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Speech Pathology awards announced
28 August, 2008 The winners of this year's Speech Pathology Australia awards have been announced.
Farrer wins Crichton Award
28 August, 2008 Announced at the beginning of Book Week, the Crichton Award for New Illustrators went to Anna Walker for Santa's Aussie Holiday (text by Maria Farrer, Scholastic).
A 'fantastic' Tasmanian book fair
28 August, 2008 The Tasmanian Book Fair was held on Sunday August 24 from 10am to 4pm in Hobart as part of the Tasmanian Living Writers' Week.
Children's Book Week wraps up
28 August, 2008 This year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Children's Book Week wound up on Friday 22 August, having run from 16 August.
Melbourne Writers' Festival kicks off
28 August, 2008 The Melbourne Writers' Festival got off to a very successful start over the weekend, with many sell-out sessions and crowds buying books and lining up to get them signed at Readings bookshop in the Atrium at Federation Square. 
28 August, 2008 The winners of the 35th Age Book of the Year Awards were announced on Friday 22 August at the opening night of the Melbourne Writers' Festival. 
28 August, 2008 The titles shortlisted for the inaugural Indie Award have been announced.
Prime Minister's Awards date announced
28 August, 2008 Federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced that the winners of the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Fiction and Nonfiction will be revealed on 12 September. 
28 August, 2008 A special event held yesterday at the Lodge--the Prime Minister's Canberra residence--has garnered widespread mainstream media coverage for the Indigenous Literacy Project in last night's television news and on Radio National. 
26 August, 2008 American humourist David Sedaris came out on top this week - his book When You Are Engulfed in Flames received the most mentions in the media.
Harry Potter movie release delayed
21 August, 2008 Warner Bros. Pictures, the studio producing the Harry Potter films, has announced a postponed release date for Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince
CBCA Book Week kicks off
21 August, 2008 The 2008 CBCA Children's Book Week kicked off last week with the announcement of the CBCA Book of the Year award winners.
MWF sessions selling out ahead of Friday opening
21 August, 2008 With only two days until the Melbourne Writers' Festival kicks off in Federation Square, many events have already sold out, including the keynote address with Germaine Greer, which will follow the announcement of the Age Book of the Year Awards.
Tasmanian Living Writers' Week kicks off
21 August, 2008 The second biennial Tasmanian Living Writers' Week began on 15 August and runs to 24 August.
Brisbane Writers' Festival program released
21 August, 2008 The program for this year's Brisbane Writers' Festival, which runs from 17 to 21 September, has been released--with an exciting array of over 220 authors attending.
Inaugural Text Young Adult prize shortlist announced
21 August, 2008 Text Publishing has announced the shortlisted titles in its new Young Adult Writing Prize.
Melbourne named a UNESCO City of Literature
21 August, 2008 Melbourne has been named a City of Literature by the United Nations' cultural arm UNESCO.
Queensland prem's awards shortlist announced
21 August, 2008 The shortlist for the 2008 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards was announced last Thursday 13 August. 
18 August, 2008 Stephenie Meyer's Twilight has been propelled into first place in the Bestseller charts, which may well be due to the anticipation of her new title Breaking Dawn being released last week. 
18 August, 2008 A field trip to the Jawoyn region of the Northern Territory by representatives of the bookselling and publishing industry has highlighted both the positive benefits of the trade's Indigenous Literacy Day fundraising activities, and the challenges facing those working to improve literacy in the region.
CBCA award winners announced
18 August, 2008 The winners of this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) awards have been announced. 
18 August, 2008 Two children's books nabbed the top spots on our Most Mentioned chart this week, one of them being Aaron Blabey's Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley.
Sydney Jewish Writers' Festival
17 August, 2008 The second Sydney Jewish Writers' Festival will be held from 17 to 19 August.
Chinese printer refuses Tibet book
17 August, 2008 A Chinese printer has refused to print Putting Queensland on the Map by Felicity Jack for UNSW Press because it mentions the China-Tibet border. |
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