Episode 13 - Books for the World

Lost the Plot Podcast

The one year anniversary episode, we have a special guest - my dad - talking to us about Books for the World, our book charity. Slight language warning. Book Crossing http://www.bookcrossing.com/ Copyright Improvement for Disability https://theconversation.com/australias-copyright-reform-could-bring-millions-of-books-and-other-reads-to-the-blind-67709 http://www.psnews.com.au/aps/543/news/libraries-winners-from-copyright-changes Man Returns Library Book 35 Years Overdue http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/man-returns-library-book?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page The Great Book Swap https://www.facebook.com/IndigenousLiteracyFoundation/videos/1488126451228526/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE https://indigenousliteracyfoundation.secure.force.com/CICD__CAFSignUp?id=701A0000001BA4d Indigenous Poet Wins $215,000 Literary Prize https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/01/unemployed-indigenous-poet-ali-cobby-eckermann-wins-215000-literary-prize?CMP=share_btn_tw The Stella Prize http://thestellaprize.com.au/prize/2017/ The International Man Booker Prize Longlist http://themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-international-prize-2017-longlist-announced ABIA Awards Longlist http://abiawards.com.au/general/2017-abia-book-longlist/ Children's Book Council of Australia Awards Shortlist http://cbca.org.au/short-list-2017 Headmaster Bans Books from School Library http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/headmaster-bans-brutal-banal-irish-books-from-uk-school-s-library-1.3028857 Steve Biddulph Asked to Sign Gag Before Talk http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-02/premier-says-gag-on-steve-biddulph-embarrassing-unacceptable/8318670 Author Asked Not To Talk About Own Book https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2017/03/23/please-dont-talk-about-your-book-by-barbara-dee/ Backlash for Comments about Trans Women http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-transgender-women-feminism_us_58c40324e4b0d1078ca7180b Jackie French's Wombat Chews Book https://www.facebook.com/authorjackiefrench/videos/1451165024894226/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE Melania Trump Reads to Sick Kids https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews/videos/10154448184922217/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE Underappreciated Labour of the Wives of Fiction Authors https://www.buzzfeed.com/ishmaeldaro/thanks-for-typing-with-your-two-aching-fingers?bftw&utm_term=.gkO3RQg0r#.ynj2gjm8P Science Fiction Let Down by Aussie Publilshers http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-09/australian-science-fiction-authors-let-down-by-local-publishers/8336308 Libraries ACT Book Sale https://www.facebook.com/LibrariesACT/photos/a.296983317029377.68234.184293048298405/1339938609400504/?type=3&theater Lyneham Secondhand Bookstore Robbed Twice https://www.facebook.com/booklorelyneham/posts/1248589508572596 https://www.facebook.com/booklorelyneham/photos/a.423408427757379.1073741828.423404291091126/1250184488413098/?type=3&theater http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/owner-of-lyneham-business-book-lore-hit-by-thieves--again--and-vows-to-not-leave-but-get-better-20170329-gv901h.html Cartoonist Murray Ball Dies http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-12/murray-ball-new-zealand-cartoon-footrot-flats-creator-dies/8347596?smid=Page:+ABC+News-Facebook_Organic&WT.tsrc=Facebook_Organic&sf61819830=1 Harry Potter 20th Anniversary Exhibition https://www.facebook.com/britishlibrary/photos/a.10150482396397139.417900.8579062138/10155161229012139/?type=3&theater Cover Revealed for 3rd Stormlight Archive Book http://www.tor.com/2017/03/16/revealing-the-cover-to-oathbringer-the-third-book-in-brandon-sandersons-stormlight-archive/ New le Carre Book https://penguin.com.au/authors/85-john-le-carre/news/1359-new-john-le-carre Stephen Fry Narrates Sherlock Holmes https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews/videos/10154448184922217/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE Film Adaptation of My Cousin Rachel https://www.facebook.com/ViragoPress/photos/a.10150417743952968.362348.297101062967/10154631593927968/?type=3&theater