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12 November, 2008 Penguin Australia has announced the creation of a new award to celebrate the 75th birthday of author Bryce Courtenay. 
12 November, 2008 The Guardian's first book award (£10,000/A$23,283) shortlist has been announced, and includes Australian author Steve Toltz's A Fraction of the Whole (Hamish Hamilton).
Romeril wins 2008 Patrick White Award
12 November, 2008 This year's Patrick White Award ($30,000) has gone to John Romeril, Melbourne playwright and screenwriter. 
12 November, 2008 One of the highest paying literary awards in the world, the Dylan Thomas Prize (worth £60,000/A$140,000), has been awarded to Melbourne-raised writer Nam Le, author of short story collection The Boat (Hamish Hamilton). 
10 November, 2008 Tasmanian-born author Richard Flanagan, author of Death of a River Guide, has sparked much interest over his latest novel Wanting. 
8 November, 2008 Miles Franklin, the authoress from the bush, is most famously known for her first novel My Brilliant Career, which was a runaway success both at home and overseas. 
8 November, 2008 The five titles shortlisted for the $110,000 Australia-Asia Literary Award have been announced. 
8 November, 2008 The category winners of this year's Western Australian Premier's Book Awards have been announced. 
8 November, 2008 The shortlist for the 2008 CAL Waverley Award for Literature, also known as ‘The Nib', has been announced.
Bates to receive 2008 Lady Cutler Award
8 November, 2008 The Lady Cutler Award, which recognises distinguished service to children's literature, primarily in NSW, has been awarded in 2008 to Di Bates. 
8 November, 2008 The results for the Bestsellers are in for this week and Michael Connelly's The Brass Verdict has made it to number one. 
30 October, 2008 Nothing like a new Maeve Binchy title to give the charts a shake-up.
Man Asia Literary Prize shortlist announced
30 October, 2008 The shortlist for the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize has been announced. 
30 October, 2008 The winners of the 2008 New South Wales children's choice awards, the Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs,) were announced on 22 October. 
30 October, 2008 The winners of the 2008 NSW Premier's History Awards and History Fellowships have been announced. 
30 October, 2008 Author Alice Schroeder started her career as a public accountant and eventually worked her way up to managing director in an equities division. 
22 October, 2008 Kathy Lette's new book To Love, Honour and Betray (Till Divorce Us Do Part) has claimed the 'fastest mover' tag this week in the charts, showing once again that Lette has what it takes to get books off the shelves 
22 October, 2008 Malcolm Knox's novel Jamaica (A&U) has won this year's Colin Roderick Award for ‘the best book published in Australia in the preceding year dealing with an aspect of Australian life'. 
22 October, 2008 The longlist for the Walkley Award for Best Nonfiction Book was announced along with all finalists for the 53rd Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism on 15 October at the Blacket Hotel in Sydney, and Melbourne's Press Club. 
22 October, 2008 The shortlist for the NSW Premier's History Awards has been announced.
Indigenous Literacy Day 2008 raises $185K to date
22 October, 2008 This year's Indigenous Literacy Day, held on Wednesday 3 September, has raised $185,000 to date. 
22 October, 2008 The longlist for the Australia-Asia Literary Award, formerly the West Australian Premier's Literary Award, has been announced. 
20 October, 2008 Author Marilynne Robinson made a name for herself with her award-winning novel Gilead. 
15 October, 2008 Twilight is sitting pretty at number three in the Bestsellers, as Stephenie Meyer keeps the chart afloat with four of her titles in the top eight. |
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