Petition against WA Premier’s Book Awards cuts
A petition against the WA government’s decision to cut funding and move the WA Premier’s Book Awards to a biennial format has been launched online.The petition, which is addressed to Liberal premier...
WA Premier’s Book Awards 2014 winners announced
The winners of this year’s Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards were announced by Premier Colin Barnett on 23 September.Richard Flanagan was awarded the $25,000 Premier’s Prize for Narrow Road to...
WA Premier’s Book Awards announced tonight
The winners of the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards will be announced tonight in Perth. Michelle de Kretser won last year’s Premier’s Prize. The name of the awards has since...
WA Premier’s Book Awards adds emerging writers category
The Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards will include an award for emerging writers for the first time in 2014. The $10,000 Western Australian Emerging Writers Award will be awarded to a...
WA Premier’s Book Awards 2012 winners announced
The winners of this year’s Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards were announced by Minister for the Arts John Day on 16 September. Michelle de Kretser was presented with the $25,000 Premier’s Prize, which...
2012 WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlists announced
The shortlists for the 2012 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are: Fiction ($15,000) and nominees for the People’s Choice...
WA Premier’s Book Awards 2011 winners announced
The winners of this year’s Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards were announced on 17 September. Fiona Skyring was presented with the $25,000 Premier’s Prize, which goes to the most outstanding book...
2011 WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlists announced
The shortlists for the 2011 Western Australian Premier’s Books Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are: Nonfiction ($15,000) 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and...
2010 WA Premier’s Book Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2010 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards were announced on Friday 30 September. Miles Franklin-winner Kim Scott was awarded the $25,000 Premier's Prize, which is presented to...
2010 WA Premier’s Book Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2010 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards were announced on Friday 30 September. Miles Franklin-winner Kim Scott was awarded the $25,000 Premier's Prize, which is presented to...
2010 WA Prem’s Awards shortlists announced
The shortlists for the 2010 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are:NonfictionA Three-Cornered Life: The Historian W K Hanock (Jim Davidson, UNSW Press)Breaking News: The...
2010 WA Prem?s Awards shortlists announced
The shortlists for the 2010 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are:NonfictionA Three-Cornered Life: The Historian W K Hanock (Jim Davidson, UNSW Press)Breaking News: The...
In brief
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...
WA Premier’s Awards 2008 and 2009 winners announced
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett announced the winners of the 2008 and 2009 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards in Perth on 1 September.‘For the first time these awards were broadened...
WA Prem’s 2008 and 2009 shortlists announced
The shortlist for the 2008 and 2009 Western Australian Premier's book awards have been announced. The awards are being presented for both years following the discontinuation of the Australia-Asia Literary...
WA prem’s awards: Asia award discontinued, prem’s award to receive additional funding
The West Australian Premier's Australia-Asia Literary Award (AALA), the revamped Western Australian Premier's Literary Award that was launched in 2008, has been discontinued. Following a review of the award, the Western Australian Culture...
In brief
Two bookshops close in LismoreDymocks CEO Don Grover confirmed the closure of the Dymocks store in Lismore in New South Wales, telling WBN the Lismore franchisee made the decision to...
Australia-Asia Literary Prize suspended
The Australia-Asia Literary Award, worth $110,000 is under review and will not be held this year. State Arts Minister John Day told the West Australian that the prize money, timing and...
Malouf wins Australia-Asia Literary prize; Buti wins WA Prem’s prize
David Malouf's The Complete Stories (Random House) is the winner of the inaugural Australia-Asia Literary Award. The award, worth $110,000, was announced in Perth on Friday by Culture and Arts...
WA Premier’s Prize now worth $110,000
The West Australian Premier's Literary Award has become Australia's richest. Re-launched this week, the $110,000 award, now to be known as the West Australian Premier's Australia Asia Literary Award, is now also open...