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Byron Bay Writers' Festival date and location change
7 January, 2009 The organisers have announced that this year's Byron Bay Writers' Festival (BBWF) will be held on the new grounds of Belongil Fields, Byron Bay. 
7 January, 2009 The best selling book in Australia in 2008, according to figures from Nielsen BookScan, was 4 Ingredients, selling some 288,000 copies last year (on top of the 131,000 copies it sold in 2007). 
15 December, 2008 Welcome to the final issue of MX for 2008! 
10 December, 2008 No surprises in the charts this week as Christmas book-buying gets underway with gusto.
Omar Musa wins poetry slam
10 December, 2008 Canberra's hip-hop poet Omar Musa has won the 2008 Australian Poetry Slam. 
10 December, 2008 Australian author Steve Toltz's A Fraction of the Whole (Hamish Hamilton) has been beaten out by New Yorker music critic Alex Ross with The Rest is Noise (Picador) for the Guardian First Book prize for 2008.
Aurealis shortlist announced
10 December, 2008 The shortlist for the 2008 Aurealis Awards has been announced. It consists of 56 Australian writers of speculative fiction, including science-fiction, fantasy and horror, shortlisted in 13 categories.
Neale wins inaugural Janet Frame Memorial Award
10 December, 2008 Emma Neale is the winner of the inaugural Janet Frame Memorial Award.
Indigenous Literacy Project raises $238K to date
10 December, 2008 The Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP) has raised $238,000 to date for 2008, with further pledges expected to be received in coming weeks.
Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2009 to be announced in Auckland
10 December, 2008 The 23rd annual Commonwealth Writers' Prize (CWP) is to be announced at the Auckland Writers' and Readers' Festival (AWRF), New Zealand, in May 2009, coinciding with the festival's 10th anniversary. 
8 December, 2008 The book world is gearing up for our fast-approaching Christmas. 
3 December, 2008 Cookbooks, sports books, Bryce Courtenay and a Clive Cussler title topping the charts this week? Must be Christmas! 
3 December, 2008 The Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry ($4000) for 2008 has gone to Western Australian poet Caroline Caddy, for Esperance (Fremantle Press). 
3 December, 2008 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.
ILP auction raises $8000
3 December, 2008 The recent auction broadcast on 702 ABC Sydney raised $8000 for the Indigenous Literacy Project. 
3 December, 2008 A total of $250,000 has been dedicated to literature projects in the Victorian Government's latest round of arts grants. 
3 December, 2008 The shortlist for the inaugural Territory Read Literature Award, celebrating Northern Territory literature, has been announced. 
3 December, 2008 Don Watson's American Journeys (Knopf) has been awarded the 2008 Walkley Award for Best Nonfiction Book. 
1 December, 2008 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. 
27 November, 2008 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.
Ten Days on the Island program launched
27 November, 2008 The program for Tasmanian arts festival Ten Days on the Island, which runs from 27 March to 5 April, was launched yesterday. 
27 November, 2008 The shortlist for the biennial Tasmanian Book Prize has been announced. 
27 November, 2008 Christopher Koch has been awarded the 2008 CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature (‘The Nib') for his novel The Memory Room (Vintage). 
27 November, 2008 David Malouf's The Complete Stories (Random House) is the winner of the inaugural Australia-Asia Literary Award. 
24 November, 2008 Roger Moore's visit to Sydney has done wonders for coverage of his autobiography My Word Is My Bond. |
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