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From the author of the acclaimed A Visit from the Goon Squad come these eleven igniting stories. Although published elsewhere, this is the first time these stories have been collected together in one volume. Masterful and poignant, we read about loneliness and longing, regret and desire. Egan’s characters are diverse: housewives, schoolgirls, models and bankers, scattered across Bora Bora, China and Manhattan. But what they do have in common is their search for ‘the other’ – something completely outside their own realm of experience.
RRP $19.99 OUR PRICE $17.99
While all art is unique, the challenges artists face are shared regardless of background, experience, and artistic medium. With decades of experience training and helping artists, the staff of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) believe that any artist needs three components to fortify a career in the arts: access to funds, entrepreneurial skills, and an opportunity to showcase work. With extensive interviews, anecdotes, and expert advice, The Profitable Artist may make you just that.
RRP $32.95 OUR PRICE $29.66
Cycling – it’s everywhere. And with it, a whole spate of new and fascinating titles:
There’s Cycle Chic , flashing images of Pashley princesses,  high-tech roadies and tweed-sporting bankers. Cyclepedia has been released by the same iconic publishing house, Thames and Hudson, and celebrates the best bicycles designed over the past 90 years. These finds are sure to inspire lust and envy in bike nuts, commuting cyclists and design aesthetics everywhere. And maybe even get you on a bike.
Cycle Chic - RRP $29.95 OUR PRICE $26.96
Cyclepedia - RRP $39.95 OUR PRICE $35.96
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Polish off your poems, play with prose, and surprise us with your short stories!
The UNSWeetened Literary Journal is seeking entries for this year’s issue! A beautiful creative writing publication that has been showcasing the university's literary talent since 1998, it features poetry and prose from both undergraduate and postgraduate students. It’s also a serious literary competition that is professionally judged. The annual launch, complete with prizes, is held during Artsweek in Session 2.
Students have until June 1st, 2012 to submit their pieces. For more information, visit www.arc.unsw.edu.au/unsweetened or email unsweetened@arc.unsw.edu.au.
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New in store – Text Classics
Text Classics’ publisher Michael Heyward on ‘the lost marvels’ of Australian literature: ‘It’s as if we think that good books burn down like candles, when the truth is they get better and brighter.’
  
The 30 carefully selected books in the Text Classics series are milestones in Australian literature, books often forgotten, even condemned to ‘out of print’. Rediscover Miles Franklin’s My Brilliant Career; be reminded why Careful, He Might Hear You was an incredible bestseller. And have you ever read Cosmo Cosmolino? Helen Garner gives us a gorgeously written story about three very different characters, and diverges from her usual laconic style. Introduced by prominent Australians such as Ramona Koval and Christos Tsiolkas, these are books by our most loved writers, who tell our most important stories.
RRP $12.95 OUR PRICE $11.66
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Words Competition - April
Congratulations go to Leah Tome! Leah answered last month's question correctly:
Who wrote Patrick White’s biography, a culmination of ten years’ work?
Answer: David Marr
Answer this easy question and you can go in the draw to win a fabulous Text Classics book pack containing Cosmo Cosmolino, Careful, He Might Hear You and My Brilliant Career:
Name the book in the Text Classics range that was made into a film in 1983.
Hint: One of the stars in this film also had a leading role in the film adaption of My Brilliant Career (1979)
Send your answers to competition@bookshop.unsw.edu.au
Good Luck!
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