CAL invests $300,000 in UTS; nonfiction writing residency and Australian poetry chair to be established in 2012
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has announced new funding for Creative Practices at UTS by the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL). UTS said in a statement last week that CAL...
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NZ playwright awarded writers' residency New Zealand playwright Michelanne Forster is the recipient of this year's University of Auckland / Creative New Zealand writing residency at the Michael King Writer's...
WA writer wins poetry, nature-writing prizes
Western Australian writer Annamaria Weldon is the recipient of the 2010 Tom Collins Poetry Prize and the 2011 Nature Conservancy Prize for Nature Writing. Weldon was awarded first place in...
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New NZ award for children's book illustrators The New Zealand Arts Foundation announced the establishment of a new award for children's book illustrators in December. The award will be named the...
2010 ACT Book of the Year and Judith Wright Prize winners announced
The winners of this year's Australian Capital Territory Book of the Year Award and Judith Wright Prize were announced over the weekend. The 2010 ACT Book of the Year Award...
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New category for WA's Premier's Book Awards The State Library of Western Australia has announced that a new category will be added to the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards from next...
Price wins 2011 Mansfield Literary Prize
Wellington poet and creative nonfiction writer Chris Price has been awarded the 2011 New Zealand Post Mansfield Prize. The prize enables a New Zealand writer to work at the Villa Isola...
Australian Poetry Centre and Poets Union to join forces
The Australian Poetry Centre and the Poets Union will merge to form a national organisation at the start of 2011. The two organisations will join forces as of the 1...
ACT Book of the Year and Judith Wright Prize shortlists announced
The shortlisted titles for this year's Australian Capital Territory Book of the Year Award and Judith Wright Prize have been announced. The shortlisted titles for the ACT Book of the Year...
Top picks from the current issue
Which books got good reviews in the October issue of Bookseller+Publisher you ask? Well... The proof copy of Caroline Overington's novel I Came to Say Goodbye came covered in glowing...
Josephine Ulrick winners announced
The winners of this year's Josephine Ulrick poetry and short story prizes have been announced. The winners are: PoetryFirst Prize ($10,000) 'endtime' by Nathan CurnowSecond Prize ($5000) 'Always Sometimes Never'...
Lawrence wins ABR Poetry Prize; Hallahan, Hansen, jointly awarded Calibre Prize
Anthony Lawrence, author of Bark (UQP), has won the Australian Book Review (ABR) Poetry Prize of $4000 for his poem 'Domestic Emergencies'. Five shortlisted poems were choosen from a field...
Overland poetry prize winners
The winner of the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets is Derek Motion, for his poem ‘Forest Hill'. The runner-up for this year is Duncan Hose,...
Four poets vie for Gilmore award
Four female poets are in the running for the 2010 Mary Gilmore Prize, presented by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature for the best first books of poetry...
James on Costa Poetry Award shortlist
Angels Over Elsinore by Clive James (Picador) is on the shortlist for the Costa Poetry Prize, awarded as part of the 2009 Costa Book Awards. The collection was described by...
Porter and Jones in the running for UK poetry prize
Australians Peter Porter and Emma Jones have made the shortlist for Britain's Forward Prizes for Poetry.Porter is nominated for the best poetry collection (worth £10,000 [$20,000]) for Better Than God...
Baker named Queensland’s 2009 poet-in-residence
Hinemoana Baker has been announced as Queensland's 2009 Poet-in-Residence. New Zealand poet, musician, producer and creative writing teacher Baker will be based in Queensland from July to September.Premier Anna Bligh...
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Companion of the Order of Australia for BandlerIn addition to several other industry figures recognised in this year's Australia Day honours list, author Faith Bandler was awarded a Companion of...
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Franco-Anglais Poetry Festival comes to MelbourneFrom 8 to 12 October Melbourne will host the 31st Franco-Anglais Poetry Festival. Free sessions and performances in French, English and other languages will be...
Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize announced
New South Wales poet Angela Malone is the winner of the 2008 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize. The prize, which was announced at the Tasmanian Book Fair on Sunday 24 August,...