s In a Name by Myles Walsh
trove.nla.gov.au/work/213497657?s…sion=NBD58638784

Mrs Whitlam by Bruce Pascoe
www.goodreads.com/book/show/303422…from_search=true

Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr
www.goodreads.com/book/show/298660…from_search=true

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March 21, 2017 · 11:18 pm

Lost the Plot – Episode 12

Also available via iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/lost-the-plot-podacast/id1185190716

Milo Yiannopoulous’ book deal cancelled
www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/milo-y…f077b3ed221c

Kitchener Street Library
https://books4theworld.com/kitchener-street-library/

Book Crossing
www.bookcrossing.com/

Lifeline Bookfair
www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/lif…-gu544a.html

Lifeline Selfie

Episode 7 – Lifeline Bookfair
Lost_the_plot – Episode-7-lifeline-bookfair

Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jan/…he-drovers-wife
www.facebook.com/HachetteAustrali…/?type=3&theater

Costa Book of the Year
www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/…ook-of-the-year

Stella Prize
thestellaprize.com.au/prize/2017/

Library Lovers Day
Library Lovers Day

Cologne Library
www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb…=share_btn_link
www.facebook.com/BernamaNewsChann…f=PAGES_TIMELINE

Most Expensive Library in Russia
*note I said in the podcast that books ranged in price from $500 to $840, which is not correct. This is the average price per book.
rbth.com/arts/literature/2017…in-petersburg_696633

Book Thieves
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/fe…-into-warehouse

State Government Sued Over Key Witness’ Book
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-20/gordon-wood-sues-state-of-nsw-for-malicious-prosecution/8285392

The Book in Question
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6924523

Professor Frisked at Airport Over Books
https://medium.com/@chanda/black-semitic-girl-reader-at-the-airport-76b751dadbce#.87v8ff408

Mem Fox Detained at LA Airport
www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-25/m…officials/8303366

Local Canberra Bookshop Threatened by Proposed Development
www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/cur…-gu2ev3.html

Harry Potter House Themed Editions
www.facebook.com/dymocksbooks/pho…/?type=3&theater
www.pottermore.com/news/hogwarts-h…0th-anniversary

Philip Pullman Announces New Trilogy
www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/…MP=share_btn_fb
penguin.com.au/authors/32-philip…lmans-new-trilogy

Neil Gaiman Announces Neverwhere Sequel
bookriot.com/2017/02/17/neil-ga…neverwhere-sequel/

American Gods Graphic Novel
www.darkhorse.com/Comics/30-430/Am…n-Gods-Shadows-1

Anniversary Edition of the Name of the Wind
www.tor.com/2017/02/03/patrick-…icle-book-3-update/

Me with Clementine Ford
Fight Like a Girl

Larry Buttrose on Ghostwriting A Long Way Home
www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-16/a…hind-lion/8276278

Animorphs AMA with K A Applegate
www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/g…imorphs_and_many/

Ghostwriting
answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=57007
daybydaywriter.wordpress.com/2010/02/12…stwriting/
dereklewis.com/famous-ghostwritt…eir-ghostwriters/
www.jamespatterson.com/bookshots#.WMTAlPmGNPY
andrewcrofts.com/what-is-ghostwriting/
raventools.com/blog/truth-about-ghostwriting/

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February 11, 2017 · 1:16 am

Lost the Plot – Episode 11

Also available via iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/lost-the-plot-podacast/id1185190716

World Builders
worldbuilders.org/

2017 Reading List
www.facebook.com/paperchainbookst…/?type=3&theater

23 books 8 Canberrans will be reading this summer
www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/the…-gtftsm.html

Booktopia Favourite Australian Author
blog.booktopia.com.au/2017/01/27/vot…ralian-author/

Amazon sells out of 1984
gizmodo.com/amazon-sells-out-of…read-a-g-1791658901

Mein Kampf becomes bestseller
www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-04/m…n-germany/8160024

Milo Yiannopouloss’ new book
www.buzzfeed.com/jarrylee/milo-yi…books#.qvGKGOaka
electricliterature.com/roxane-gay-pu…bd#.u9zu4f99d
mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-05/…ver-deal/8163542

Fake library patron Chuck Finlay
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-a…ium=atlas-page

South Sudan bookseller
www.theguardian.com/global-developm…orn-south-sudan

2017 Free Comic Book Day catalog
freecomicbookday.com/catalog

Release estimate for George R R Martin’s latest book
www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/george…Xx4B4#.rnBb8WBAB

New edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
www.pottermore.com/news/updated-ed…medium=referral

The Magic Faraway Tree Movie
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-28…uster-film.html

Jodi Piccoult’s Small Great Things Film
deadline.com/2017/01/viola-davi…amblin-1201895736/

The Handmaid’s Tale trailer
www.facebook.com/handmaidsonhulu/…f=PAGES_TIMELINE

Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett book Good Omens TV Show
www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/…n-prime-in-2018

Professor finds lost book
www.buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/this-…j6MkM#.rx1K5aLpL

Four year old girl librarian for the day at Library of Congress
www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-14/f…-congress/8182876

Donna Hosie
http://donnahosie.wixsite.com/website

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January 12, 2017 · 9:48 pm

Lost the Plot – Episode 10

 

Also available via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/lost-the-plot-podacast/id1185190716

Books for the World Kitchener Street Library
books4theworld.com/kitchener-street-library/

National Library of Australia
www.nla.gov.au/unbound
www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016…elp-deliver-trove

Library Cat
dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/12/14/libra…wanted-him-gone/

Hardayal Library
www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/century…Ijfg3FwI.html

Denzel Washington’s Childhood Librarian
www.cbsnews.com/news/denzel-washi…a&linkId=32331937

Library Book Returned 120 Years Late
www.theguardian.com/education/2016/…o-fine-hereford

Canberra Man’s Missing Memoir
www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/the…-gt5rk6.html
www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/can…-gta11r.html

Parallel Importation Laws
www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/…MP=share_btn_fb

Taxpayers Pay for Politician Books
www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-02/p…-expenses/8085842

Jasper Jones Trailer
www.facebook.com/jasperjonesfilm/…167064843390079/

The Handmaid’s Tale
www.buzzfeed.com/krystieyandoli/t…WN909#.isza256D6
www.buzzfeed.com/krystieyandoli/h…aAoKo#.nsb96gzbz

Neil Gaiman’s Stardust
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07xs23…me=radio_and_music

Haruki Murakami New Novel
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/0…/#.WHX4vPl95PY

J K Rowling
time.com/4609349/j-k-rowling-new-books-twitter/
www.facebook.com/abcnews24.au/vid…/?type=2&theater
www.upworthy.com/jk-rowling-found…-was-magic?c=pop

Jolabokaflod
www.npr.org/2012/12/25/16753793…hristmas-book-flood

Richard Adams
www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38446309

2016 Book Stats

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