Shortlist for QLD Prem’s Award announced
The shortlist for the 2007 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards has been announced. The titles in the running for the book-based prizes are: Fiction Every Move You Make (David Malouf, Vintage)Underground (Andrew...
Vic Prem’s Awards shortlist
The shortlist for the 2007 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards has been announced. The titles in the running for the book-based prizes are: The Vance Palmer Prize for FictionThe Time We...
MWF program announced
The program for the 2007 Melbourne Writers Festival was officially launched on Friday 20 July, and appeared in a special supplement as part of the Saturday Age newspaper the following...
‘The Arrival’ wins WA Premier’s Prize
Shaun Tan's The Arrival (Hachette Livre Australia) has been named winner of the Premier's Prize in this year's WA Premier's Book Awards, announced on 8 June. Tan's graphic novel, which...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards announced
Shaun Tan's extraordinary picture book The Arrival (Hachette Livre Australia)--the story of one man's immigrant experience, told entirely without words--has been named Book of the Year at the 2007 NSW...
In brief
Masters v Akerman over 'Jonestown' Jonestown author Chris Masters has accused Piers Akerman, columnist for the Daily Telegraph newspaper, of attempting to 'nobble' his chances of wining the NSW Premier's Literary Award,...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2007 shortlists
The shortlists for the 2007 NSW Premier's Literary Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced on 29 May, during the Sydney Writers' Festival. The main book category shortlists...
NSW Premier’s history awards
The winners of the 2006 NSW Premier's History Awards were announced in Newcastle last week.The annual awards were instituted in 1997, with the intention of ‘recognising and promoting excellence in...
Queensland Premier’s Literary Award winners announced
The winners of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards were announced at an awards ceremony last night. The winners are as follows: Fiction Book Award The Garden Book (Brian Castro, Giramondo)Emerging...
NSW Premier’s History Awards shortlist
Twenty-one works have been short-listed for the 2006 NSW Premier's History Awards.‘These awards, worth $90,000, honour the achievements of Australian historians and highlight the centrality of history to our daily...
Carey and Ennis take top Vic Prem’s awards
The winners of the 2006 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were announced at a dinner in Melbourne on Monday 4 September.In his opening speech, Victorian premier Steve Bracks praised his predecessor...
Vic Prem’s Award shortlist
The shortlist for this year's Victorian Premier's Literary Awards was announced at the state Library of Victoria last week by Victorian Minister of Arts Mary Delahunty.There are 41 books in...
Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards announced
The winners of the 2005 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards were announced last Friday night. Cleared Out: First Contact in the Western Desert by Sue Davenport, Peter Johnson and Yuwali...
NSW PREM’S AWARDS
NSW Premier Morris Iemma presented this year’s NSW Premier’s Literary Awards last night, naming Tim Flannery’s The Weather Makers (Text) as winner of both the $10,000 Gleebooks Prize and the...