Prime Minister Tony Abbott rankled the judges of the Prime Minister's Literary Award with a last-minute announcement. Judge Les Murray later called Abbott's pick a "stupid and pretentious book." Stefan Postles/Getty Images hide caption
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Lena Dunham's collection of personal essays, Not That Kind of Girl, is her first book. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images hide caption
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Australian author Richard Flanagan, 2014's Man Booker Prize winner, holds his book The Narrow Road to the Deep North at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Monday. Alastair Grant/AP hide caption