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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). 
4 March, 2009 The Charlotte Zolotow Award 2009 has gone to Australian writer/illustrator Bob Graham, for How to Heal a Broken Wing (Walker Books). 
4 March, 2009 The finalists for the 2009 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced.
Crowe wins Margaret Mahy Medal
4 March, 2009 New Zealand's top children's literature prize, the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal, has been awarded to natural history writer and photographer Andrew Crowe.
2 March, 2009 Melbourne-based publisher Text Publishing has produced the new Eva Hornung (previously known as Eva Sallis) book. 
2 March, 2009 Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay graces the top of the Highest New Entries chart this week. 
2 March, 2009 New Zealand author Emily Perkins' Novel About My Wife (Bloomsbury) has made The Believer's 2008 Book Award shortlist, chosen by the editors after nominations were made by readers.
Perth Writers' Festival kicks off
2 March, 2009 The Perth Writers' Festival kicks off this coming Saturday 28 February, running to 2 March.
Harry Nicolaides pardoned
2 March, 2009 After his arrest and subsequent imprisonment in Thailand, Australian self-published author Harry Nicolaides has been granted a royal pardon helped by campaign efforts of members of Melbourne, Sydney and international chapters of PEN. 
2 March, 2009 The authors whose works have been shortlisted for the South East Asia and the Pacific region for this year's Commonwealth Writers' Prize hail from Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia.
Australia-Asia Literary Prize suspended
2 March, 2009 The Australia-Asia Literary Award, worth $110,000 is under review and will not be held this year. |
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