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News of Tim Winton's Miles Franklin Award win for his novel Breath was strewn all over Australia's book pages and beyond at the weekend. More Articles
Bestsellers this week
2 July, 2009 It's great to see a book from a relatively small publisher get top spot in the charts.
Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature 2009 announced
2 July, 2009 True Green Kids: 100 Things You Can Do to Save the Planet (Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin, ABC Books) and Tuart Dwellers (Jan Ramage, illus. Ellen Hickman, WA Dept of Environment and Conservation) have been announced as joint winners of the 2009 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature.
What's Hot in the Media 30th June 2009
30 June, 2009 In the face of work pressure and family commitments, sleep is usually the first aspect of adult life to suffer.
Bestsellers this week
24 June, 2009 What is it about people these days and their obsession with vampires?
Beattie to film John Marsden's 'Tomorrow' series
24 June, 2009 Stuart Beattie, co-writer of the epic Australia, will make his directorial debut with John Marsden’s Tomorrow, When the War Began, first published by Pan in 1994 and aimed at young adults.
The Slap' wins booksellers' choice award
24 June, 2009 Christos Tsiolkas was announced on Monday night as the winner of the Nielsen BookData 2009 Booksellers' Choice Award for his multiple prize-winning novel The Slap (A&U).
2009 ABIA Awards announced
24 June, 2009 The 2009 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were presented last night, Tuesday 23 June, at a gala event at Sydney's Sofitel, hosted by Tara Moss.
Winton wins fourth Miles Franklin award with 'Breath'
19 June, 2009 Tim Winton has won his fourth Miles Franklin Award with Breath (Penguin), which was tonight announced as the 2009 winner of the $42,000 prize.
Victorian Writers' Centre workshops
17 June, 2009 Writing Romance with Anne Gracie Short Course: Romance is character-driven genre fiction and accounts for a huge chunk of the international fiction market, which is why romance writers can earn a living from their writing.
Bestsellers this week
17 June, 2009 James Patterson and Michael Connolly duel with Stephenie Meyer this week on top of the Bestsellers chart.
APA releases new price study
17 June, 2009 The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released a study which CEO Maree McCaskill said showed the Australian ‘domestic book market is in reality priced cheaper than the United Kingdom and right on the nose with the United States'. 
15 June, 2009 Writer, lawyer and activist Noel Pearson has written a book about his own life called Up from the Mission: Selected Writings. 
10 June, 2009 Author Joshua Gans, whose book Parentonomics is published by New South, has written a piece on the parallel importation debate in Melbourne's Age newspaper, arguing for the ‘complete relaxation of restrictions'.
Brisbane Writers' Festival ‘Word Play' kids' program launched
10 June, 2009 The Brisbane Writers' Festival program for young readers, writers and illustrators ‘Word Play' has been announced. 
10 June, 2009 The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge is top of the Fastest Movers chart this week. 
10 June, 2009 The 2009 Ditmar Awards for Australian science fiction, fantasy, and horror were presented on Sunday June 7 at Conjecture in Adelaide.
Byron Bay Writers' Festival line-up announced
10 June, 2009 The full line-up for Byron Bay Writers Festival (BBWF) 2009 has been announced. 
9 June, 2009 Brian Castro, multiple award-winning author of Shanghai Dancing, is back with a new book in the form of three interwoven novellas. 
5 June, 2009 It was only a matter of time before much-lauded book The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas reached the top of the charts, in this case the Fastest Movers chart.
Reading Matters Conference 2009
5 June, 2009 The Reading Matters Conference--Australia's leading youth literature event for professionals and young people--was held from the 28 to the 30 May at the State Library of Victoria and Storey Hall, RMIT.
Queensland Writers Centre/Hachette launch 2009 Manuscript Development Program
5 June, 2009 The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) and Hachette Australia manuscript development program for fiction writers in 2009 has now opened.
5 June, 2009 Matchbox Pictures has announced that it has secured the rights to Christos Tsiolkas' The Slap (A&U), to be adapted for television. 
2 June, 2009 Two very different books have had the same amount of interest in the news this week. 
27 May, 2009 Jane Curry Publishing delivers the goods this week as My Mum's Got Cancer takes pole position in the Highest New Entry charts. |
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