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8 April, 2009 The inaugural Tasmania Book Prize was announced during Tasmania's Ten Days on the Island Festival, held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. 
8 April, 2009 Two local titles hit the top of the Most Mentioned chart this week. 
2 April, 2009 Russell Brand, British actor, comedian and former radio talk show host--until an unfortunate incident occurred on live radio--has reached number one in the Fastest Movers chart this week with My Booky Wook.
Sir Julius Vogel Award finalists announced
2 April, 2009 The finalists for the Sir Julius Vogel Award have been announced.
Inaugural Storylines Gavin Bishop Award announced
2 April, 2009 A new Storylines award has been established to give winners the chance to be mentored by author and illustrator Gavin Bishop.
Storylines awards presented
2 April, 2009 Andrew Crowe, the first nonfiction winner of New Zealand's Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal, was presented with the award on 28 March.
Books Alive sneak peak
2 April, 2009 Books Alive has posted a sneak peek of an out-take from the filming of its planned television commercial. 
2 April, 2009 Shane Webcke's book Hard Road (Macmillan), which the author last week requested be pulped, will now be published as planned and will arrive in stores over the next few days, the publisher has confirmed. 
2 April, 2009 The five titles shortlisted for the inaugural Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize have been announced. 
2 April, 2009 Melbourne Writers Festival has revealed two of the authors booked for this year's festival (MWF), to take place 21-30 August, 2009.
Auckland Writers & Readers Festival program released
2 April, 2009 The full program for the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival, which will run from 13 to 17 May, has been released.
AUSTRALIAN WRITERS' WEEK IN BEIJING: READERS 'HUNGRY' FOR FOREIGN STORIES
2 April, 2009 Several Australian authors and publishers have participated in the second Australian Writers' Week in Beijing and Chengdu, China, from 16 to 20 March.
ABC FICTION AWARD DISCONTINUED, TWO ENTRANTS 'COMMENDED'
2 April, 2009 Though the ABC Fiction Award was not given this year, two titles were commended by ABC Books--Nanu Grewal's Twenty Twelve and Peter Menadue's Crooked House. 
2 April, 2009 The winner of the 2009 National Biography Award, worth $20,000, is Ann Blainey for I Am Melba (Black Inc.) 
2 April, 2009 Helen Garner has been awarded the 2009 Australian Society of Authors (ASA) Barbara Jefferis Award ($35,000) for The Spare Room (Text). 
31 March, 2009 The shortlist for this year's Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year awards was announced today.
31 March, 2009 It's no surprise that David Malouf's Ransom was top of the Most Mentioned chart this week--it's his first novel in ten years, and has so far received many favourable mentions.
Judith Wright Poetry Prize
26 March, 2009 The winners of Overland's Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets were announced on Sunday at the historic Glenfern property in St Kilda, home of the Australian Poetry Centre.
26 March, 2009 Ann Blainey's I am Melba (Black Inc.) has been voted by readers as Victoria's most popular book in the State Library of Victoria's (SLV) Summer Read Program for 2008-2009.
Tan nominated again for Hugo
26 March, 2009 Shaun Tan has been nominated in the category of ‘best professional artist' in the Hugo Awards for the second year in a row.
Pan Mac pulls Webcke title at author's request
26 March, 2009 Shane Webcke has cancelled publication of his book The Hard Road: Tough Thoughts on a Tough Game, which was due to be released by Pan Macmillan in April. 
26 March, 2009 Australian authors Debra Adelaide (The Household Guide to Dying, Picador) and Michelle de Kretser (The Lost Dog, A&U) are among the 20 authors longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2009.
Carey on Booker International shortlist
26 March, 2009 Peter Carey is on the shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize, worth £60,000 (A$124,357). |
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