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I write this on yet another perfect Easter long weekend day, and am wishing for a repeat of this weather come Sydney Writers' Festival. Both for attend-ees and my colleagues ferrying books between venues—fine weather does make a harbour-side festival. I'm hoping to see Andrew Solomon after read-ing his book Far From the Tree—a great read. This month Lost for Words by Edward St Aubyn (p.4) looks like good reading for a festival month, and I look forward to the new Michael Cunningham. His Pulitzer Prize winner The Hours is a favourite re-read of mine. On the crime pages there's a new Vargas, a novella collection featuring a story by Andrea Camilleri for the fans. Gillian Galbraith delves into some more Catholic Church scandal and for a bit of New Orleans colour, Axeman's Jazz with Pinkertons secretary/Sherlock-Holmes-aspirant Ida sleuthing the Big Easy with friend Louis Arm-strong looks like it could be fun. I think I'll let everyone else read Bob Carr and instead dip into Malcolm Fraser's new book, Dangerous Allies—how times have changed. Then on to Matt Taibbi's The Divide and Barbara Ehren-reich's new book, Living With a Wild God—Ehrenrich is always a stimu-lating writer. James Wolcott has been a rewarding essayist companion this month with his no quarter given collection Critical Mass, and I'm thinking next month's browse will be David Bromwich's Moral Imaginaton (p.19). See you at the Writers' Festival. Viki

Bestsellers Non-fiction

Bestsellers Fiction

1. Diary of a Foreign Minister Bob Carr

2. Cadence Emma Ayres

3. Jacks and Jokers Matthew Condon

4. Travels with My Hat: A Lifetime on the Road

Christine Osborne

5. Australian Notebooks Betty Churcher

6. The Road to Middlemarch: My Life with George

Eliot Rebecca Mead

7. The Simple Life: The Pleasures and Rewards of

Getting Back to Basics Rhonda Hetzel

8. Dark Emu: Black Seeds, Agriculture or Accident

Bruce Pascoe

9. Flash Boys: Cracking the Money Code

Michael Lewis

10. The News: A User's Manual Alain de Botton

1. The Best Feeling of All Jack Ellis

2. The Empress Lover Linda Jaivin

3. The Blazing World Siri Hustvedt

4. By Its Cover Donna Leon

5. Burial Rites Hannah Kent

6. The Goldfinch Donna Tartt

7. The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Richard Flanagan

8. Beams Falling P M Newton

9. Barracuda Christos Tsiolkas

10. Frog Music Emma Donoghue

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