'THE SPARE ROOM' WINS ASA BARBARA JEFFERIS AWARD2 April, 2009Helen Garner has been awarded the 2009 Australian Society of Authors (ASA) Barbara Jefferis Award ($35,000) for The Spare Room (Text).
NSW Prem's awards shortlists announced26 March, 2009The shortlists for the NSW Premier's Awards have been announced, worth a total of $320,000.
ALS Gold Medal shortlist announced12 March, 2009The shortlist for the ALS Gold Medal, Australia's oldest literary award, has been announced for 2009.
Barbara Jefferis Award shortlist announced12 March, 2009The shortlist for the second annual Barbara Jefferis Award, worth $35,000, has been announced.
Melbourne Prize for Literature4 March, 2009The Melbourne Prize, an annual $60,000 arts prize that alternates between the disciplines of music, architecture and literature, will this year focus on literature.
Commonwealth Writers' Prize regional shortlists announced2 March, 2009The authors whose works have been shortlisted for the South East Asia and the Pacific region for this year's Commonwealth Writers' Prize hail from Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia.
What's Hot in the Media 15th December 200815 December, 2008Welcome to the final issue of MX for 2008!
The Memory Room' wins Waverley award27 November, 2008Christopher Koch has been awarded the 2008 CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature (‘The Nib') for his novel The Memory Room (Vintage).
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 - Helen Garner on her influences and inspirations. Sydney Writers' Festival7 July, 2008In this segment of the 'Writers as Readers' session at the Sydney Writers' Festival 2008, Helen Garner speaks about the inspirations and influences on her writing.
The Spare Room: A Novel by Helen Garner23 February, 2008This is Helen Garner’s first novel in 15 years, though it could as easily sit with her formidable body of essays and nonfiction such as Joe Cinque’s Consolation and The First Stone