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26 March, 2009 The shortlists for the NSW Premier's Awards have been announced, worth a total of $320,000. 
23 March, 2009 Eva Hornung--formally known as Eva Sallis--has topped the MX chart with her new book Dog Boy for the third time. 
23 March, 2009 Raymond E Feist's Wrath of a Mad God is number one in the Highest New Entries chart this week.
Goodall and Brophy joint winners of 2009 Calibre Prize
23 March, 2009 Jane Goodall and Kevin Brophy are the joint winners of this year's Calibre Prize for essay writing. 
23 March, 2009 The Australian Shadows Award, Australia's top horror fiction award, has gone to Western Australian author Lee Battersby for his novelette ‘The Claws of Native Ghosts' (published in The Beast Within, ed. Matt Hults, Graveside Tales).
Books Alive to run in September, supported by TV commercials
23 March, 2009 The government-funded Books Alive campaign will run in September rather than August this year and will feature a series of television commercials promoting the initiative. 
23 March, 2009 The Miles Franklin Literary Award Longlist for 2009 has been announced. 
23 March, 2009 The regional winners of the 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize have been announced.
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2009
23 March, 2009 Writers and publishers are now invited to submit entries to the prestigious 2009 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.
O'Hara appointed BWF director
23 March, 2009 The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) committee has announced the appointment of Jane O'Hara as artistic director.
17 March, 2009 Once again, Dog Boy--the new book from Eva Hornung (formerly Eva Sallis)--has hit the number one spot on the MX chart by quite a stretch.
13 March, 2009 The ten novels selected for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2009 longlist are: 
12 March, 2009 The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry is this week’s ‘fastest mover’.
Waldren joins Miles Franklin award panel
12 March, 2009 Murray Waldren has joined the Miles Franklin Literary Award judging panel for 2009 after Ian Hicks' retirement from proceedings late last year. 
12 March, 2009 Author of Paper Cranes: A Mother's Story of Hope, Courage and Determination (Exisle) Cheryl Koenig, has been named NSW Woman of the Year 2009.
Beijing prepares for Australian Writers' Week
12 March, 2009 Some of Australia's most renowned authors and publishers will be participating in the second Australian Writers' Week in Beijing and Chengdu, China from 16 to 20 March. 
12 March, 2009 The shortlist for the ALS Gold Medal, Australia's oldest literary award, has been announced for 2009. 
12 March, 2009 The shortlist for the National Biography Award 2009, worth $20,000, has been announced. 
12 March, 2009 The shortlist for the second annual Barbara Jefferis Award, worth $35,000, has been announced.
2009 Perth Writers Festival a 'runaway success'
12 March, 2009 The Perth Writers Festival 2009 was a ‘runaway success', according to program manager Katherine Dorrington. 
10 March, 2009 One of Australia's favourite Canberrans has written a new novel. 
4 March, 2009 A New Earth: Create A Better Life by Eckhart Tolle is the ‘highest new entry' this week. 
4 March, 2009 A film adaptation of The Drowner by Robert Drewe is being planned, with a screenplay by Master and Commander and Happy Feet screenwriter John Collier.
Melbourne Prize for Literature
4 March, 2009 The Melbourne Prize, an annual $60,000 arts prize that alternates between the disciplines of music, architecture and literature, will this year focus on literature. 
4 March, 2009 Australian author DM Cornish has been shortlisted for a prestigious Nebula Award, for the second book in his ‘Monster Blood Tattoo' series Lamplighter (Omnibus Books). |
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