James Phelan

ALONE: Chasers is on the list for this year’s GET READING! campaign.

GET READING! is Australia’s largest annual celebration of books and reading. Previously called Books Alive, GET READING! is a nationwide Australian Government initiative developed through the Australia Council for the Arts. In 2010 GET READING! runs from 25 August to 30 September, and encourages all Australians to GET LOST, GET FRESH, GET HOOKED, GET REAL and GET COMFY with a book.

There’s a free online chapter for ALONE: Chasers on their site:

http://www.getreading.com.au/PDF/chapter_samples/Chasers.pdf

So… GET READING! now with the FREE 50 Books You Can’t Put Down guide. It’s available here at getreading.com.au, or from book retailers and libraries during the campaign. The guide will help you GET LOST in amazing escapes, GET FRESH with new writers, GET HOOKED by catchy page turners, GET REAL with incredible true stories or just GET COMFY with a great book. What’s more, when you buy one of the 50 books listed in the guide you’ll receive a FREE book exclusive to Get Reading!: either 10 Short Stories You Must Read in 2010 by ten of Australia’s best writers or Tickled Onions by the award-winning children’s author Morris Gleitzman.

I will be touring the country for some sessions and talks, as well as participating in the Outdoor Reading Room in my hometown of Melbourne (at Federation Square, a civic space that, during the time I was as an architecture student at RMIT, I was part of the design team) so check out the APPEARANCES link above – it will be updated as events are booked – and over here:

http://www.getreading.com.au/PDF/media/James_Phelan_Events_With_Get_Reading.pdf

The 50 author’s with books on this year’s list are:
Alex Miller
Alexandra Adornetto
Andre Agassi
Andrew McGahan
Anh Do
Anne Fortier
Audrey Niffenegger
Ben Elton
Bindi Irwin
Cate Kennedy
Cathy Kelly
Charlaine Harris
Colin Thompson
Craig Silvey
Craig Smith & Katz Cowley
David Malouf
Gabrielle Williams
Helen Brown
James Phelan
Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith
Jeff Kinney
Jessica Rudd
John Danalis
Joy Dettman
Judy Nunn
Kathryn Stockett
Keith Murdoch
Lisa Genova
Margaret Wild & Jan Ormerod
Mark Dapin
Melanie La’Brooy
Michael Robotham
Muriel Barbery
Nam Le
Norman Doidge MD
Paul Kent
PC Cast & Kristin Cast
Peter Temple
Rachael Treasure
Ray Martin
Rosalie Ham
Simmone Howell
Stephanie Laurens
Stephen King
Steve Cannane
Stieg Larsson
Susan Wyndham
Thomas Keneally
Trudi Canavan
William Kostakis