Nam Le’s The Boat has won Australia’s richest literary prize, the $100,000 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for fiction.
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Nam Le’s “The Boat” picks up Australia’s richest literary prize
Posted on November 3, 2009 by toniwhitmont
Stitches: Graphic novel nominated for major literary award
Posted on October 25, 2009 by toniwhitmont
I was still unprepared for the emotional battering of David Small’s graphic memoir, Stitches: A Memoir.
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Man Booker Prize Short List
Posted on September 9, 2009 by toniwhitmont
The 2009 Man Booker Prize short list – there is thundering narrative, great inventiveness, poetry and sharp human insight in abundance.
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CBCA Books of the Year
Posted on August 23, 2009 by toniwhitmont
The Children’s Books Council of Australia has announced its prize winning books for 2009 and as usual, the list has some interesting choices
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Man Booker Longlist
Posted on August 1, 2009 by toniwhitmont
Amid all the packing and unpacking this week, we had barely time to scratch ourselves, but we have just got to mention the Man Booker Prize longlist. A baker’s dozen, two past winners, four past listed authors and two new writers.
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Tim Winton’s Breath wins Miles Franklin Award
Posted on June 19, 2009 by toniwhitmont
Congratulations to Tim Winton who last night picked up the Miles Franklin Award for the fourth time for his novel Breath.
“I’m stoked, of course, but also mindful that there are terrific writers who will be feeling pretty stiff tonight, because their books are more than good enough to have won,” said Winton.
“To some [...]
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Winners of the Orange Prize for Women’s Fiction
Posted on June 5, 2009 by toniwhitmont
Has anyone out there read An Equal Stillness by Francesca Kay? Kay has just picked up the Orange Award for New Writers which celebrate emerging female literary talent
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