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Bestsellers this week

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:56:55 UT

Cookbooks, sports books, Bryce Courtenay and a Clive Cussler title topping the charts this week? Must be Christmas!

Tags: bryce courtenay, clive cussler, dirk cussler, donna hay

Caroline Caddy wins Wesley Michel Wright poetry prize

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:49:27 UT

The Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry ($4000) for 2008 has gone to Western Australian poet Caroline Caddy, for Esperance (Fremantle Press).

Tags: caroline caddy

Australians on 'NY Times' notable books list

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:43:08 UT

There is a strong representation of Australian-affiliated authors on this year's influential New York Times Top 100 Most Notable Books of the Year.

Tags: clive james, germaine greer, j m coetzee, nam le, peter carey, tim winton

ILP auction raises $8000

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:34:09 UT

The recent auction broadcast on 702 ABC Sydney raised $8000 for the Indigenous Literacy Project.

Tags: deborah cameron, karen williams

Victorian government arts funding announced

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:29:47 UT

A total of $250,000 has been dedicated to literature projects in the Victorian Government's latest round of arts grants.

Tags: damon young, robyn arianrhod, stephen conte

Territory Read Literature Award shortlist announced

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:18:03 UT

The shortlist for the inaugural Territory Read Literature Award, celebrating Northern Territory literature, has been announced.

Tags: alec kruger, andrew mcmillan, barry jonsberg, gerard waterford, jo dutton, leonie norrington, nick bland

'American Journeys ' wins Walkley

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:04:27 UT

Don Watson's American Journeys (Knopf) has been awarded the 2008 Walkley Award for Best Nonfiction Book.

Tags: don watson, paul toohey

What's Hot in the Media 1st December 2008

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:38:31 UT

This week's Most Mentioned books were largely Australian in theme with The Best Australian Stories 2008, Tie Me Kangaroo down, Sport and Churchill and Australia all making the top 10.

Tags: delia falconer, graham freudenberg, randa abdel-fattah, richard flanagan, rolf harris

Bestsellers this week

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:41:44 UT

It's that time of year again when that hefty tome, the Guinness World Records (2009) boldly makes its first appearance on top of the charts.

Tags: adam gilchrist, bryce courtenay

Ten Days on the Island program launched

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:34:20 UT

The program for Tasmanian arts festival Ten Days on the Island, which runs from 27 March to 5 April, was launched yesterday.

Tags: franz kafka, nick cave, warren ellis

Tasmanian Book Prize shortlist announced

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:23:48 UT

The shortlist for the biennial Tasmanian Book Prize has been announced.

Tags: hamish maxwell-stewart, helen davies, james boyce

The Memory Room' wins Waverley award

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:32:36 UT

Christopher Koch has been awarded the 2008 CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature (‘The Nib') for his novel The Memory Room (Vintage).

Tags: barry hill, christopher koch, geoffrey blainey, gideon haigh, helen garner, john bailey, tim low

Malouf wins Australia-Asia Literary prize; Buti wins WA Prem's prize

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:26:37 UT

David Malouf's The Complete Stories (Random House) is the winner of the inaugural Australia-Asia Literary Award.

Tags: antonia buti, david malouf

What's Hot in the Media 24th November 2008

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:53:00 UT

Roger Moore's visit to Sydney has done wonders for coverage of his autobiography My Word Is My Bond.

Tags: alistair cooke, amanda lohrey, peter manseau, roger moore, toni morrison

Bestsellers this week

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:50:04 UT

A familiar street name (to Melbournians at any rate) and now book is atop the Highest New Entries chart this week--Lygon St by Michael Harden.

Tags: james patterson, michael harden, p d james