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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). 
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. |
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