Winners of the 2011 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Announced

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

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Arts Minister, Simon Crean, today announced the winners of the 2011 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. FICTION: WINNER: Traitor – Stephen Daisley In the battle-smoke and chaos of Gallipoli, a young New Zealand soldier helps a Turkish doctor fighting to save a boy’s life. Then a shell bursts nearby; the blast [...]

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Kim Scott wins the 2011 Miles Franklin Literary Award for That Deadman Dance

Posted on June 22, 2011 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

Congratulations Kim Scott WINNER: That Deadman’s Dance Judges’ Formal Comments:  ‘Kaya.  Writing such a word, Bobby Wabalanginy couldn’t help but smile. Nobody had done writ that before, he thought. Nobody ever writ hello or yes that way!’ This is the beginning of Kim Scott’s That Deadman Dance, a powerful and innovative fiction that shifts our [...]

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The three contenders for the 2011 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Chris Womersley, Kim Scott and Roger McDonald, answer Ten Terrifying Questions

Posted on June 21, 2011 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

The Booktopia Book Guru asks the three contenders for the 2011 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Chris Womersley, Kim Scott and Roger McDonald, Ten Terrifying Questions ——————————– 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourselves – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? Chris Womersley: I was born in Melbourne in [...]

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2011 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards: Shortlists Announced

Posted on May 26, 2011 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

Arts Minister Simon Crean today announced the shortlists for the 2011 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Minister Crean said the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards recognise the outstanding literary talent in our country. “This year is the fourth year of the Awards, and also marks the greatest number of entries received in the history of the Awards,” [...]

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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 [...]

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The Miles Franklin Literary Award Longlist 2011

Posted on March 17, 2011 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

Congratulations to all of the longlisted authors! Update: Click here for The 2011 Miles Franklin Award Shortlist The longlisted authors are: Jon Bauer – Rocks in the Belly How far can you push a child before he snaps? Rocks in the Belly tells the story of an eight-year-old boy and the adult he becomes. When [...]

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Roger McDonald, author of When Colts Ran, answers Ten Terrifying Questions

Posted on November 15, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Roger McDonald, author of When Colts Ran, Mr Darwin’s Shooter, the Miles Franklin Winning – The Ballad Of Desmond Kale and more… 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 [...]

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When Colts Ran by Roger McDonald

Posted on November 4, 2010 by John Purcell, The Booktopia Book Guru

Publication Day by Roger McDonald (from the Random House Australia blog) It is publication day and I’m feeling exposed, out in the open, caught in the spotlight and struggling to sound wise. What is your new book about? “The broad stream of life narrowed down to seventy years of Australian existence, and structured around the [...]

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