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Brandl & Schlesinger authors at the 2008 Sydney Writers' Festival: David Brooks, Vrasidas Karalis, Emily Maguire, Rhyll McMaster, John Tranter, Gerry Turcotte, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Deb Westbury (from Wednesday 21 May to Sunday 25 May)

See www.swf.org.au for event detail



Recollections of Mr Manoly Lascaris by Vrasidas Karalis will be launched by Kate Fitzpatrick at the Sydney Writers' Festival on Sunday 25 May 2008 from 5.00 to 6.30 pm at Bangarra Mezzanine, Pier 4/5 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay precinct

Recollections of Mr Manoly Lascaris relates Vrasidas Karalis' discussions with Manoly Lascaris, Patrick White's life partner. Karalis offers new interpretations of White's work and his relationship with Lascaris. It also reveals Lascaris' quirky wit and astonishing wisdom.



Rhyll McMaster's Feather Man has won the inaugural 2008 Barbara Jefferis Award. This award of $35,000, is offered annually for "the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women or girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society".

McMaster, an award-winning poet, has written an exquisitely crafted first novel rooted in the mundane and the mythological. In a language that is both poetic and visceral, she dissects her characters' motives with a dispassionate gaze, revealing the darkness at the centre of their lives.

Feather Man was also shortlisted for the 2007 Victorian Premier's Award for Fiction.

Rhyll McMaster will be a guest at the 2008 Sydney Writers' Festival.

The UK/North American rights for Feather Man has been sold to Marion Boyars Publishers and has been published in April.




Sunrise West by Jacob G. Rosenberg has been shortlisted for the 2008 NSW Premier's Award for Non-Fiction and the Community Affairs Award. The winner will be announced on 19 May 2008.

Brandl & Schlesinger is delighted to announce that Jacob G. Rosenberg's Sunrise West has won the 2008 SA Festival Award for Non-Fiction (from 125 entries).

Sunrise West is a sequel to Rosenberg's multi-award winning memoir East of Time which was the:

2007 Winner of the National Biography Award
2006 Winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction
2006 Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction
2006 Shortlisted for the SA Arts Award for Innovation in Fiction
2006 Shortlisted for the Australian Gold Medal for Literature

Foreign rights sold to US; Israel and Poland. Other rights are still available.

NEW RELEASE for April

Jill Margo & Emily Margo: Living On: A guide to living on in the thoughts and memories of those you love. (ISBN 978-1-876040-91-8 pb $24.95)


"When faced with our death, we reflect upon our life and what we would like to be remembered by. Living On is full of practical suggestions and tackles this difficult subject with sensitivity. It is an invaluable resource to stimulate one's own creative ideas so that we leave behind a lasting gift of love." Petrea King, Founding Director, Quest for Life Centre