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(Man Booker Winner 2003, Vernon God Little)
On Tuesday 31 August DBC Pierre balanced on a bar stool in front of a packed room at the Oxford Art Factory and regaled the audience with stories of why he will never settle down in South Australia, advice on the finer things in life - Marius wine, ginger and lime chocolates and Jicky perfume (if you had a whole heap of money that is) and why we should welcome and embrace hangovers.
Photo credit: Antonia Hayes/FasterLouder.com
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Man Book Club August 2010
Last month the Man Booker Prize Foundation announced their longlist for the Man Booker Prize 2010. A title that we feel sure will make the shortlist is The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell.
This is the third time that a David Mitchell novel has appeared on a Man Booker Prize list. His previous novels Number9Dream and Cloud Atlas have both been included on the Man Booker Prize short-list. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet is now long-listed for this year's Man Booker Prize and is his fifth novel. After two years of research and four rewrites it is also the novel that took the longest to write.
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From Artistic Director Chip Rolley
We at Sydney Writers' Festival are of course all thrilled the 2010 Festival broke all previous box office records and for the fourth year in a row achieved audience attendance of around 80,000, but the real reward comes from the fact that we demonstrated this is a city hungry for robust ideas and inspiration.
It's no longer Sydney the flibbertigibbet against the more seriously inclined Melbourne. Any city that can fill the Town Hall three times in 24 hours is no slouch when it comes to wanting intellectual stimulation.
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2010 Festival Wrap
It might have rained throughout the week but the 2010 Sydney Writers' Festival was anything but a wash out. Over 400 writers and other guests played to packed houses throughout the week, across Sydney and in regional venues. With many sessions selling out and thousands of people attending events in the Concert Hall, the Sydney Town Hall and the City Recital Hall, Sydney Writers' Festival 2010 has surpassed all previous box office records.
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Video and Audio Festival Highlights
Thanks to SlowTV, ABC Big Ideas, ABC Radio National and ABC 702 Sydney you can now watch and listen to recordings of many of this year's highlight Sydney Writers' Festival events, featuring Christopher Hitchens (pictured left with Annabel Crabb), Colm Tóibín, Lionel Shriver, Reza Aslan and more.
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Man Book Club
Man Booker Prize Longlist has been announced!
To learn more about the titles nominated for this prestigious prize, visit our Man Book Club page and follow the links.
We would love to hear your thoughts. Who is your firm favourite to win? Perhaps you can narrow it down to a shortlist? Who do you think deserves to win? And is it different who you think will actually win? Let us know your thoughts.
Thanks to Man Investments for supporting the Man Book Club.
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