‘Truth’ wins 2010 Miles Franklin award; Temple thanks booksellers
Peter Temple’s crime novel Truth (Text) has won the 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award, presented tonight at a ceremony in Sydney. Text publisher Michael Heyward told the Weekly Book Newsletter...
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‘Hand-sell this book until your hands bleed'--Peter Temple on what booksellers should do with his 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning novel Truth (he also thanked them for supporting it thus...
‘Truth’ wins 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin last night, Truth by Peter Temple (Text) is the winner of the 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award.Temple's book is the first...
Miles Franklin shortlist announced; Miller warns impact of award is ‘slipping away’
The shortlist for the 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award was announced today.The shortlisted books are: Lovesong (Alex Miller, A&U) The Bath Fugues (Brian Castro, Giramondo) Jasper Jones (Craig Silvey, A&U)...
‘Siddon Rock’ wins CWP best first book; ‘Solo’ wins best book
Siddon Rock by Australian author Glenda Guest (Vintage) is the winner of the ₤5000 (A$8,250) best first book award in this year's Commonwealth Writers Prize. Solo by Rana Dasgupta (Fourth Estate)...
‘Range and diversity’: Miles Franklin 2010 longlist announced
The titles longlisted for this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award have been announced. The longlisted titles are: Lovesong (Alex Miller, A&U)The Bath Fugues (Brian Castro, Giramondo Publishing)Jasper Jones (Craig Silvey,...
‘Range and diversity’: Miles Franklin 2010 longlist announced
The titles longlisted for this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award have been announced. The longlisted titles are: Lovesong (Alex Miller, A&U) The Bath Fugues (Brian Castro, Giramondo Publishing) Jasper Jones...
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‘Well, the Cleo nomination was always in the bag. The Miles was the surprise'--Jasper Jones author Craig Silvey's tongue-in-cheek response to being longlisted for this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award...