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Chris Womersley, author of Bereft, answers Ten Terrifying Questions

Posted on June 8, 2011 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Chris Womersley author of Bereft, which has been shortlisted for 2011 Miles Franklin Award, and The Low Road Ten Terrifying Questions ——————————– 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? I was born in Melbourne in 1968, [...]

Filed under: Australian Author, Author Interview, Contemporary Literature, Literary Prizes | Tagged: Bereft, Chris Womersley, Miles Franklin Award, Ten Terrifying Questions, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, The Low Road, The Velvet Underground | 4 Comments »

Toni Whitmont review: 2011 NSW Premier’s Literary Award winners announced – Alex Miller and Malcolm Fraser scoop the pool

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Toni Whitmont

Alex Miller’s Lovesong last night won the People’s Choice Award and Christina Stead Prize for fiction at the 2011 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.

Filed under: Australian Author, Author Interview, Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Contemporary Literature, Fiction, Literary Prizes, Non Fiction, Poetry, Publishing, Young Adult | Tagged: Alex Miller, Australia, Cath Crowley, Debra Oswald, Emily Macguire, Ethel Turner, Graffiti Moon, Ian Johnson, Jennifer Maiden, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, Libby Gleeson, Lovesong, Malcolm Fraser, Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs, Margaret Simons, Miles Franklin Award, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Ouyang Yu, Patricia Cornelius, Pirate Rain, Sophie Masson, Stephen Daisley, The English Class, The Hunt for Ned Kelly, Traitor | 1 Comment »

The 2011 Miles Franklin Award Shortlist

Posted on April 19, 2011 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

The three novels shortlisted for the 2011 Miles Franklin Award are… When Colts Ran by Roger McDonald ‘There was nothing more definite when it came to promise than the worn old earth.’ In this sweeping epic of friendship, toil, hope and failed promise, multi-award-winning author Roger McDonald follows the story of Kingsley Colts as he [...]

Filed under: Australian Author, Contemporary Literature, Fiction, Literary Prizes | Tagged: Bereft, Chris Womersley, Kim Scott, Miles Franklin Award, Roger McDonald, That Deadman’s Dance, The 2011 Miles Franklin Award Shortlist, When Colts Ran | Leave a Comment »

That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Toni Whitmont

There is interest enough in the story to make this a compelling book. However, what lifts it way above that is the writing. Scott’s prose shimmers.

Filed under: Fiction, Literary Prizes, Literature | Tagged: Alex Miller, Andrew McGahan, Benang, Kate Grenville, Kim Scott, Miles Franklin Award, Richard Flanagan, That Deadman Dance | Leave a Comment »

BREAKING NEWS: Peter Temple Wins the 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award for his Novel, Truth!

Posted on June 22, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2010 Congratulations to Peter Temple who was awarded the Miles Franklin Literary Award for 2010. Announced at an award dinner in Sydney on 22 June 2010, Peter Temple was presented this year’s prize of $42,000 for his novel Truth. Temple’s winning novel is the much anticipated sequel to The Broken [...]

Filed under: Crime/Thriller, Fiction, Literary Prizes | Tagged: Miles Franklin Award, Peter Temple, Truth | 1 Comment »

2010 Miles Franklin Award Shortlisters Answer Ten Terrifying Questions

Posted on June 21, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

On the eve of the announcement of the winner of the 2010 Miles Franklin Award we are delighted to be able to offer readers an insight into the minds of some of those shortlisted.

The following four shortlisted authors have answered our
Ten Terrifying Questions.

Filed under: Fiction, Literary Prizes, Literature, Writing tips | Tagged: Alex Miller, Brian Castro, Craig Silvey, Deborah Forster, Miles Franklin Award, Ten Terrifying Questions | Leave a Comment »

Deborah Forster, author of The Book of Emmett, Answers Ten Terrifying Questions

Posted on June 21, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

believe in yourself. After that, it’s like that old sign they put up in the London Underground during the war: Keep Calm and Carry On. Treat the reader as your friend, remember they don’t have to read your book.

Filed under: Fiction, Literary Prizes, Literature | Tagged: Deborah Forster, Miles Franklin Award, Ten Terrifying Questions, The Book of Emmett | 2 Comments »

BREAKING NEWS: Miles Franklin Shortlist

Posted on April 23, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

Lovesong by Alex Miller Chez Dom – a small, rundown Tunisian cafe in Paris run by the widow Houria and her niece Sabiha – offers a home away from home for the North African immigrants working at the abattoirs of Vaugiraud. One day a lost Australian tourist, John Patterner, seeks shelter in the cafe from [...]

Filed under: Crime/Thriller, Fiction, Literary Prizes, Literature, Young Adult | Tagged: Miles Franklin Award | 4 Comments »

The Miles Franklin Long List – you be the judge

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Toni Whitmont

And so we come to yesterday’s announcement of the Miles Franklin long list. This is the nation’s most prestigious literary prize. Prestige in spades. But prestige doesn’t automatically lead to commercial success….

Filed under: Fiction, Literary Prizes | Tagged: Alex Miller, Jasper jones, Miles Franklin Award | Leave a Comment »

Tim Winton’s Breath wins Miles Franklin Award

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Toni Whitmont

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 [...]

Filed under: Fiction, Literary Prizes | Tagged: Breath, Fiction, Miles Franklin Award, Tim Winton | Leave a Comment »

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