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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s Writers\u2019 Festival Season baby!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s well and truly Writer\u2019s Festival season now – Emerging Writers\u2019 Festival kicked off last week in Melbourne and will be wrapping up this weekend (you can buy tickets to the closing event here<\/a>), and there have also been several other exciting program announcements.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Blue Mountains Writers\u2019 Festival (22-25 August) revealed its program earlier this week, which includes authors such as Stan Grant (Australia Day<\/a><\/em>), Michelle de Kretser (The Life to Come<\/a><\/em>), Melina Marchetta (The Place on Dalhousie<\/a><\/em>), and Markus Zusak (Bridge of Clay<\/a><\/em>). You can buy tickets and find more information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBrisbane Writers\u2019 Festival (5-8 September) also announced its program this week, with a line up featuring writers such as Benjamin Law (Growing Up Queer in Australia<\/a><\/em>), Jasper Fforde (Early Riser<\/a><\/em>), John Birmingham (Stranger Thingies<\/a><\/em>), Leah Kaminsky (The Hollow Bones<\/a><\/em>), and Jenna Guillaume (What I Like About Me<\/a><\/em>). You can buy tickets and find more information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFinally, Melbourne Writers\u2019 Festival (30 August – 8 September) has announced the first round of international guests that will be attending the festival from 31 August to 1 September – Sonic Youth\u2019s Kim Gordon (Girl in a Band<\/a><\/em>), Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt (Antisemitism: Here and Now<\/a><\/em>), and Black Lives Matter activist and author DeRay McKesson (On the Other Side of Freedom<\/a><\/em>). You can buy tickets and find more information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Book](\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NewsJune-27-Blog-1.png\")
Emerging Writers’ Festival director Izzy Roberts-Orr speaking at the opening event last week.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nBeloved romance writer Judith Krantz dies aged 91<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nJudith Krantz, the American romance novelist behind books like Scruples<\/em> and Princess Daisy<\/a><\/em>, has died aged 91 from natural causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKrantz was born in New York City on 9 January, 1927, and graduated from Wellesley College with a B.A. in 1948. After working for a time as a fashion publicist and a journalist who wrote for publications like Cosmopolitan<\/em>, Judith would go on to become one of the most beloved and bestselling romance authors of all time at the age of 50.<\/p>\n\n\n\nA novelist with a reputation for writing lavish ‘sex-and-shopping’ fantasies, Krantz’s books failed to charm literary critics but they earned her a vast and loyal fanbase. Her steamy book Scruples<\/em> is perhaps her most well-known, but she wrote 10 novels over the course of her life, selling over 85 million copies worldwide in more than 50 languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYou can check out Judith’s books here<\/a> and read more about Judith’s life here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Book](\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NewsJune-27-Blog.png\")
<\/a>Romance novelist Judith Krantz at her home in Los Angeles. (Deirdre Hamill\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThousands petition Netflix to cancel Amazon Prime\u2019s Good Omens<\/em> series<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nOK, so this news isn\u2019t strictly book related, but it\u2019s so goddamn funny that I simply have to include it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A petition<\/a> that has amassed over 20,000 signatures was circulated by the US Foundation for a Christian Civilization last week, calling on Netflix to cancel their blasphemous adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett\u2019s apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens<\/a><\/em>. They argued that the series, starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen, is \u201canother step to make Satanism appear normal, light and acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe only problem is\u2026 Netflix didn\u2019t make Good Omens<\/em>, Amazon did! Much hilarious banter went down on Twitter between the official Netflix<\/a> and Amazon<\/a> accounts, and the group has since amended their original petition.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHonestly, this sounds exactly like the kind of thing Crowley would do for a laugh\u2026 comedy just writes itself these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\t
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The Blue Mountains Writers\u2019 Festival (22-25 August) revealed its program earlier this week, which includes authors such as Stan Grant (Australia Day<\/a><\/em>), Michelle de Kretser (The Life to Come<\/a><\/em>), Melina Marchetta (The Place on Dalhousie<\/a><\/em>), and Markus Zusak (Bridge of Clay<\/a><\/em>). You can buy tickets and find more information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brisbane Writers\u2019 Festival (5-8 September) also announced its program this week, with a line up featuring writers such as Benjamin Law (Growing Up Queer in Australia<\/a><\/em>), Jasper Fforde (Early Riser<\/a><\/em>), John Birmingham (Stranger Thingies<\/a><\/em>), Leah Kaminsky (The Hollow Bones<\/a><\/em>), and Jenna Guillaume (What I Like About Me<\/a><\/em>). You can buy tickets and find more information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, Melbourne Writers\u2019 Festival (30 August – 8 September) has announced the first round of international guests that will be attending the festival from 31 August to 1 September – Sonic Youth\u2019s Kim Gordon (Girl in a Band<\/a><\/em>), Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt (Antisemitism: Here and Now<\/a><\/em>), and Black Lives Matter activist and author DeRay McKesson (On the Other Side of Freedom<\/a><\/em>). You can buy tickets and find more information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Judith Krantz, the American romance novelist behind books like Scruples<\/em> and Princess Daisy<\/a><\/em>, has died aged 91 from natural causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Krantz was born in New York City on 9 January, 1927, and graduated from Wellesley College with a B.A. in 1948. After working for a time as a fashion publicist and a journalist who wrote for publications like Cosmopolitan<\/em>, Judith would go on to become one of the most beloved and bestselling romance authors of all time at the age of 50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A novelist with a reputation for writing lavish ‘sex-and-shopping’ fantasies, Krantz’s books failed to charm literary critics but they earned her a vast and loyal fanbase. Her steamy book Scruples<\/em> is perhaps her most well-known, but she wrote 10 novels over the course of her life, selling over 85 million copies worldwide in more than 50 languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can check out Judith’s books here<\/a> and read more about Judith’s life here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n OK, so this news isn\u2019t strictly book related, but it\u2019s so goddamn funny that I simply have to include it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A petition<\/a> that has amassed over 20,000 signatures was circulated by the US Foundation for a Christian Civilization last week, calling on Netflix to cancel their blasphemous adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett\u2019s apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens<\/a><\/em>. They argued that the series, starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen, is \u201canother step to make Satanism appear normal, light and acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only problem is\u2026 Netflix didn\u2019t make Good Omens<\/em>, Amazon did! Much hilarious banter went down on Twitter between the official Netflix<\/a> and Amazon<\/a> accounts, and the group has since amended their original petition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Honestly, this sounds exactly like the kind of thing Crowley would do for a laugh\u2026 comedy just writes itself these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\tBeloved romance writer Judith Krantz dies aged 91<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Thousands petition Netflix to cancel Amazon Prime\u2019s Good Omens<\/em> series<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n