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27 May, 2009 This year's Sydney Writers Festival wound up on Sunday 24 May, having run from Monday 18 May. 
27 May, 2009 Toyoko Sugiwaka was awarded the Lamb Print Best Designed Book of the Year for the book Another Time Past Created (Murdoch Books) at this year's Australian Publishers Association (APA) Book Design Awards, held at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney on Thursday 21 May. 
25 May, 2009 American political satirist P J O'Rourke, who was recently in Australia to promote his new book, has stirred some interest in Australian readers and reviewers. 
22 May, 2009 The 2009 NSW Premier's Literary Award winners have been announced.
Reader's Feast Crime & Justice festival guests announced
20 May, 2009 The second annual Reader's Feast Crime and Justice Festival will run this year from 17 to 19 July at Melbourne's historic Abbotsford Convent. 
20 May, 2009 Author Jane Caro, co-author of The F Word: How We Learned to Swear by Feminism (UNSW Press) is among the recipients of the 2009 Edna Ryan Awards (or ‘Ednas').
Forthcoming events
20 May, 2009 Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar 
20 May, 2009 As the nights draw in and cats find warm places to curl up (in the southern realms of Australia at any rate), crime lovers and vampire-romance fans are going for blood-curdling reads.
Queensland writers on rail tour
20 May, 2009 Some of Queensland's best authors will participate in community events across the state, riding a Q150 steam train from 1 to 6 June.
Books Alive registrations 'up on last year'
20 May, 2009 Following the renewal of funding for the Books Alive campaign for another four years, announced in last week's federal budget, director Cheryl Akle reports the 2009 campaign is travelling well.
Judges for 2009 Prime Minister's Literary Awards announced
20 May, 2009 The judging panel for the 2009 Prime Minister's Literary awards has been announced.
New Australian book networking site launches
20 May, 2009 A new, Australian-owned site called The Reading Room is joining the slate of book networking sites in existence. 
20 May, 2009 The winners of this year's Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) best young Australian novelists awards were announced in a unanimous decision. 
20 May, 2009 Publishing 101 and its distributor Gary Allen, has recalled the book 2008 V8 Supercars Yearbook (Wensley Scott), requesting returns of any unsold stock from booksellers.
Eye of the Storm 2009: NT Writers' Festival attracts 3000
20 May, 2009 Eye of the Storm: the 2009 Northern Territory Writers' Festival concluded on 4 May, having run from 1 May in Mparntwe/Alice Springs.
Auckland Writers and Readers Festival attendance up 89%
20 May, 2009 The Auckland Writers and Readers Festival (AWRF) concluded on Sunday, having run from 13 to 17 May. 
20 May, 2009 Christos Tsiolkas has won the Overall Best Book Award for The Slap (A&U) in the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (CWP), announced on Saturday at the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival. 
18 May, 2009 Monica Ali, author of Brick Lane, has written a follow-up titled In the Kitchen, which, like Brick Lane, unveils the cultural melting pot of London. 
13 May, 2009 The Book Thief by Australian author Markus Zusak, published in Australia under Pan Macmillan's Picador imprint, has just sold its millionth copy in the US.
Newstead prepares for short story festival
13 May, 2009 The Newstead Short Story Tattoo, ‘a celebration of the short story form', takes place at Newstead, Victoria, from 15 to 17 May.
MWF Announces First Guest
13 May, 2009 Crime writer Kerry Greenwood has been announced as the first guest for the 2009 Melbourne Writers Festival.
Forthcoming Events
13 May, 2009 Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include 
13 May, 2009 Tim Winton’s Breath tops the Highest New Entries chart this week as people get their mitts on the paperback version.
Workshops at the Victorian Writers' Centre
13 May, 2009 Investigating True Crime with Karen Kissane, Liz Porter & Jeremy Pudney
BWF 2009: O'Hara announces changes, first guests
13 May, 2009 Newly appointed Brisbane Writers Festival artistic director Jane O'Hara has announced some changes for this year's festival. |
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