$110,000 Australia-Asia Literary Award shortlist announced8 November, 2008The five titles shortlisted for the $110,000 Australia-Asia Literary Award have been announced.
‘Jamaica' wins Colin Roderick Award22 October, 2008Malcolm Knox's novel Jamaica (A&U) has won this year's Colin Roderick Award for ‘the best book published in Australia in the preceding year dealing with an aspect of Australian life'.
$110,000 Australia-Asia Literary Award longlist announced22 October, 2008The longlist for the Australia-Asia Literary Award, formerly the West Australian Premier's Literary Award, has been announced.
Queensland Premier's Literary Award winners announced17 September, 2008Helen Garner has followed her win at the Victorian Premier's awards by taking out the prize for fiction ($25,000) for The Spare Room (Text) at the Queensland Premier's Literary awards, announced last night by Premier Anna Bligh at the State Library of Queensland.
Video - Alex Miller and David Malouf: Readings and Conversation. Mildura (Part 2)27 August, 2008Part 2 - Alex Miller and David Malouf give readings of their work, followed by an open and wide-ranging discussion on topics as diverse as the (non-)filmability of their writing and the notion of re-writing their own work. This session took place at the recent Mildura Writers' Festival and was chaired by Joel Becker.
Video - Alex Miller and David Malouf: Readings and Conversation. Mildura (Part 1)27 August, 2008Part 1 - Alex Miller and David Malouf give readings of their work, followed by an open and wide-ranging discussion on topics as diverse as the (non-)filmability of their writing and the notion of re-writing their own work. This session took place at the recent Mildura Writers' Festival and was chaired by Joel Becker.
Video - David Malouf on Australian culture and writing. Mildura Writers' Festival (Part 2)27 July, 2008Part 2 - In this closing lecture at the Mildura Writers' Festival, David Malouf considers how Australian writing reflects the nation's soul, and what it tells us about Australian society and culture.
Video - David Malouf on Australian culture and writing. Mildura Writers' Festival (Part 1)27 July, 2008Part 1 - In this closing lecture at the Mildura Writers' Festival, David Malouf considers how Australian writing reflects the nation's soul, and what it tells us about Australian society and culture.
Video - David Malouf at the Adelaide Writers' Week - Part 219 March, 2008PART 2 - David Malouf presents selected readings of his work and discusses them with J.M. Coetzee.
Video - David Malouf at the Adelaide Writers' Week - Part 119 March, 2008PART 1 - David Malouf presents selected readings of his work and discusses them with J.M. Coetzee.
Author Profile - David Malouf3 March, 2008David Malouf was born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1934
Premier Rann cops a spray at Adelaide Writers' Week3 March, 2008After several weeks of mild weather, Adelaide has poured on the heat for this week's Adelaide Writer's Week, part of the wider Adelaide Festival of Arts.